Stephen H. Rhodes

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Stephen Holbrook Rhodes
2nd Mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts
In office
June 19, 1867[1] – 1870[1]
Preceded byEdmund H. Bennett[1]
Succeeded byDaniel L. Mitchell[1]
Member of the
Massachusetts State Senate[2]
In office
1870[2]–1871[2]
Member of the
Taunton, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen
Ward One[1]
In office
1867[1] – June 19, 1867[1]
Preceded byEdgar H. Reed[1]
Succeeded byAbram Biggs[1]
4th President[3] of The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company.[2][4]
In office
March 1879[3] – June 11, 1909[5][4]
Preceded byGeorge Thornton[3]
Succeeded byRoland O. Lamb[5]
11th Insurance Commissioner of Massachusetts
In office
December 8, 1874[6][7] – March 12, 1879[6][7]
Preceded byJulius L. Clarke
Succeeded byJulius L. Clarke
Personal details
BornNovember 7, 1825
Franklin, Massachusetts
DiedJune 11, 1909(1909-06-11) (aged 83)
Brookline, Massachusetts
SpouseE. M. Godfry[2]
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Stephen Holbrook Rhodes (November 7, 1825 – June 11, 1909) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served in the Massachusetts Senate,[2] as the second Mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts,[4] and as the fourth President[3] of The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company.[2][4]

Early life

Rhodes was born in Franklin, Massachusetts, on November 7, 1825, to Stephen and Betsy (Bird) Rhodes.[2]

Family life

Rhodes married E. M. Godfry[2] in Taunton, Massachusetts, on November 27, 1847.[2]

Death

Rhodes died on June 11, 1909, at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts.[4][5]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1883), History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & Co., p. 820
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j John William Leonard, ed. (1906), Who's Who in America 1906-1907, Chicago, Illinois: A. N. Marquis & Company, p. 1484
  3. ^ a b c d Hayden's Annual Cyclopedia (1903), Hayden's Annual Cyclopedia of Insurance in the United States 1902-1903, Hartford, Connecticut: Insurance Journal Co., p. 230
  4. ^ a b c d e "Stephen Holbrook Rhodes.", The New York Times, New York City, p. 9, June 13, 1909
  5. ^ a b c The Standard. (April 20, 1912), The Standard. A Weekly Insurance Newspaper, Vol. LXX, Boston, Massachusetts: The Standard Publishing Company, p. 408
  6. ^ a b Singer, Isidore (1910), "International Insurance Encyclopedia, Volume One. Insurance, Men Past and Present", The New York Times, New York City, p. 585
  7. ^ a b Singer, Isidore (1894), The Annual Cyclopedia of Insurance in the United States., 1893-1894, Hartford, Connecticut: H. R. Hayden, p. 301
Business positions
Preceded by
George Thornton
 4th President of
The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
March 1879–June 11, 1909 		Succeeded by
Roland O. Lamb
Political offices
Preceded by 2nd Mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts
June 19, 1867-1870 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Edgar H. Reed
 Member of the Taunton, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen
Ward 1
1867 – June 19, 1867 		Succeeded by
Abram Biggs
Preceded by 11th Insurance Commissioner of Massachusetts
December 8, 1874–March 12, 1879 		Succeeded by