William Emerson Barrett (December 29, 1858 – February 12, 1906) was an American journalist and politician. Barrett was a founder of '' The Boston Evening Record'', and served as a member of the

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and as a

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. Barrett was born in Melrose, Massachusetts on December 29, 1858. He attended public schools, and graduated from

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in 1880. He was assistant editor of the '' St. Albans Daily Messenger'', then joining the staff of ''The

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''. He was

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correspondent of the newspaper 1882-1886. He was recalled to

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to become editor in chief. In 1888 Barrett was promoted to chief proprietor and manager of ''The Boston Daily Advertiser'' and '' The Boston Evening Record''. Barrett was a member of the

from 1887–1892 and served as speaker the last five years. He was elected as a

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to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1898, and returned to Boston and resumed active management of his newspaper interests. Barrett served as president of the Union Trust Co. of Boston. Barrett died of pneumonia in

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on February 12, 1906. His interment was in Newton Cemetery.

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* Gifford, Stephen Nye.: ''A Manual for the Use of the General Court'' (1889) p. 451.
Hill, Edwin Charles.: ''The Historical Register A Record of People Places And Events in American History'' (1921) pp. 12-14.
* ''The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time''.; J. T. White company (1910) p. 172.
''The New York Times'' (February 13, 1906) ''Death List of A Day.; William Emerson Barrett'' (1906), P. 7.

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