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 620 WADUN. WADLIN. Granite Co. He was a lieutenant in the 7th regiment, Massachusetts veteran volun- teer infantry, and president of the associa- tion. He has always been a staunch Re- publican, has served as chairman of the town committee, and has been an active member of the district committee. He was a member of the House of Repre- sentatives, 1885, having been elected from the 8th Norfolk representative district. WADLIN, HORACE G., son of Daniel H. and. Lucy E. (Brown) Wadlin, was born in South Reading (now Wakefield), Mid- dlesex count}', October 2, 185 1. He was educated in the public schools, and by pri- vate instruction. After leaving school he entered the office of Lord & Fuller, of Salem, as a student of architecture ; subsequently he became first assistant in their Boston office, and in 1874 was associated with them in practice. In 1875 he began practice independently in Boston, devoting his attention principally to school and municipal buildings, and do- mestic work. In 1879 he became an attache of the Massachusetts bureau of statistics of la- bor, first as special agent, and afterward in charge of special lines of statistical work. In this capacity he was connected with many of the more important investi- gations undertaken by the bureau, and ac- quired a thorough knowledge of the indus- trial resources and economic condition of the Commonwealth, lie was engaged in the preliminary work of the decennial cen- sus of 1885, and was chief of the census division of libraries and schools. He has been closely connected with the activities of his town. In March, 1875, he was elected to the school board ; has served as secretary and for several years as chairman, and is still a member of the board. He has for many years been one of the trustees of the public library ; was one of the incorporators of the Read- ing Co-operative Bank, and its first vice- president ; and for nine years has been reporter of the Reading Lodge, Knights of 1 lonor. He is a Republican in politics, and in 1884 was elected to the House of Repre- sentatives from the 12th Middlesex dis- trict, and re-elected the following year. In 1886, a new district having been formed, he was again elected, and in 1888 re- elected, this being his fourth term. He served upon the committees on the census, woman suffrage, education, railroads, and expediting public business. He was House chairman of the committee on woman suf- frage and on education in 18S5, on educa- tion in 1887, and on railroads in 1888. In 1888, upon the resignation of Colonel Carroll D. Wright, he was appointed chief of the bureau of statistics of labor, which position he still holds, relinquishing the practice of his profession to devote himself entirely to the duties of the office. Mr. Wadlin is an eloquent and convinc- ing speaker, and he has performed consid- erable literary work, chiefly in connection with economic and historical subjects, both for publication and upon the lecture plat- form ; he was joint author with Colonel Wright of the monograph on the industries HORACE G WADLIN of Boston during the past century, con- tained in the " Memorial History of Bos ton," published by Ticklior & Co. lie is a recognized authority on the subject of co-operative banking. lie is a member of the American Statis- tical Association, and also ol tin- American Social Science Association, and for the present year secretary of its department of education, and one of the council of the association. He is also president of the South Middlesex Unitarian Conference. Mr. Wadlin was married September X, 1875, to Ella Frances, daughter of E. Av- erill and S. Esther (Libby) Butterfield. They have no children.