Clarence Sayward Wilkinson (born September 26, 1910 – July 12, 1996) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Beverly, Massachusetts, from 1951 to 1957, State Representative from 1957 to 1961, Town Manager of Saugus from 1968 to 1970, and Town Manager of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, from 1970 to 1975.
[1] In 1953, Wilkinson was a candidate for State Representative, but lost in the Republican primary to Herbert Tuckerman.
[5] In 1955, Wilkinson received a type-written letter containing a threat to kill him if he did not pay four million dollars.
An investigation by Beverly police revealed that the letter was written by a fourteen-year-old boy at a junior high school.
[10] In 1967, Wilkinson ran again for Mayor, but finished third in the primary behind James A. Vitale and Herbert Grimes.