Joseph Garland (mayor)
{{Short description|American doctor and politician}}
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| name = Joseph Garland
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1822|01|22}}
| birth_place = Hampton, New Hampshire
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1902|09|04|1822|01|22}}
| death_place = Gloucester, Massachusetts
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| nationality = American
| occupation = Teacher
Physician
Surgeon
| party = Republican
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
- {{Marriage|Caroline A. Goodhue|October 17, 1849|1868|end=d.}}
- {{Marriage|Susan D. Knowlton|May 3, 1870}}
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| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|
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| title = Mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts
| term_start = 1880
| term_end = 1882
| predecessor = William Williams
| successor = William Williams
| signature = Signature of Joseph Garland (1822–1902).png
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Joseph Garland (1822–1902) was an American medical doctor and politician who served as Mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Early life and education
Garland was born on January 22, 1822, in Hampton, New Hampshire.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/menofprogressone00her/page/761 |title=Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |editor-last=Bacon |editor-first=Edwin M. |editor-link=Edwin Munroe Bacon |publisher=The New England Magazine |location=Boston |pages=761–762 |year=1896 |access-date=2022-02-07 |via=Internet Archive}} After graduating from the New Hampton School, he worked as a teacher. In 1840 he entered Dartmouth College, but left after one year and returned to teaching. Garland went back to college in 1842 and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1844.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94427633/oldest-on-cape-ann-death-of-dr-joseph/ |title=Oldest on Cape Ann. |newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe |location=Gloucester |page=11 |date=September 5, 1902 |access-date=2022-02-07 |via=Newspapers.com}} After graduating, Garland taught for one year at the South Hampton Academy and then taught at the Atkinson Academy for one year.{{cite book|last1=Garland|first1=James Grey|title=Garland Genealogy|year=1897|publisher=Watson's Illuminator Print|url=https://archive.org/details/garlandgenealogy00garl|page=[https://archive.org/details/garlandgenealogy00garl/page/156 156]|access-date=January 14, 2015}} In 1848 he attended the chemical studies program at Massachusetts General Hospital and in 1849 graduated from Jefferson Medical College. While studying medicine, Garland also taught at two private academies.
Medical career
Mayor
In 1879, Garland was the Republican nominee for Mayor of Gloucester. He defeated incumbent Mayor William Williams 1,260 votes to 954. It was Garland's first run for public office. He was reelected without opposition in 1880, but did not run for reelection in 1881.{{cite book|last1=Pringle|first1=James Robert|title=History of the Town and City of Gloucester, Cape Ann, Massachusetts|date=1892|publisher=James Robert Pringle|location=Gloucester, MA|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tkY9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA254|access-date=January 14, 2015}}
Personal life and death
On October 17, 1849, Garland married Caroline A. Goodhue. They had three sons, two of whom predeceased him. Caroline Garland died in 1868. On May 3, 1870, Garland married Susan D. Knowlton. They had two sons and two daughters.
Garland continued to practice medicine in Gloucester until his death on September 4, 1902.
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Category:Schoolteachers from New Hampshire
Category:Bowdoin College alumni
Category:Massachusetts Republicans
Category:Mayors of Gloucester, Massachusetts
Category:People from Hampton, New Hampshire
Category:Physicians from Massachusetts