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McKnight">Edwin T. McKnight</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the<br /><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Senate" title="Massachusetts Senate">Massachusetts Senate</a><sup id="cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1918p50_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhWhinStatePol1918p50-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />4th Essex District<sup id="cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1918p50_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhWhinStatePol1918p50-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 1913<sup id="cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1918p50_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhWhinStatePol1918p50-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – January 1919</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">District Attorney of <a href="/wiki/Essex_County,_Massachusetts" title="Essex County, Massachusetts">Essex County, Massachusetts</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1918–1920</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Louis_Cox" title="Louis Cox">Louis Cox</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/S._Howard_Donnell" title="S. Howard Donnell">S. Howard Donnell</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the<br /><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives">Massachusetts House of Representatives</a><sup id="cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1918p50_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhWhinStatePol1918p50-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives%27_3rd_Essex_district" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Essex district">3rd Essex District</a><sup id="cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1911p297_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhWhinStatePol1911p297-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1910<sup id="cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1918p50_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhWhinStatePol1918p50-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>–1912<sup id="cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1918p50_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhWhinStatePol1918p50-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">October 12, 1879<sup id="cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1918p50_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhWhinStatePol1918p50-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Bridgeport,_Connecticut" title="Bridgeport, Connecticut">Bridgeport, Connecticut</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 5, 1954 (aged 74)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Haverhill,_Massachusetts" title="Haverhill, Massachusetts">Haverhill, Massachusetts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a><sup id="cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1918p50_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhWhinStatePol1918p50-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Edith Weeks Burke</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Haverhill,_Massachusetts" title="Haverhill, Massachusetts">Haverhill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a><sup id="cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1911p297_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhWhinStatePol1911p297-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wesleyan_University" title="Wesleyan University">Wesleyan University</a><sup id="cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1911p297_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhWhinStatePol1911p297-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Harvard_Law_School" title="Harvard Law School">Harvard Law School</a><sup id="cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1911p297_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhWhinStatePol1911p297-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Lawyer<sup id="cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1918p50_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhWhinStatePol1918p50-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Henry Gordon Wells</b> (October 12, 1879 – March 5, 1954) was a lawyer and a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">politician</a> in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.<sup id="cite_ref-Brandeis_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brandeis-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_life">Family life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Gordon_Wells&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Family life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wells was born on October 12, 1879, in <a href="/wiki/Bridgeport,_Connecticut" title="Bridgeport, Connecticut">Bridgeport, Connecticut</a>, to George Henry and Hannah Ada (Taylor) Wells. He attended public schools in <a href="/wiki/Haverhill,_Massachusetts" title="Haverhill, Massachusetts">Haverhill, Massachusetts</a>. He graduated from Tilton Seminary, now known as <a href="/wiki/Tilton_School" title="Tilton School">Tilton School</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1911p297_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhWhinStatePol1911p297-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in New Hampshire<sup id="cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1911p297_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhWhinStatePol1911p297-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1898, from <a href="/wiki/Wesleyan_University" title="Wesleyan University">Wesleyan University</a> in 1902,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Law_School" title="Harvard Law School">Harvard Law School</a> in 1905.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 18, 1906, he married Edith Weeks Burke of <a href="/wiki/Middletown,_Connecticut" title="Middletown, Connecticut">Middletown, Connecticut</a>, with whom he had five children: Chester T., Elizabeth W., Archer G., Eleanor E., and Henry G. