Alpheus B. Alger

Alpheus Brown Alger^[1]
Alpheus Brown Alger
	Alger c. 1892
Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
	In office; January 1891 – January 1892
Preceded by	Henry Gilmore
Succeeded by	William Bancroft
Member of the ; Massachusetts State Senate; Third Middlesex District
	In office; 1886–1887
Member of the ; Board of Aldermen; of Cambridge, Massachusetts
	In office; 1884–1884
Personal details
Born	October 8, 1854; Lowell, Massachusetts
Died	May 4, 1895 (aged 40); Cambridge, Massachusetts
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Harvard College, Harvard Law School
Occupation	Attorney

Alpheus Brown Alger (October 8, 1854 – May 4, 1895) was a Massachusetts politician who served in the Massachusetts State Senate, as a member of the Board of Aldermen and as the Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Biography

Alger was born to Edwin Alden and Amanda Malvina Alger, née Buswell, in Lowell, Massachusetts.^[6]^[7] From October 1875 to January 1877 Alger studied law at Harvard Law School and he was admitted to the bar for the County of Middlesex on June 4, 1877.^[1] After being admitted to the bar, he began practicing law with his father's firm, Brown & Alger in Boston while living in Cambridge.^[6]

Alger was active in the Democratic party. From 1878 to 1891 Alger was a member of the Cambridge Democratic Committee, from 1884 to 1891 he was a member of Massachusetts' Democratic party state committee, and he represented Massachusetts' eight Congressional District at the 1888 Democratic National Convention.^[5] He died on May 4, 1895, in North Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Reed, Warren A. (1888), Harvard College Class of 1875 Secretary's Report, No. V., Cambridge, Ma: Harvard College, p. 7
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Toomey, Daniel P. (1892), Massachusetts of Today: a Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 296
^ Reed, Warren A. (1888), Harvard College Class of 1875 Secretary's Report, No. V., Cambridge, Ma: Harvard College, p. 8
^ ^a ^b Cambridge City Council (1890), The Revised Ordinances of 1889 of the city of Cambridge, Boston, MA: Cambridge City Council, p. 166
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Ex-Mayor Alger of Cambridge". Boston Evening Transcript. May 4, 1895. p. 8. Died This Morning. Once Aldermen of Cambridge, Senator for Two Terms and Twice Chosen Mayor of Cambridge
^ ^a ^b Reed, Warren A. (1891), Harvard College Class of 1875 Secretary's Report, No. VI. - 1875-1891, Harvard College, p. 9
^ Rand, John Clark (1890). One of a Thousand: A Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A.D. 1888-'89. First National Publishing Company. pp. 10–11.

Political offices
Preceded by Henry Gilmore	Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts January 1891 – January 1892	Succeeded by William Bancroft

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[ReedVp7-1] Reed, Warren A. (1888), Harvard College Class of 1875 Secretary's Report, No. V., Cambridge, Ma: Harvard College, p. 7

[Toomeyp296-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Toomey, Daniel P. (1892), Massachusetts of Today: a Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 296

[ReedVp8-3] Reed, Warren A. (1888), