Alpheus B. Alger

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Alpheus Brown Alger[1]
Alpehus B. Alger.png
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 October 8, 1854[2]
Lowell, Massachusetts[2]
Died May 4, 1895[5]
Cambridge, Massachusetts[5]
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

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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
January 1891 - January 1892
Succeeded by
William Bancroft


<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>