Walter Foxcroft Hawkins Explained

Walter Foxcroft Hawkins
Office:4th Mayor of
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Predecessor:John Crawford Crosby
Successor:William W. Whiting
Birth Date:July 12, 1863
Birth Place:Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Death Date:December 28, 1922 (aged 59)
Death Place:Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Alma Mater:Williams College A.B., 1884; Columbia Law School, LL.B. 1886.
Profession:Attorney
Spouse:Helen A. Rich, married October 7, 1891

Walter Foxcroft Hawkins (July 12, 1863  - December 28, 1922) was an American attorney and local political figure who, from 1896 to 1897, served as mayor of Pittsfield, the largest city and county seat of Massachusetts' Berkshire County.

A native of Pittsfield, Hawkins was the son of William T. Hawkins and his wife Harriet E. Foxcroft. He received his A.B. from Williams College in 1884 and his L.L.B. from Columbia Law School in 1886. Following his bar exams, he opened a law firm in his hometown and, on October 7, 1891, married Helen A. Rich. Following his 1896–97 term as mayor, he continued with his law practice and also served as vice president of Berkshire Life Insurance Company. At the age of 59, he killed himself at his law office in Pittsfield by shooting himself through the heart with a revolver.

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