| Halsey Joseph Boardman | |
| Birth Date: | May 19, 1834 |
| Death Date: | January 15, 1900 (aged 65) |
| Nationality: | American |
| Term Start: | 1887 |
| Term End: | 1888 |
| Predecessor: | Albert E. Pillsbury |
| Successor: | Harris C. Hartwell |
| Term Start2: | 1887 |
| Term End2: | 1888 |
| Office3: | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives |
| Term Start3: | 1883 |
| Term End3: | 1885 |
| Office4: | President of the Boston Common Council |
| Term Start4: | January 4, 1875 |
| Term End4: | January 3, 1876 |
| Predecessor4: | Edward Olcott Shepard |
| Successor4: | John Q. A. Brackett |
| Office5: | Member of the Boston Common Council from Ward 14 |
| Term Start5: | January 6, 1873 |
| Term End5: | January 3, 1876 |
| Spouse: | Georgia M. Hinman |
| Children: | Flora M. Boardman and Emily I. Boardman. |
Halsey Joseph Boardman (born May 19, 1834 – January 15, 1900) was a Massachusetts lawyer and politician who served in, and as the president of the Boston Common Council, in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as a member and president of the Massachusetts Senate.[1]
Boardman was born on May 19, 1834, to Nathaniel and Sarah (Hunt) Boardman in Norwich, Vermont.
Boardman was vice-president of the North Star Construction Company organized in 1890 that built significant portions of the Duluth and Winnipeg Railroad based in Duluth, Minnesota. In 1893 when the Canadian Pacific Railway took control of D & W, Boardman became president of the troubled railroad.
Boardman married Georgia M. Hinman on November 6, 1861, they had two children, Flora M. Boardman, and Emily I. Boardman.
Boardman died on January 15, 1900, at his home in Boston, Massachusetts.
A Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A. D. 1888–'89
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