Endicott Peabody Saltonstall


Endicott Peabody Saltonstall was an American attorney who served as District Attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts from 1921 to 1922.

Early life

Saltonstall was born on December 25, 1872 to Leverett and Rose Saltonstall. He graduated Harvard College in 1894 and Harvard Law School in 1897. He played a few games for the Harvard Crimson football after spending a year on the freshman squad. On November 2, 1898 he married Elizabeth Baldwin Dupee in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Legal career

After law school, Saltonstall worked in the office of Nichols & Cobb in Boston. He then worked in the Boston Elevated Railway's legal department. From 1902 to 1905 he was affiliated with the firm of Richardson, Herrick & Neave. He then entered a partnership with Albert P. Carter and Robert G. Dodge. The partnership was dissolved in 1910. He later formed a partnership with Charles W. Blood.

Political career

From 1899 to 1904, Saltonstall was a member of the Newton, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen.
On October 5, 1921, Saltonstall was appointed District Attorney of Middlesex County by Governor Channing H. Cox. He succeeded Nathan A. Tufts, who had been removed from office for misconduct. He named his law partner Charles W. Blood as his first assistant and his nephew, Leverett Saltonstall, as second assistant. He intended on filling Tufts unexpired term and was not a candidate in the 1922 election. Saltonstall died suddenly on December 19, 1922 at his home in Newton from an attack of phlebitis.