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Private_law_practice">Private law practice</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Gordon_Wells&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Private law practice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1905 he began his law practice in <a href="/wiki/Haverhill,_Massachusetts" title="Haverhill, Massachusetts">Haverhill, Massachusetts</a>, with the office of Poor & Fuller (later Poor & Abbott), until he opened his own practice (Wells & Hale) in 1907. In addition to practicing law, he was a trustee of the Haverhill <a href="/wiki/YWCA" title="YWCA">YWCA</a>, member of the City Hospital Aid Association, Vice President of the Haverhill Boys Club, and director of the Haverhill <a href="/wiki/YMCA" title="YMCA">YMCA</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Essex_County_district_attorney">Essex County district attorney</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Gordon_Wells&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Essex County district attorney"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1918, Wells was appointed Essex County district attorney, succeeding <a href="/wiki/Louis_Cox" title="Louis Cox">Louis Cox</a>. Wells was the district attorney during the locally famous case of Elizabeth M. Skeels, alias, indicted in <a href="/wiki/Essex_County,_Massachusetts" title="Essex County, Massachusetts">Essex County, Massachusetts</a>, in September 1918 for the murder of Florence Webster Gay in <a href="/wiki/Andover,_Massachusetts" title="Andover, Massachusetts">Andover</a> on December 10, 1917. Skeels was accused of administering <a href="/wiki/Arsenic" title="Arsenic">arsenic</a> while acting as Gay's nurse. She was arraigned on November 1, 1918, and pleaded not guilty. Daniel J. Daley, Esq., appeared as counsel for the defendant. In June 1919 the defendant was tried by jury before Judge <a href="/wiki/Webster_Thayer" title="Webster Thayer">Webster Thayer</a>. The result was a verdict of not guilty. The case was in charge of Hon. <a href="/wiki/Henry_Converse_Atwill" title="Henry Converse Atwill">Henry Converse Atwill</a>, Attorney-General, and District Attorney Henry G. Wells. </p><p>Vincenzo Issarella was indicted in Essex County, May 2, 1918, for the murder of Vito Rocco in Haverhill on February 10, 1918. He was arraigned May 28, 1918, and pled not guilty. William J. MacDonald, Esq., appeared as counsel for the defendant. On February 14, 1919, the defendant retracted his former plea, and pled guilty to <a href="/wiki/Manslaughter" title="Manslaughter">manslaughter</a>. This plea was accepted by the Commonwealth, and the defendant was sentenced to State Prison for a term of not more than fifteen nor less than thirteen years. The case was in charge of District Attorney Henry G. Wells. </p><p>Peter DiZazzo was indicted in Essex County in May 1918, for the murder of Tony Volenti in <a href="/wiki/Lawrence,_Massachusetts" title="Lawrence, Massachusetts">Lawrence, Massachusetts</a>, on February 19, 1918. He was arraigned May 29, 1918, and pled not guilty. Hon. <a href="/wiki/W._Scott_Peters" title="W. Scott Peters">W. Scott Peters</a> and Ralph A. A. Comparone Esq., appeared as counsel for the defendant. On May 1, 1919, an entry of <i>nolle prosequi</i> was made against this indictment. The case was in charge of District Attorney Henry G. Wells. </p><p>Victor Verier was indicted in Essex County in January 1919, for the murder of Elizabeth Verier in Lawrence on December 14, 1918. On October 24, 1919, the defendant was adjudged insane and was committed to <a href="/wiki/Bridgewater_State_Hospital" title="Bridgewater State Hospital">Bridgewater State Hospital</a> until further order of the court. The case was in charge of District Attorney Henry G. Wells. </p><p>Wells ran for a full term, but was defeated in the Republican primary by <a href="/wiki/S._Howard_Donnell" title="S. Howard Donnell">S. Howard Donnell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_appointments_and_elected_positions">Government appointments and elected positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Gordon_Wells&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Government appointments and elected positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1907 Wells became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Haverhill,_Massachusetts" title="Haverhill, Massachusetts">Haverhill, Massachusetts</a> Common Council.<sup id="cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1911p297_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhWhinStatePol1911p297-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as an elected member of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives">Massachusetts House of Representatives</a> from 1910 to 1912,<sup id="cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1918p50_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhWhinStatePol1918p50-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> serving on committees on insurance as clerk and chairman, election laws, and congressional redistricting. Wells then served on <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Senate" title="Massachusetts Senate">Massachusetts Senate</a> from 1913 to 1918, becoming "the powerful and respected" <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Massachusetts_Senate" title="President of the Massachusetts Senate">President of the Massachusetts Senate</a> in 1916 succeeding Calvin Coolidge.<sup id="cite_ref-Brandeis_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brandeis-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1915, Wells served on the Committee on Public Lighting, Committee on Rules, and Committee on Railroads. During his time in the Senate, he was the only senator to always vote no on a woman's right to vote. He also served for a dozen years or more as a member of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities serving as commissioner in 1925 and was a past president of the National Association of Railroad and Utility Commissioners.