Albert P. Langtry
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Albert Perkins Langtry (July 27, 1860 in Wakefield, Massachusetts
Wakefield, Massachusetts
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– August 28, 1939) was an American newspaper editor and publisher, politician, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth is the principal public information officer of the state government of the U.S...
, and a member of the Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
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Biography
Albert Perkins Langtry was born on July 27, 1860 in WakefieldWakefield, Massachusetts
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, Massachusetts, the son of Joseph Langtry, the owner of a harness shop, and Sarah Jane Lakin.
With a grammar school education, Langtry started working as a boy in an office.
He was married to Sarah C. Spear in 1886.
Langtry was a reporter for the Brooklyn Union and later became manager of the Long Island
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
edition of the Brooklyn Times.
In 1890, Langtry moved to Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern...
and became editor and publisher of the Springfield Union and continued to manage that paper until 1923.
During his tenure, he expanded the newspaper, adding morning and Sunday editions, and he instituted editorial policies that promoted the Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
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Langtry also served on the board of directors of The Associated Press
Associated Press
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from 1903 to 1906.
Langtry was a member of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee from 1903 to 1910. Langtry served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. Representatives serve two-year terms...
from 1909 to April 27, 1911.
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Langtry was elected Secretary of the Commonwealth by the state legislatureMassachusetts General Court
The Massachusetts General Court is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The name "General Court" is a hold-over from the Colonial Era, when this body also sat in judgment of judicial appeals cases...
April 26, 1911. In the vote of the legislature Langtry defeated Democrat Frank J. Donahue 151 Votes to 123. to serve the remaining term of William M. Olin
William M. Olin
William Milo Olin was an American journalist and politician who served as the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. Olin was born in Warrenton, Georgia to parents from Massachusetts, and in 1850 his family moved back to Massachusetts, where he attended school in Worcester and Grafton...
, who died in office, Langtry took up his duties as Secretary of the Commonwealth on April 28, 1911, and he was elected to full term later that year He served until 1913 when he was defeated for re-election.
He was elected Secretary of the Commonwealth again in 1915 and served until 1921.
as
Acting Treasurer of Massachusetts
After Fred J. BurrellFred J. Burrell
Fred Jefferson Burrell was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts from January 21, 1920–September 3, 1920.- 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention :In 1916 the Massachusetts...
resigned as the Massachusetts Treasurer
Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts
The Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts is an executive officer, elected state-wide every four years....
, Langtry, Henry A. Wyman
Henry A. Wyman
Henry A. Wyman was an American attorney who served as Acting Attorney General of Massachusetts following the resignation of Henry Converse Atwill and Acting Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts following the resignation of Fred J...
and John R. Macumber served as a committee to administer the Treasurer's Office until the Governor's appointment of James Jackson
James Jackson (Massachusetts politician)
James Jackson was an American politician who served as Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts from 1920-1924....
could be confirmed by the Massachusetts Governor's Council
Massachusetts Governor's Council
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Return to Journalism
In 1923 and 1924, Langtry purchased the two newspapers serving Waltham, MassachusettsWaltham, Massachusetts
Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, was an early center for the labor movement, and major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution. The original home of the Boston Manufacturing Company, the city was a prototype for 19th century industrial city planning,...
, the Evening News and the Free Press Tribune. He combined the two papers into the Waltham News-Tribune (now The Daily News Tribune
The Daily News Tribune
The Daily News Tribune is a five-day afternoon daily newspaper in Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S., covering that city and the neighboring city of Newton.The Tribune is managed and printed by The MetroWest Daily News...
) and served as its publisher.
Publications
- Langtry, Albert P. ed., Metropolitan Boston: A Modern History 5 vols., New York, Lewis Historical Publishing (1929).