Preceded by Mason Sears Name Leslie Cutler Succeeded by David H. Locke Role Politician | Political party Republican Party Republican Party Children 4 Resigned 1969 | |
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Born March 24, 1890
Boston ( 1890-03-24 ) Spouse(s) Roger W. Cutler (1913–1928) Alma mater Haskell School
Radcliffe College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Died 1971, Needham, Massachusetts, United States Education Radcliffe College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||
Leslie Bradley Cutler was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts Senate.
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Early life
Cutler was born on March 24, 1890, in Boston. She graduated from the Haskell School, and attended Radcliffe College, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1923 she married Roger W. Cutler, a textile industrialist and United States Navy Admiral. The couple had four children, two of whom (Robert and Roger, Jr.) competed in rowing in the 1936 Summer Olympics. They divorced in 1928.
Political career
Cutler began her political career in 1923 when she ran for the Needham, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen. She lost, but was elected in 1924 and served from 1925 to 1926 and was chairman for one term. When the town created a Board of Health in 1927, she chose to serve on it instead of the Board of Selectmen. She would remain on the board until 1967.
Cutler ran unsuccessfully for the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1928, 1930, and 1932 before winning in 1934. She served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1935 to 1949 and the Massachusetts Senate from 1949 to 1969. She was the twelfth woman elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the second to be elected to the Senate.
Cutler died on November 27, 1971, at her home in Needham.