John K. Tarbox

{{Short description|American politician (1838–1887)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2011}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = John Kemble Tarbox | image = John K. Tarbox.jpg | state1 = [[Massachusetts]] | district1 = [[Massachusetts's 7th congressional district|7th]] | term_start1 = March 4, 1875 | term_end1 = March 3, 1877 | preceded1 = [[Ebenezer R. Hoar]] | succeeded1 = [[Benjamin Butler]] | title2 = 13th Insurance Commissioner of Massachusetts<ref name="ACI-1894p301"/> | term_start2 = April 21, 1883<ref name="ACI-1894p301">{{Citation |last = Singer|first =Isidore| title = The Annual Cyclopedia of Insurance in the United States., 1893–1894| page = 301 |work=H. R. Hayden | location = [[Hartford, Connecticut]]| year =1894}}</ref> | term_end2 = May 28, 1887<ref name="ACI-1894p301"/> | predecessor2 = [[Julius L. Clarke]]<ref name="ACI-1894p301"/> | successor2 = [[George S. Merrill]]<ref name="ACI-1894p301"/> | nominator2 = [[Benjamin Franklin Butler (politician)|Benjamin F. Butler]]<ref name="Chronicle, Vol.39-June21887p266"/><ref name="BosHeraldMay1887"/><ref name="NYTMay291887p9"/> | title3 = 16th [[List of mayors of Lawrence, Massachusetts|Mayor]] of [[Lawrence, Massachusetts]] | term_start3 = 1873 | term_end3 = 1874 | predecessor3 = S. B. W. Davis | successor3 = Robert H. Tewksbury | office4 = Member of the [[Massachusetts Senate]] | term4 = 1872 | office5 = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term5 = 1868 1870 | birth_date = May 6, 1838<ref name="Chronicle, Vol.39-June21887p266"/><ref name="BosHeraldMay1887"/> | birth_place = [[Methuen, Massachusetts]]<ref name="Chronicle, Vol.39-June21887p266"/><ref name="BosHeraldMay1887"/><ref name="BosGlobeMay291887">{{Citation |last =The Boston Globe | title =HON. JOHN K. TARBOX Dies at His Home Yesterday Morning—A Career Full of Honorable Positions Now Ended Forever. MOURNING AT LAWRENCE. Resolutions of Respect Adopted—Arrangements for the Funeral.| page = 4 |work=The Boston Daily Globe | location =Boston, Massachusetts| date =May 29, 1887}}</ref> | death_date = May 28, 1887 (aged 49)<ref name="NYTMay291887p9"/><ref name="BosGlobeMay291887"/> | death_place = Boston, Massachusetts<ref name="Chronicle, Vol.39-June21887p266"/><ref name="NYTMay291887p9">{{Citation |last =The New York Times | title =HARD WORK KILLED HIM.; A FAITHFUL PUBLIC SERVANT OF MASSACHUSETTS. | page = 9 |work=The New York Times | location =New York City| date =May 29, 1887}}</ref> | resting_place = [[Bellevue Cemetery]], [[Lawrence, Massachusetts]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<ref name="Chronicle, Vol.39-June21887p266"/><ref name="BosHeraldMay1887"/> | spouse = Sarah Ann Harmon, m. May 1859.<ref name="HarmonGeneo-1920p120">{{Citation |last = Harmon|first =Artemas Canfield | title =The Harmon Genealogy, Comprising all Branches in New England| page = 120 |work=Gibson Bros., Inc. | location =Washington, D.C.| year =1920}}</ref> died 1874;<ref name="Chronicle, Vol.39-June21887p266">{{Citation | last=Webster | first=Franklin | location=New York City | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3H4oAAAAYAAJ&q=John+Tarbox++sarah+ann+harmon&pg=PA266 | title=The Chronicle: A Weekly Insurance Journal, Vol., XXXIX, No. 22. | date=June 2, 1887 | page=266 | work=The Chronicle Company, Limited}}</ref> Agnes Belle Mullen, m. 1882.<ref name="Chronicle, Vol.39-June21887p266"/><ref name="BosHeraldMay1887">{{Citation |last =The Boston Herald | title =The Boston Herald | location =Boston, Massachusetts| date =May 1887}}</ref> | relations = | children = | alma_mater = Franklin Academy, [[North Andover, Massachusetts]] | occupation = | profession = Lawyer | signature = | website = | allegiance = {{flag|United States of America|1861}} [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] | branch = {{flagicon|USA|army}} [[Union Army]] | service_years = 1861 – August 28, 1863<ref name="Chronicle, Vol.39-June21887p266"/><ref name="BosHeraldMay1887"/> | rank = [[File:Union army 1st lt rank insignia.jpg|35px]] [[First Lieutenant (United States)|First Lieutenant]]<ref name="Chronicle, Vol.39-June21887p266"/><ref name="BosHeraldMay1887"/> | commands = {{Flagicon|Massachusetts}} Company B 4th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment<ref name="Chronicle, Vol.39-June21887p266"/><ref name="BosHeraldMay1887"/> | unit = {{flagicon|Massachusetts}} 4th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Army of the Potomac<ref name="NYTMay291887p9"/> | battles = [[American Civil War]] | awards = }}

