William Bancroft

William Amos Bancroft
Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
In office
January 1893  January 1897
Preceded by Alpheus B. Alger
Succeeded by Alvin F. Sortwell
President of the
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen
In office
1891–1892
Member of the
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen
In office
1891–1892
Member of
the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1883–1885
Member of
the Cambridge, Massachusetts
Common Council
In office
1882–1882
Personal details
Born April 26, 1855[1]
Groton, Massachusetts
Died March 11, 1922[2]
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Spouse(s) Mary Shaw
Children Hugh Bancroft, Guy Bancroft, Catherine (Bancroft) De Haviland
Alma mater Harvard College, Harvard Law School[1]
Occupation Attorney
Military service
Allegiance United States of America
Rank Private to Colonel (Massachusetts Militia)
Brigadier General (United States Volunteers)
Unit Massachusetts Militia
United States Volunteers
Commands Company B,
Fifth Massachusetts Militia Regiment,
Fifth Massachusetts Militia Regiment
Battles/wars Spanish American War

William Amos Bancroft (April 26, 1855-March 11, 1922) was a Massachusetts businessman, soldier and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and on the Common Council, Board of Aldermen, and as the Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts (1893-1897).

Bancroft was the first President of the Boston Elevated Railway Company.[2]

During the Spanish American War, Bancroft was a Brigadier General of United States Volunteers.[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Toomey, Daniel P. (1892), Massachusetts of Today: a Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 297.
  2. 1 2 3 The New York Times (March 12, 1922), General William A. Bancroft Dies, New York, N. Y.: The New York Times, p. 27.
Political offices
Preceded by
Alpheus B. Alger
Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
January 1893 - January 1897
Succeeded by
Alvin F. Sortwell


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