Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . am Gaston was graduated in1840. After graduation William Gaston studiedlaw in Roxbury with Judge Francis HiUiard and inBoston with Charles P. and Benjamin R. Curtis, and i6o UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS was admitted to the Bar in 1S44. He soon gainedrepute in his profession, and took a leading placeamong the members of the Norfolk Bar. He waselected a Representative of Roxbury in the Legisla-ture of 1853 and 1854. a
Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . am Gaston was graduated in1840. After graduation William Gaston studiedlaw in Roxbury with Judge Francis HiUiard and inBoston with Charles P. and Benjamin R. Curtis, and i6o UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS was admitted to the Bar in 1S44. He soon gainedrepute in his profession, and took a leading placeamong the members of the Norfolk Bar. He waselected a Representative of Roxbury in the Legisla-ture of 1853 and 1854. and again in 1856. From1856 to i860 he was City Solicitor of Roxbury, andMayor of that city in 1861-1862. After the annex-ation of Roxbury to Boston in 1867, he was sent tothe State Senate from one of the Boston districts,and was twice Mayor of the city, in 1871 and of the great administrative ability shown byMr. Gaston and the entire confidence reposed by son, William .Alexander Gaston (Harvard 1880), whois now President of the Boston Elevated RailwayCompany. Mr. Gaston married, May 27, 1852,Louisa .Augusta, daughter of Laban S. Beecher. Hedied January 19, WILLIAM GASTON the public in his sincerity, he was made the candi-date of the Democratic party for Governor in 1874,at which time the revolt against prohibitory liquorlegislation had divided the Republican party, andhe was elected, the first Democratic Governor ofMassachusetts since George S. Boutwell was chosenby the coalition of Democrats and Free Soilers in1852. Governor Gastons administration, in 1875,was highly approved, and he retired to the honor-able practice of his profession, in which since 1865he had been associated with Harvey Jewell andWalbridge A. Field. This partnership was termin-ated when he was elected Governor, and he thentook new associates, in 1879 Charles L. B. Whitneybecoming a member of the firm, and in 18S3 his GRAFTON, Charles Chapman Harvard in Boston, Mass., 1830
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