Hultman, Eugene, 1876-1945 and Elizabeth Blake Hultman, 1875-1959
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Eugene Hultzman was:
Boston Fire Commissioner, 1926-1930
Boston Police Commissioner, 1930-1934
Commissioner, Metropolitan District, 1934-1945
Elizabeth Hultman was the daughter of Judge and Mrs. Henry Nichols Blake, who was born in Dorchester and served as Chief Justice of Montana before returning to Boston.
The following is from Wikipedia
Eugene C. Hultman (July 13, 1875 – April 22, 1945) was an American political figure who held numerous positions in state and local government in Massachusetts, including Chairman of the Metropolitan District Commission, Commissioner of the Boston Police, Fire, and Building Departments, and member of the Massachusetts General Court..
Hultman was born on July 13, 1875, in Boston. His father was a sea captain from Swedem. Hultman attended public schools in Boston and Quincy, Massachusetts, and graduated from the Massachusets Institue of Technology in 1896. He worked as a consulting engineer and auditor.
Hultman was elected to the Quincy City Council in 1899. From 1906 to 1908 he represented the 5th Norfolk district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In 1909, he represented the First Norfolk District in the Massachusetts Senate. In 1920, he was appointed state Fuel Administrator and chairman of the Commission on the Necessaries of Life by Governor Calvin Coolidge. In 1926, he was appointed Fire Commissioner of Boston by Mayor Malcolm E. Nichols. In January 1930, Nichols’ successor, James Michael Curley, moved Hultman to the position of Building Commissioner. Four months later, Hultman was appointed commissioner of the Boston Police Department by Governor Frank G. Allen. During his tenure as police commissioner, Hultman fought against the city’s racketeers and gangsters and opposed civil service examinations for captains, desiring to appoint them himself. He resigned on December 28, 1934, to accept the appointment of chairman of the Metropolitan District Commission. He was reappointed by Governor Leverett Saltonstall in 1940. In February 1945, Saltonstall’s successor, Maurice J. Tobin, attempted to replace Hultman withWilliam Arthur Reilly, however the Massachusetts Governor’s Council blocked Reilly’s appointment. Hultman died of a heart attack on April 22, 1945, at his summer home in Duxbury, Massachusetts]
- “Eugene C. Hultman Dies Suddenly at 69; Funeral Tomorrow”. The Boston Daily Globe. April 23, 1945.
- A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators. 1910. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- “Hultman Named for Fire Berth”. The Boston Daily Globe. June 16, 1926.
- “Hultman Shifted to Building Post”. The Boston Daily Globe. January 9, 1930.
- “Hultman in New Post”. The Boston Daily Globe. May 8, 1930.