Alexander Grant (Massachusetts politician)

Alexander Grant
6th Mayor of
Chicopee, Massachusetts
In office
January 1896 – January 1897
Preceded by Andrew Gale
Succeeded by George D. Eldridge
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
5th Hampden District[1]
Majority 35 (1893)[1]
Member of the Chicopee, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen
Ward 2[1]
In office
1860–1861
Personal details
Born September 26, 1853.[1]
Lawrence, Massachusetts[1]
Political party Republican Party[1]

Alexander Grant (September 26, 1853) was a Massachusetts machinist and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1] and as the sixth mayor of Chicopee, Massachusetts.[2]

Early life and education

Grant was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on September 26, 1853.[1] Grant was educated in the Lowell, Massachusetts public schools.[1]

Business career

Grant went to work in the cotton mills of Lowell while he was still young, and aside from two and a half years working in a Lowell machine shop, he spent his business career in the cotton business.[1] In March 1878 Grant moved to Chicopee[1] where he went to work for the Dwight Manufacturing Company.[1]

Political career

Grant was elected to represent Ward 2 on the Chicopee Board of Aldermen, and in 1895 he was elected to [1] represent the Fifth Hampden District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[1]

Political offices
Preceded by
Andrew Gale
6th Mayor of Chicopee, Massachusetts
January 1896–January 1897
Succeeded by
George D. Eldridge

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1894), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators 1894, Vol. III, Brockton, Massachusetts: A. M. Bridgman, p. 145.
  2. ↑ Copeland, Alfred Minott (1902), "Our County and Its People": A History of Hampden County Massachusetts, Volume Three, The Century Memorial Publishing Company, p. 493.
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