Arthur Lord Huntington

Arthur Lord Huntington was born and educated in Salem before attending Harvard (Class of 1870). He then attended law school, studied at the law office of Perry & Endicott, and was admitted to the Essex Bar in 1874. Throughout his lifelong legal career, he was a managing partner in the firms where he worked.

Huntington’s notable political roles included serving as the 24th Mayor of Salem, a position his father, Asahel Huntington, had also held (8th Mayor, buried in Topsfield, MA). He also served on the Common Council from 1875 to 1878 and was its president for the final two years. He was also on the Park Commission, appointed by Mayor Rantoul, and led it until ill health forced his resignation.

His civic roles included director of the Salem National Bank, trustee of the Salem Five Cents Savings Bank, trustee of the Bertram Home for Aged Men, and president of Harmony Grove Cemetery. Huntington died on October 19, 1902, in Norwalk, Connecticut, at age 54. He was unmarried and survived by his sister, Sarah Louisa Huntington.

He is buried on Halidon Avenue, Lot #1597.