Charles Francis McCarthy (August 15, 1876 – February 13, 1938) was an American newspaper reporter and

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who served in the

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and as the eighteenth Mayor of

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Spanish American War

McCarthy served from May 18, 1898 – January 21, 1899 in Company F., Sixth Massachusetts Regiment during the

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, attaining the rank of corporal. McCarthy was deployed along with his regiment to

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where they disembarked on July 25, 1898. McCarthy was mustered out of service on January 21, 1899.

Massachusetts House of Representatives

McCarthy served as a

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to represent Marlborough in the Ninth Middlesex District of the

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. While in the

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, McCarthy served on the Mercantile Affairs Committee.

Massachusetts Senate

McCarthy served in the Massachusetts State Senate from 1912 to 1914.

Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917

In 1916 the Massachusetts legislature and electorate approved the calling of a Constitutional Convention. In May 1917, McCarthy was elected to serve as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917, representing the 9th Middlesex District of the

. McCarthy served on the Convention's committee on Military Affairs. McCarthy is reported as having made a Memorial Day address at the Town Hall on May 29, 1933.''Annual Reports of Town Officers'', Volumes 71-74 (1936), p. 153: "Memorial Day exercises were observed at the Town Hall, May 29. Ex-Mayor Charles McCarthy, of Marlboro, spoke to the assembly".

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Spanish American War

Massachusetts House of Representatives

Massachusetts Senate

Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917

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