Prentiss Cummings | |
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| Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 2nd Norfolk district | |
| In office 1905–1906 | |
| Preceded by | Albion F. Bemis |
| Succeeded by | William Otis Faxon |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1884–1885 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 10, 1840 Sumner, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | September 18, 1917 (aged 77) Paris Hill, Maine, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mount Auburn Cemetery |
| Education | Philips Exeter Academy Harvard University (1864) Harvard Law School (1869) |
Prentiss Cummings (September 10, 1840 – September 18, 1917)
Cummings was born September 10, 1840, in Sumner, Maine to Whitney Cummings and Mary Hart Prentiss. He was educated at Hebron Academy and Phillips Exeter Academy and graduated from Harvard University in 1864. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1869 and was admitted to the Suffolk County bar on May 3, 1871.
Cummings moved to Portland, Maine in 1865 where he was the principal of Portland High School. He also studied law in the office of Nathan Webb during this time. In 1866 he was appointed to Tutor in Latin at Harvard University and held this position until 1870.
Cummings was the First Assistant United States District Attorney for the Boston District from 1874 to 1881. Served in the Boston Common Council from 1881 to 1883. (List of members of Boston City Council)
Moved to Brookline, Massachusetts in 1885. Became president of the Cambridge Street Railway Company which merged into the West End Company and served as the vice-president until merging with the Boston Elevated Railway Company in 1898.
State house of representatives in 1885 and 1886 ward 10.
State senate 1905 and 1906 second district norfolk county
Cummings was a trustee of Mount Auburn Cemetery. He was also a member of the Society of the Cincinnati and the Union Club.
He married Annie Delena Snow February 25, 1880, in Buckfield, Maine. She died January 6, 1899 and had no children.
Cummings died September 18, 1917, at his summer home in Paris Hill, Maine. He was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
References
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