Henry Bacon Lovering (April 8, 1841 – April 5, 1911) was an American politician and

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Early life and education

Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Lovering attended the public schools of

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, and was graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy,

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. During the

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; Lovering enlisted in 1862 in the Eighth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and served out his term. He reenlisted in the Third Massachusetts Cavalry and served until the Battle of Winchester; where he lost his left leg.

Political career

Lovering served as member of the

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in 1872 and 1874. He was a member of the

Board of Assessors in 1879 and 1880. Lovering served as the 18th Mayor of Lynn in 1881 and 1882. He was elected as a

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to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress. Lovering was Chairmen of the Massachusetts Democratic State Convention of 1886 and the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1887. In 1888, Lovering was appointed United States Marshal for Massachusetts by President

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, serving until the Republicans returned to power in 1891. Lovering was Warden of the State prison 1891–1893, United States pension agent at Boston 1894–1898, Sealer of weights and measures for the city of Boston, Massachusetts from 1902 to 1905, and Superintendent of the Chardon Street Soldiers' Home at Boston from 1905 to 1907.

Death and Burial

Lovering moved to

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, in 1907, where he died at the residence of his son on April 5, 1911. Lovering was interred in Pine Grove Cemetery,

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External links

Ex-Congressman Henry B. Lovering. New York Times Obituary, April 6, 1911
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