Nathaniel B. Shurtleff

Nathaniel B. Shurtleff
20th Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
In office January 6, 1868[1] – January 2, 1871[2]
Preceded by	Otis Norcross
Succeeded by	William Gaston
Personal details
Born	June 22, 1810 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	October 17, 1874(1874-10-17) (aged 64) Boston, Massachusetts
Political party	Democratic[3]
Spouse(s)	Sara Eliza Smith
Alma mater	Harvard College, Harvard Medical School
Profession	Medical Doctor

Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff, Sr. (June 22, 1810 – October 17, 1874) was an American politician, serving as the twentieth mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from January 6, 1868 to January 2, 1871.^[4]

Shurtleff, who had been the defeated as the Know-Nothing candidate for mayor in 1855, was elected in 1867 as a Democrat.^[5]

Books

• A Topographical and Historical Description of Boston.

References

1. ^ A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 258 
2. ^ A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 261 
3. ^ Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done, Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company, 1914, p. 29 
4. ^ A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, pp. 258–261 
5. ^ Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar (1969), The Boston Transcript: A History of Its First Hundred Years, Freport, NY: Ayer Publishing, p. 113  ISBN 0836951468

Bibliography

• A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822–1908, Roxbury, 1846–1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, (1909) pp. 258–261.
• Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done, Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company, (1914) pp. 28–29.

Political offices
Preceded by Otis Norcross	Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts 1868–1870	Succeeded by William Gaston

Persondata
Name	Shurtleff, Nathaniel B.
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	June 22, 1810
Place of birth	Boston, Massachusetts
Date of death	October 17, 1874
Place of death	Boston, Massachusetts