'''John Kemble Tarbox''' (May 6, 1838 – May 28, 1887) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]].

==Biography==

===Early life and education=== Tarbox was born in that part of [[Methuen, Massachusetts]] that became incorporated into [[Lawrence, Massachusetts]],<ref name="Chronicle, Vol.39-June21887p266"/> Tarbox pursued classical studies, engaged in newspaper work, studied law and was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] in 1860 and practiced law.

In May 1859 Tarbox married Sarah Ann Harmon.<ref name="HarmonGeneo-1920p120"/> She died in 1874.<ref name="Chronicle, Vol.39-June21887p266"/><ref name="BosHeraldMay1887"/>

===American Civil War service=== During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] he served in the [[Union Army]] as a first lieutenant in Company B of the Fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was mustered out with his regiment on August 28, 1863.<ref name="Chronicle, Vol.39-June21887p266"/><ref name="BosHeraldMay1887"/>

For a time after his military service Tarbox was the political editor of the ''Lawrence Sentinel''.<ref name="Chronicle, Vol.39-June21887p266"/><ref name="BosHeraldMay1887"/>

===Early public service career=== Tarbox was a delegate at the 1864 Democratic National Convention,<ref name="Chronicle, Vol.39-June21887p266"/><ref name="BosHeraldMay1887"/> and an alternate delegate at the 1868 Democratic National Convention.<ref name="Chronicle, Vol.39-June21887p266"/><ref name="BosHeraldMay1887"/> Tarbox served as a member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] in 1868, 1870, and 1871, in the [[Massachusetts State Senate]] in 1872, and as the sixteenth [[List of mayors of Lawrence, Massachusetts|Mayor]] of [[Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence]] from 1873 to 1874.

===Congressional service=== Tarbox was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[44th United States Congress|Forty-fourth]] Congress (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876 to the [[45th United States Congress|Forty-fifth]] Congress.

===Later public service career=== Tarbox was the City solicitor of [[Lawrence, Massachusetts]], in 1882 and 1883. From April 21, 1883 to May 28, 1887,<ref name="ACI-1894p301"/> Tarbox was the Massachusetts State Insurance Commissioner.<ref name="ACI-1894p301"/>

==Death and burial== Tarbox died in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 28, 1887 and was interred in [[Bellevue Cemetery]], [[Lawrence, Massachusetts]].

==See also== {{Portal|American Civil War}} * [[1868 Massachusetts legislature]] * [[1872 Massachusetts legislature]]

==Notes== {{Reflist}}

==References== {{CongBio|T000041}} Retrieved on 2008-02-15 * Harmon, Artemas Canfield:, ''The Harmon Genealogy, Comprising all Branches in New England'', p. 120, (1920). * Singer, Isidore:, ''The Annual Cyclopedia of Insurance in the United States., 1893–1894'', p. 301, (1894).

==External links== *[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1887/05/29/100914898.pdf ''New York Times'' Obituary ''HARD WORK KILLED HIM.; A FAITHFUL PUBLIC SERVANT OF MASSACHUSETTS'']. {{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{US House succession box | state= Massachusetts | district=7 | before=[[Ebenezer R. Hoar]] | after=[[Benjamin Franklin Butler (politician)|Benjamin F. Butler]] | years=March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877}} {{s-off}} {{succession box | title = 16th [[Lawrence, Massachusetts#Local|Mayor of Lawrence]], [[Lawrence, Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] | years = 1873–1874 | before = S. B. W. Davis | after = Robert H. Tewksbury }} {{succession box | title=13th Insurance Commissioner of Massachusetts| before=[[Julius L. Clarke]]| after=[[George S. Merrill]] | years= April 21, 1883 – May 28, 1887}} {{S-end}} {{Bioguide}}

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