title: Charles E. Howe
text: # Charles E. Howe
  
  Charles Emerson Howe (January 27, 1846 – July 23, 1911) was an American politician who served as the thirty eighth Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Howe was born to John Swain and Mary (Chadwick) Howe in Gonic, a village in the city of Rochester, New Hampshire, January 27, 1846.
  
  ## Family life
  
  On January 1, 1884, Howe married Elizabeth F. Webster of Lowell, Massachusetts.
  
  