Alexander Grant (1853–1935) was a Massachusetts machinist and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1] and as the sixth mayor of Chicopee, Massachusetts.[2]
Alexander Grant | |
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| 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] |
| Died | 1935 Chicopee, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican Party[1] |
Personal life edit
Grant was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on September 26, 1853.[1] Grant was educated in the Lowell, Massachusetts public schools.[1] In 1879 in Chicopee, he married Annie M. Vanzandt (1854–1934), original from Rome, New York. His wife preceded him in death by a few months.
Business career edit
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 edit
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]
Notes edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1894), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators 1894, Vol. III, Brockton, Massachusetts: A. M. Bridgman, p. 145
- ^ Copeland, Alfred Minott (1902), "Our County and Its People": A History of Hampden County Massachusetts, Volume Three, The Century Memorial Publishing Company, p. 493