Henry King Braley was an American

United States

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  politician

Politician

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 who served as Mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts

Fall River, Massachusetts

Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is located about south of Boston, southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, and west of New Bedford and south of Taunton. The city's population was 88,857 during the 2010 census, making it the tenth largest city in...

. Braley was born in Rochester, Massachusetts

Rochester, Massachusetts

Rochester is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,232 at the 2010 census.-History:Rochester was settled in 1679 on the lands called "Sippican" by the local Wampanoags, along the coast of Buzzards Bay...

 to Samuel Tripp Braley and Mary A. (King) Braley on March 17, 1850.

Braley was appointed as an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in the place of Marcus Perrin Knowlton

Marcus Perrin Knowlton

Marcus Perrin Knowlton was an American politician and jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court....

. Knowlton had been elevated to the position of Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court after Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932...

 was appointed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.