Arthur B. Champlin

Arthur B. Champlin
16th Mayor of Chelsea, Massachusetts
In office 1888–1889
Preceded by	George E. Mitchell
Succeeded by	Albert D. Bosson
Member of the Massachusetts State Senate[1]
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[2]
In office 1887[2] – 1888[2]
President of the Chelsea, Massachusetts Common Council[2]
In office 1885[2] – 1886[2]
Member of the Chelsea, Massachusetts Common Council[2]
In office 1881[2] – 1886[2]
Personal details
Born	February 7, 1858[3] Chelsea, Massachusetts[3]
Spouse(s)	Alice M. Roberts[4]
Children	Norman A. Champlin;[4] Nathan R. Champlin;[4] Marion L. Champlin;[4]
Profession	Journalist[1]

Arthur B. Champlin was a Massachusetts journalist^[1] and politician who served in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature, as a city councilor, and as the Mayor of Chelsea, Massachusetts.

Newspaper career

Champlin started out his career in journalism when he became a district reported for The Boston Globe at the age of 16.^[1] When the The Chelsea Record was started two years later Champlin became one of its managers while still a teenager.^[1] In 1886 Champlin became the founder^[1][4] and publisher^[1][4] of The Chelsea Gazette.

References

• Graves & Steinbarger, Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Graves & Steinbarger, p. 137, (1901).

• Rand, John Clark: One of a Thousand: A Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A.D. 1888–'89, Volume III, Boston, MA: First National Publishing Company, (1890).

• Toomey, Daniel P.: Massachusetts of Today: A Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 389, (1892).

External links

• Mayors of Chelsea 1857 – 1991.

Notes

1. Toomey, Daniel P. (1892), Massachusetts of Today: A Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 389.
2. Rand, John Clark (1890), One of A Thousand: a Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A.D. 1888–'89, Volume III, Boston, MA: First National Publishing Company, p. 112.
3. Rand, John Clark (1890), One of a Thousand: A Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A.D. 1888–'89, Volume III, Boston, MA: First National Publishing Company, p. 111.
4. Graves & Steinbarger (1901), Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Graves & Steinbarger, p. 137.