Walter C. Wardwell

Walter C. Wardwell
Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts[1]
In office January 1907 – April 1909
Preceded by	Charles H. Thurston
Succeeded by	William F. Brooks
President of the Cambridge, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen[1]
Member of the Cambridge, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen[1]
Member of the Cambridge, Massachusetts Common Council[1]
In office 1894–1895
Personal details
Born	January 27, 1859 Richmond, Virginia
Died	September 29, 1940(1940-09-29) (aged 81) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.

Walter Chalk Wardwell (January 27, 1859 – September 29, 1940) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1][2] Before becoming mayor, he was appointed as Deputy Sheriff of Cambridge in 1893.[3]

Career

After becoming mayor in January 1907, Wardwell advocated for at least 5 intermediate stations in Cambridge on the Cambridge subway, while suburbanites interested in faster through travel argued for only a single intermediate station at Central Square. The two groups finally compromised on two intermediate stations, at Central Square and Kendall Square, allowing construction to start in 1909.[4]

Personal life

Wardwell was born on January 27, 1859, in Richmond, Virginia to Burnham Wardwell and Sarah J. Goodale. On January 12, 1888, Wardwell married Grace Gardner Jones in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He died on September 29, 1940, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[5]

Notes

1. Eliot, Samuel Atkins (1913), "A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1913", The Cambridge Tribune, Cambridge, MA, p. 259
2. "Walter Chalk Wardwell Obit (Wrong name in headline)". The Boston Globe. October 1940. p. 15.
3. Swanton Gould, Levi (1905). Ancient Middlesex with Brief Biographical Sketches of the Men who Have Served the Country Officially Since Its Settlement. Somerville Journal Print. p. 278. ISBN 9781359611635.
4. Cudahy, Brian J. (1972). Change at Park Street Under; the story of Boston's subways. Internet Archive. Brattleboro, Vt., S. Greene Press. ISBN 978-0-8289-0173-4.
5. "I34041: Jared J. BEACH (5 FEB 1796 - 5 JUN 1851)". www.aemyers.net. Retrieved 2022-06-17.

Political offices
Preceded by Charles H. Thurston	Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts January 1907 – April 1909	Succeeded by William F. Brooks