Endicott Peabody Saltonstall

Endicott Peabody Saltonstall
District Attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts
In office
October 6, 1921 – December 19, 1922
Preceded byNathan A. Tufts
Succeeded byArthur Kenneth Reading
Personal details
BornApril 15, 1879
Newton, Massachusetts
DiedDecember 19, 1922 (aged 43)
Newton, Massachusetts
Political partyRepublican
RelationsJohn Clarke Lee (grandfather)
Alma materHarvard College
Harvard Law School
OccupationLawyer

Endicott Peabody Saltonstall (April 15, 1879 – December 19, 1922) was an American attorney who served as District Attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts from 1921 to 1922.

Early life

Saltonstall was born on December 25, 1872, to Leverett and Rose Smith (née Lee) Saltonstall (a daughter of John Clarke Lee). He graduated Harvard College in 1894 and Harvard Law School in 1897. He played a few games for the Harvard Crimson football after spending a year on the freshman squad. On November 2, 1898, he married Elizabeth Baldwin Dupee in Brookline, Massachusetts.[1][2]

Career

After law school, Saltonstall worked in the office of Nichols & Cobb in Boston. He then worked in the Boston Elevated Railway's legal department. From 1902 to 1905 he was affiliated with the firm of Richardson, Herrick & Neave. He then entered a partnership with Albert P. Carter and Robert G. Dodge. The partnership was dissolved in 1910. He later formed a partnership with Charles W. Blood.[1][2]

Political career

From 1899 to 1904, Saltonstall was a member of the Newton, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen.[1][2]

On October 5, 1921, Saltonstall was appointed District Attorney of Middlesex County by Governor Channing H. Cox. He succeeded Nathan A. Tufts, who had been removed from office for misconduct.[1][2] He named his law partner Charles W. Blood as his first assistant and his nephew, Leverett Saltonstall, as second assistant.[2][3] He was not a candidate in the 1922 election.[4]

Personal life

Saltonstall was married to Elizabeth Baldwin Dupee, a daughter of William Richardson Dupee and Jeannie Ursula Dupee.[5] Together, they were the parents of:

  • Endicott Peabody Saltonstall (1900–1943), who married Ellen Edwards.[6]
  • Elizabeth Saltonstall (1900–1990), an art teacher.[7]
  • Florence Saltonstall (1913–1990), who died unmarried.[8]

Saltonstall died suddenly on December 19, 1922, at his home in Newton from an attack of phlebitis.[4] His widow died in October 1951.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "District Attorney Endicott Peabody Saltonstall Takes Reins". The Boston Daily Globe. October 9, 1922.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Saltonstall New Dist Atty". The Boston Daily Globe. October 6, 1922.
  3. ^ "Nephew Named by Saltonstall". The Boston Daily Globe. October 7, 1921.
  4. ^ a b "Sudden Death Takes E. P. Saltonstall". The Boston Daily Globe. December 20, 1922.
  5. ^ a b "MRS. E.P. SALTONSTALL". The New York Times. October 14, 1951. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
  6. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (November 8, 1943). "ENDICOTT P. SALTONSTALL". The New York Times. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
  7. ^ "Elizabeth Saltonstall, painter, patron, retired art teacher, at 89". The Boston Globe. May 11, 1990. p. 29. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
  8. ^ "FLORENCE SALTONSTALL". The Philadelphia Inquirer. January 18, 1990. p. 6. Retrieved May 13, 2022.