William Bancroft

William Amos Bancroft (April 26, 1855 – March 11, 1922) was a Massachusetts businessman, soldier and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and on the Common Council, Board of Aldermen, and as the Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts (1893–1897).

Not to be confused with Billy Bancroft or William Poole Bancroft.
William Amos Bancroft
Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
In office
January 1893 – January 1897
Preceded byAlpheus B. Alger
Succeeded byAlvin F. Sortwell
President of the
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen
In office
1891–1892
Member of the
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen
In office
1891–1892
Member of
the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1883–1885
Member of
the Cambridge, Massachusetts
Common Council
In office
1882–1882
Personal details
BornApril 26, 1855[1]
Groton, Massachusetts
DiedMarch 11, 1922[2]
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Spouse(s)Mary Shaw
ChildrenHugh Bancroft, Guy Bancroft, Catherine (Bancroft) De Haviland
Alma materHarvard College, Harvard Law School[1]
OccupationAttorney
Military service
AllegianceUnited States of America
RankPrivate to colonel (Massachusetts Militia),
Brigadier general (United States Volunteers)
UnitMassachusetts Militia
United States Volunteers
CommandsCompany B,
Fifth Massachusetts Militia Regiment,
Fifth Massachusetts Militia Regiment
Battles/warsSpanish–American War

Bancroft was the president of the Boston Elevated Railway Company from 1899 to 1916.[2][3]

During the Spanish–American War, Bancroft was a brigadier general of United States Volunteers.[2]

Notes
  1. Toomey, Daniel P. (1892), Massachusetts of Today: a Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 297.
  2. The New York Times (March 12, 1922), General William A. Bancroft Dies, New York, N. Y.: The New York Times, p. 27.
  3. "Brush To Lead Elevated". The Boston Daily Globe. September 16, 1919.
Political offices
Preceded by
Alpheus B. Alger		 Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
January 1893 – January 1897		 Succeeded by
Alvin F. Sortwell
Business positions
Preceded by
William A. Gaston		 President of the Boston Elevated Railway
1899–1916		 Succeeded by
Matthew C. Brush


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