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John K. Tarbox

John Kemble Tarbox
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 7th district
In office
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
Preceded by Ebenezer R. Hoar
Succeeded by Benjamin Butler
13th Insurance Commissioner of Massachusetts
In office
April 21, 1883 – May 28, 1887
Preceded by Julius L. Clarke
Succeeded by George S. Merrill
16th Mayor
of Lawrence, Massachusetts
In office
1873–1874
Preceded by S. B. W. Davis
Succeeded by Robert H. Tewksbury
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
In office
1872
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1868
1870
Personal details
Born May 6, 1838
Methuen, Massachusetts
Died May 28, 1887 (aged 49)
Boston, Massachusetts
Resting place Bellevue Cemetery, Lawrence, Massachusetts
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Sarah Ann Harmon, m. May 1859. died 1874;
Agnes Belle Mullen, m. 1882.
Alma mater Franklin Academy, North Andover, Massachusetts
Profession Lawyer
Military service
Allegiance  United States of America
Union
Service/branch United States Union Army
Years of service 1861 – August 28, 1863
Rank Union army 1st lt rank insignia.jpg First Lieutenant
Unit Massachusetts 4th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
Army of the Potomac
Commands Massachusetts Company B 4th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars American Civil War

John Kemble Tarbox (May 6, 1838 – May 28, 1887) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Tarbox was born in that part of Methuen, Massachusetts that became incorporated into Lawrence, Massachusetts, Tarbox pursued classical studies, engaged in newspaper work, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1860 and practiced law.

In May 1859 Tarbox married Sarah Ann Harmon, she died in 1874.

During the Civil War he served in the Union Army as a first lieutenant in Company B of the Fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was mustered out with his regiment on August 28, 1863.

For a time after his military service Tarbox was the political editor of the Lawrence Sentinel.

Tarbox was a delegate at the 1864 Democratic National Convention, and an alternate delegate at the 1868 Democratic National Convention. Tarbox served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1868, 1870, and 1871, in the Massachusetts State Senate in 1872, and as the sixteenth Mayor of Lawrence from 1873 to 1874.

Tarbox was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress.

Tarbox was the City solicitor of Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1882 and 1883. From April 21, 1883 to May 28, 1887, Tarbox was the Massachusetts State Insurance Commissioner.


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