Henry Gordon Wells

Henry Gordon Wells (1879-1954) was a Lawyer and a Republican politician in Massachsetts and New Hampshire. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=uVhQ3OwDzr0C&pg=PA280&lpg=PA280&dq=%22Henry+Gordon+Wells%22&source=web&ots=xBprVY3nHW&sig=0RdIF_gBEhBaVd9TiTgVmqrMnTM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result "Letters of Louis D Brandeis"] , vol.4, p.280]

Wells was born on October 12, 1879 in Bridgeport, Connecticut to George Henry and Hannah Ada (Taylor) Wells. He attended Haverhill, Massachusetts public schools. He graduated from Tilton Seminary in New Hampshire in 1898, Weslyan University in 1902, and Harvard Law School in 1905.

On April 18, 1906, he married Edith Weeks of Middletown, CT, with whom he had five children: Chester T., Elizabeth W., Archer G., Eleanor E., and Henry G.

In 1905 he began his law practice in Haverhill, Massachusetts with the office of Poor & Fuller (later Poor & Abbott) until he opened his own practice in 1907, Wells & Hale. In addition to practicing law, he was a trustee of the Haverhill YWCA, member of the City Hospital Aid Association, Vice President of the Haverhill, Massachusetts Boys Club, and director of the Haverhill, Massachusetts YMCA.

Government appointments and elected positions

In 1907 he became a member of the Haverhill, Massachusetts city government. He served as an elected member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1910 to 1912 serving on committees on insurance as clerk and chairman, election laws, and congressional redistricting. Wells then served on Massachusetts Senate from 1913 to 1918, becoming "the powerful and respected" President of the Massachusetts Senate in 1916. In 1915, Wells served on the Committee on Public Lighting, Committee on Rules, and Committee on Railroads. He also served for a dozen years or more as a member of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities and was a past president of the National Association of Railroad and Utility Commissioners.

He later moved to Newton, New Hampshire where he also served in the legislature and was a Delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention in 1948. He was ultimately named to the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission.

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* [http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=M8EQAAAAIAAJ&dq=Who's+who+in+American+Methodism+By+Carl+Fowler+Price+&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=OpOtChvODb&sig=pidA9pcgL_pkl0WqP8bXeJRwlWc&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA238,M1 Who's who in American Methodism By Carl Fowler Price]
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