Alpheus B. Alger
Alpheus Brown Alger[1] | |
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![]() Alger c. 1892 | |
Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
In office January 1891 – January 1892 | |
Preceded by | Henry Gilmore |
Succeeded by | William Bancroft |
Member of the Massachusetts State Senate Third Middlesex District[2] | |
In office 1886[1]–1887[3] | |
Member of the Board of Aldermen of Cambridge, Massachusetts[2] | |
In office 1884[4]–1884[4] | |
Personal details | |
Born | [2] Lowell, Massachusetts[2] | October 8, 1854
Died | May 4, 1895[5] Cambridge, Massachusetts[5] | (aged 40)
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Harvard College, Harvard Law School[2] |
Occupation | Attorney[2] |
Alpheus Brown Alger (October 8, 1854 – May 4, 1895) was a Massachusetts politician who served in the Massachusetts State Senate, as a member of the Board of Aldermen and as the Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Biography
[edit]Alger was born to Edwin Alden and Amanda Malvina Alger, née Buswell, in Lowell, Massachusetts.[6][7] From October 1875 to January 1877 Alger studied law at Harvard Law School and he was admitted to the bar for the County of Middlesex on June 4, 1877.[1] After being admitted to the bar, he began practicing law with his father's firm, Brown & Alger in Boston while living in Cambridge.[6]
Alger was active in the Democratic party. From 1878 to 1891 Alger was a member of the Cambridge Democratic Committee, from 1884 to 1891 he was a member of Massachusetts' Democratic party state committee, and he represented Massachusetts' eight Congressional District at the 1888 Democratic National Convention.[5] He died on May 4, 1895, in North Cambridge, Massachusetts.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Reed, Warren A. (1888), Harvard College Class of 1875 Secretary's Report, No. V., Cambridge, Ma: Harvard College, p. 7
- ^ a b c d e f Toomey, Daniel P. (1892), Massachusetts of Today: a Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 296
- ^ Reed, Warren A. (1888), Harvard College Class of 1875 Secretary's Report, No. V., Cambridge, Ma: Harvard College, p. 8
- ^ a b Cambridge City Council (1890), The Revised Ordinances of 1889 of the city of Cambridge, Boston, MA: Cambridge City Council, p. 166
- ^ a b c d "Ex-Mayor Alger of Cambridge". Boston Evening Transcript. May 4, 1895. p. 8.
Died This Morning. Once Aldermen of Cambridge, Senator for Two Terms and Twice Chosen Mayor of Cambridge
- ^ a b Reed, Warren A. (1891), Harvard College Class of 1875 Secretary's Report, No. VI. - 1875-1891, Harvard College, p. 9
- ^ Rand, John Clark (1890). One of a Thousand: A Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A.D. 1888-'89. First National Publishing Company. pp. 10–11.
- 1854 births
- 1895 deaths
- Mayors of Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Cambridge, Massachusetts City Council members
- Democratic Party Massachusetts state senators
- Harvard Law School alumni
- 1888 United States presidential election
- 19th-century American legislators
- Harvard College alumni
- 19th-century Massachusetts politicians
- Massachusetts state senator stubs