Jefferson Bancroft

Jefferson Bancroft
6th Mayor of
Lowell, Massachusetts
In office
1846–1848
Preceded byElisha Huntington
Succeeded byJosiah B. French
Member of the
Lowell, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen
In office
1841–1842
Member of the
Lowell, Massachusetts
City Council
In office
1839–1840
Personal details
BornApril 30, 1803
Warwick, Massachusetts
DiedJanuary 3, 1890(1890-01-03) (aged 86)
Tyngsborough, Massachusetts
Political partyWhig
OccupationFarmer, Deputy Sheriff

Jefferson Bancroft (April 30, 1803 – January 3, 1890) was a farmer and politician who served as the sixth Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts.

Bancroft was born on April 30, 1803, in Warwick, Massachusetts.[1][2]

From 1831 to his death in 1890 Bancroft was a Deputy Sheriff of Middlesex County.[3]

Bancroft was a member of the Lowell City Council[3] in 1839 and 1840, and a member of the Lowell Board of Aldermen from 1841 and 1842.[3]

Massachusetts House of Representatives

Beginning in 1840[1] Bancroft served four terms in the Massachusetts House[3] representing Lowell.[1][3] While in the Massachusetts House Bancroft sat as a member of the Whig Party.[4]

Death

Gravestone among the Bancroft family lot in Lowell Cemetery

Bancroft died on January 3, 1890, at his farm in Tyngborough, Massachusetts.[2] He is buried in Lowell Cemetery.

References

  1. ^ a b c Poole, Alexis (1847), Statistical View of the Executive and Legislative Department of the Government of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: The Government of Massachusetts, p. Page 7
  2. ^ a b Contributions of the Old Residents' Historical Association Vol. IV, No. 3, Lowell, MA: Old Residents' Historical Association, September 1890, p. 286
  3. ^ a b c d e Contributions of the Old Residents' Historical Association Vol. IV, No. 3, Lowell, MA: Old Residents' Historical Association, September 1890, p. 287
  4. ^ Answer of the Whig Members of the Legislature of Massachusetts, Constituting a Majority of both Branches: to the Address of His Excellency Marcus Morton, Delivered in the Convention of the Two Houses, January 22, 1840, Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts General Court, Whig Party, 1840, p. 36
Political offices
Preceded by 6th Mayor of
Lowell, Massachusetts
1846–1848 		Succeeded by