Alpheus B. Alger

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Alpheus Brown Alger[1]
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Alger c. 1892
Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
In office
January 1891 – January 1892
Preceded byHenry Gilmore
Succeeded byWilliam 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
BornOctober 8, 1854[2]
Lowell, Massachusetts[2]
DiedMay 4, 1895 (aged 40)[5]
Cambridge, Massachusetts[5]
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materHarvard College, Harvard Law School[2]
OccupationAttorney[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[]

Alger was born to Edwin Alden and Amanda Malvina Buswell.[6] 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]

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[]

  1. ^ a b c Reed, Warren A. (1888), Harvard College Class of 1875 Secretary's Report, No. V., Cambridge, Ma: Harvard College, p. 7
  2. ^ a b c d e f Toomey, Daniel P. (1892), Massachusetts of Today: a Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Boston, MA: , p. 296
  3. ^ Reed, Warren A. (1888), Harvard College Class of 1875 Secretary's Report, No. V., Cambridge, Ma: Harvard College, p. 8
  4. ^ a b Cambridge City Council (1890), The Revised Ordinances of 1889 of the city of Cambridge, Boston, MA: Cambridge City Council, p. 166
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Reed, Warren A. (1891), Harvard College Class of 1875 Secretary's Report, No. VI. - 1875-1891, Harvard College, p. 9
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
January 1891 – January 1892 		Succeeded by


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