Charles F. McCarthy

Charles Francis McCarthy[1]
18th Mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts[1]
In office 1918–1920
Preceded by	William T. Pine
Succeeded by	Andrew Patrick Sullivan
Member of the Massachusetts Senate[2] 5thMiddlesex District[3]
In office 1912–1913
Preceded by	Roger Sherman Hoar[3]
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 9th Middlesex District
In office 1908–1910
Majority	892 (1909 election)[4]
Member of the Marlborough, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen[4]
In office 1905[4] – 1907[4]
President of the Marlborough, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen[4]
In office 1904[4] – 1904[4]
Member of the Marlborough, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen[4]
In office 1901[4] – 1904[4]
Personal details
Born	August 15, 1876[4] Marlborough, Massachusetts[4]
Political party	Democratic[4]
Residence	64 Florence Street, Marlborough, Massachusetts[5]
Profession	Journalist
Military service
Service/branch	Company F., Sixth Massachusetts Regiment[4]
Years of service	May 18, 1898-January 21, 1899[4]
Rank	Corporal[4]
Battles/wars	Spanish American War[4]  • Puerto Rico[4]

Charles Francis McCarthy was an American newspaper reporter^[6] and politician who served in bth branches of the Massachusetts Great and General Court^[7] and as the eighteenth Mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts.

Spanish American War

McCarthy served from May 18, 1898 – January 21, 1899 in Company F., Sixth Massachusetts Regiment during the Spanish American War, attaining the rank of Corporal. McCarthy was deployed along with his regiment to Puerto Rico^[4] where they disembarked on July 25, 1898.^[8] McCarthy was mustered out of service on January 21, 1899.^[4]

Massachusetts House of Representatives

McCarthy served as a Democrat to represent Marlborough in the Ninth Middlesex District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.^[4][6] While in the House, McCarthy served on the Mercantile Affairs Committee.^[9]

Massachusetts Senate

McCarthy served in the Massachusetts State Senate from 1912 to 1914.^[2]

Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917

In 1916 the Massachusetts legislature and electorate approved the calling of a Constitutional Convention. In May 1917, McCarthy was elected to serve as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917, representing the 9th Middlesex District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.^[10] McCarthy served on the Convention's committee on Military Affairs.^[2][5]

Notes

1. 1 2 United States, Selective Service System (September 1918), World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Registration Location: Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Roll: 1684573; Draft Board: 16., Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration 
2. 1 2 3 Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1919), A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, Boston, 1917–1919, Stoughton, MA: A. M. (Arthur Milnor) Bridgman, p. 81. 
3. 1 2 Who's Who in State Politics, 1911, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1911, p. 42 
4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1903), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators, Volume XIX, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgman, p. 145. 
5. 1 2 A Manual for the Constitutional Convention, 1917: Submitted to the Constitutional Convention by the Commission to Compile Information and Data for the use of the Constitutional Convention, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., state printers, 1917, p. 289 
6. 1 2 Who's Who in State Politics, 1908, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1908, p. 241 
7. ↑ Bigelow, Ella A. (1910), Historical Reminiscences of the early times in Marlborough, Massachusetts: and Prominent Events from 1860 to 1910, Including Brief Allusions to Many Individuals and an Account of the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town, Marlborough, Massachusetts: Times Pub. Co., p. 330. 
8. ↑ Spanish War Vets Reunion - Celebrate Anniversary of Landing of Co. 6th, Mass. Reg. at Porto Rico, Marlborough, Massachusetts: The Marlboro Enterprise, July 26, 1911, p. 1.  |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
9. ↑ Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1903), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators, Volume XIX, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgman, p. 39. 
10. ↑ Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., state printers, 1919, pp. 7–9 

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