Elijah B. Stoddard

Elijah Brigham Stoddard
23rd Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts
In office January 3, 1882[1] – January 1, 1883[1]
Preceded by	Frank H. Kelley
Succeeded by	Samuel E. Hildreth
Majority	1,400[1]
Member of the Massachusetts Executive Council 7th Councilor District
In office 1871–1872
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
In office 1864[2]–1865[2]
Preceded by	Hartley Williams[2]
Succeeded by	Lucias W. Pond[2]
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[3]
In office 1857–1863
Member of the Worcester, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen
In office 1863–1864
Member of the Worcester, Massachusetts Common Council
In office 1854–1855
Member of the Worcester, Massachusetts Common Council Ward 7
In office 1858–1859
Personal details
Born	June 5, 1826[1] Upton, Massachusetts[1]
Died	September 27, 1903 Worcester, Massachusetts
Spouse(s)	Mary E. Davis, m. January 16, 1852[4]
Alma mater	Brown University, 1847[1]
Occupation	Attorney[4]

Elijah Brigham Stoddard (June 5, 1826 – September 27, 1903) was an attorney and politician who served in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature, as a member of the Massachusetts Executive Council and as the mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts.[1]

Early life

Stoddard was born to Elijah and Zilpah (Nelson) Stoddard[5] in Upton, Massachusetts on June 5, 1826.[1][5]

Family life

On January 16, 1852, Stoddard married Mary E. Davis of Worcester.[4]

Massachusetts state government service

Massachusetts House of Representatives

Stoddard was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1856.[3]

District Attorney of Worcester County, Massachusetts

Stoddard was appointed the District Attorney of Worcester County, Massachusetts to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John H. Matthews. Stoddard filled out the rest Mathews term but he did not seek election to another term.[4]

Massachusetts Senate

From 1864 to 1865, Stoddard was a member of the Massachusetts Senate.[2]

He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1865.[6]

Massachusetts Executive Council

From 1871 to 1872[4] Stoddard was a member of the Massachusetts Executive Council[7] for the Seventh Councilor District.[8]

Death

Stoddard died in Worcester, Massachusetts on September 27, 1903.[5]

Notes

1. Rice, Franklin Pierce (1899), Worcester of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Eight:Fifty Years a City : A Graphic Representation of Its Institutions, Industries, and Leaders, Worcester, Massachusetts: F. S. Blanchard & Company, p. 61
2. Rice, Franklin Pierce (1899), Worcester of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Eight:Fifty Years a City : A Graphic Representation of Its Institutions, Industries, and Leaders, Worcester, Massachusetts: F.S. Blanchard & Company, p. 265
3. Rice, Franklin Pierce (1899), Worcester of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Eight:Fifty Years a City : A Graphic Representation of Its Institutions, Industries, and Leaders, Worcester, Massachusetts: F. S. Blanchard & Company, p. 261
4. Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume II, Boston, Ma: The Boston History Company, p. 266
5. Rice, Franklin Pierce (1907), Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity For the Year 1905, vol. XXI, Worcester, Massachusetts: Worcester Historical Society, p. 39
6. American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
7. Rice, Franklin Pierce (1907), Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity For the Year 1905, vol. XXI, Worcester, Massachusetts: Worcester Historical Society, p. 40
8. Coolidge, George (1870), The Boston Almanac for the Year 1871, Vol. 36., Boston, Massachusetts: George Coolidge, p. 48

Legal offices
Preceded by John H. Matthews	District Attorney for Worcester County, Massachusetts	Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Frank H. Kelley	23rd Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts January 3, 1882-January 1, 1883	Succeeded by Samuel E. Hildreth