Albert P. Langtry

Albert Perkins Langtry was born on July 27, 1860, in Wakefield, 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 edition of the Brooklyn Times.

In 1890, Langtry moved to Springfield, Massachusetts 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.

Langtry also served on the board of directors of The Associated Press from 1903 to 1906.{{Cite news|title=Tribute to Pulitzer Gift|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 14, 1903|page=14|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/09/18/102022623.pdf|access-date=2022-06-05}}{{Cite news|title=Spelling and Pictures and Twain at Dinner|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 20, 1906|pages=4|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1906/09/20/101427816.pdf|access-date=2022-06-05}}

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 from 1909 to April 27, 1911.{{Cite book|last=Marquis|first=Albert N.|title=Who's who in New England|pages=652|publisher=A. N. Marquis|orig-year=1909|year=1915|edition=2nd|location=Chicago|oclc=1673853}}

Langtry was elected Secretary of the Commonwealth by the state legislature April 26, 1911. In the vote of the legislature Langtry defeated Democrat Frank J. Donahue 151 Votes to 123.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103213847/langtry-elected-state-secretary/ |newspaper = Boston Daily Globe | title =Langtry Elected State Secretary. Republican Factions Unite to Crush Democratic Opposition by Steam Roller Methods. Walker Leads The Fight. Party Feeling Runs High. Democrats Call the Speaker Unfair. Open Ballot Motion Passed After Exciting Debate. Langtry Gets 151 Votes to 123 for Donahue. | pages = 1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103213969/langtry-elected-state-secretary-part-2/ 3] | date = April 27, 1911 |access-date=2022-06-05 |via=Newspapers.com}} to serve the remaining term of William M. Olin, who died in office,{{Cite book|last=Hennessey|first=Michael E.|title=Four Decades of Massachusetts Politics, 1890–1935|pages=152|publisher=Ayer Publishing|location=Massachusetts|orig-year=1935|year=1971|isbn=0-8369-5700-8}} Langtry took up his duties as Secretary of the Commonwealth on April 28, 1911, and he was elected to full term later that year{{Cite news|title=Foss and Frothingham Win.|newspaper=The New York Times |location=Boston |date=1911-09-27|page=2|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/09/27/104876433.pdf|access-date=2022-06-05}} 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.

After Fred J. Burrell resigned as the Massachusetts Treasurer, Langtry, Henry A. Wyman and John R. Macomber served as a committee to administer the Treasurer's Office until the Governor's appointment of James Jackson could be confirmed by the Massachusetts Governor's Council.{{cite news |title=Coolidge Appoints Jackson Treasurer; Director of Red Cross Activities in Massachusetts During the War Succeeds Burrell. Latter Quit Under Fire; Auditor Finds His Accounts Correct and Legislative Inquiry Halts Until Wednesday |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/09/05/113311043.pdf |newspaper=The New York Times |page=10 |date=September 5, 1920 |access-date=2022-06-05}}

In 1923 and 1924, Langtry purchased the two newspapers serving Waltham, Massachusetts, the Evening News and the Free Press Tribune. He combined the two papers into the Waltham News-Tribune (now The Daily News Tribune) and served as its publisher.{{Cite news|last=Moore |first=Galen |title=September marks Tribune's anniversary |work=Daily News Transcript |date=September 15, 2005 |url=http://www.dailynewstranscript.com/archive/x1515514234 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121061202/http://www.dailynewstranscript.com/archive/x1515514234 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 21, 2013 |access-date=2008-01-05 }}{{Cite book|last=Conklin|first=Edwin P.|title=Middlesex County and Its People: A History|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing|location=Middlesex County (Mass.)|year=1927|oclc=4399216}}

Langtry died at Melrose Hospital in Melrose, Massachusetts, on August 28, 1939.{{Cite news|title=Albert P. Langtry, Long a Publisher; Owner of The News-Tribune of Waltham, Mass., Served Many Papers—Dies at 79|work=The New York Times|date=August 28, 1939|pages=23}}

• Langtry, Albert P. ed., Metropolitan Boston: A Modern History 5 vols., New York, Lewis Historical Publishing (1929).

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• {{Cite book|last=Copeland|first=Alfred M.|title="Our County and Its People": A History of Hampden County, Massachusetts|pages=437|publisher=Century Memorial Pub.|location=Boston, Massachusetts|year=1902|oclc=3075222}}
• {{Cite web|url=http://nass.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=4|title=THE STATES|format=PDF|publisher=National Association of Secretaries of State|access-date=2007-10-06}}

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