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_in_New_Hampshire">Career in New Hampshire</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Gordon_Wells&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Career in New Hampshire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He later moved to <a href="/wiki/Newton,_New_Hampshire" title="Newton, New Hampshire">Newton, New Hampshire</a>, where he also served in the legislature and was a delegate to the New Hampshire state constitutional convention in 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was ultimately named to the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission.<sup id="cite_ref-Brandeis_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brandeis-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Gordon_Wells&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1915_Massachusetts_legislature" title="1915 Massachusetts legislature">1915 Massachusetts legislature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Massachusetts_legislature" title="1916 Massachusetts legislature">1916 Massachusetts legislature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Massachusetts_legislature" title="1917 Massachusetts legislature">1917 Massachusetts legislature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Massachusetts_legislature" title="1918 Massachusetts legislature">1918 Massachusetts legislature</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Gordon_Wells&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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Wells of Haverhill Its President-- Members of Both Branches Sworn Into Office House Republican Caucus LEGISLATURE OF 1916 SWORN IN BY GOV. WALSH Democrats Hold Caucus House Called to Order Senate Begins Session Senators Hold Caucus Labor Measures Are Filed Tax Commissioner Reports Orders for Inauguration GENERAL COURT CONVENES FOR SESSION OF 1916 STATE MEDICAL SUPERVISOR FOR SCHOOLS URGED</i>, Boston, MA: The Christian Science Monitor, January 5, 1916, p. 1</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=CHANNING+COX+IS+REELECTED+AS+HOUSE+SPEAKER+Senate+Makes+Henry+G.+Wells+of+Haverhill+Its+President--+Members+of+Both+Branches+Sworn+Into+Office+House+Republican+Caucus+LEGISLATURE+OF+1916+SWORN+IN+BY+GOV.+WALSH+Democrats+Hold+Caucus+House+Called+to+Order+Senate+Begins+Session+Senators+Hold+Caucus+Labor+Measures+Are+Filed+Tax+Commissioner+Reports+Orders+for+Inauguration+GENERAL+COURT+CONVENES+FOR+SESSION+OF+1916+STATE+MEDICAL+SUPERVISOR+FOR+SCHOOLS+URGED&rft.place=Boston%2C+MA&rft.pages=1&rft.pub=The+Christian+Science+Monitor&rft.date=1916-01-05&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHenry+Gordon+Wells" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WhWhinStatePol1911p297-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1911p297_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1911p297_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1911p297_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1911p297_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1911p297_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1911p297_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WhWhinStatePol1911p297_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><i>Who's who in State Politics, 1911</i>, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1911, p. 297</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Who%27s+who+in+State+Politics%2C+1911&rft.place=Boston%2C+MA&rft.pages=297&rft.pub=Practical+Politics&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHenry+Gordon+Wells" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Rites in Haverhill for Henry G. Wells". <i>The Boston Globe</i>. March 10, 1954.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Boston+Globe&rft.atitle=Rites+in+Haverhill+for+Henry+G.+Wells&rft.date=1954-03-10&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHenry+Gordon+Wells" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Brandeis-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Brandeis_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Brandeis_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Brandeis_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=uVhQ3OwDzr0C&dq=%22Henry+Gordon+Wells%22&pg=PA280">"Letters of Louis D Brandeis"</a>, vol.4, p.280</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=M8EQAAAAIAAJ&q=Who's+who+in+American+Methodism+By+Carl+Fowler+Price+&pg=PA238">Who's who in American Methodism</a> by Carl Fowler Price, E.B. Treat, 1916.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JiNOAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22henry+gordon+wells%22&pg=PA757"><i>Quinquennial Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Harvard University, 1636-1915</i></a>, by Harvard University, <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University_Press" title="Harvard University Press">Harvard University Press</a>, 1915.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Burrell Defeats Perkins in Hot Race for Treasurer". <i>The Boston Globe</i>. September 24, 1919.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Boston+Globe&rft.atitle=Burrell+Defeats+Perkins+in+Hot+Race+for+Treasurer&rft.date=1919-09-24&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHenry+Gordon+Wells" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">He was also appointed District Attorney for Essex County, Massachusetts.<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://collections.politicallibrary.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/Gregg15&CISOPTR=3259&REC=6">Free from Politics</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged January 2020">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup>, <i>Laconia Citizen</i>, April 23, 1953.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wells.html">Bio entry</a>, politicalgraveyard.com. 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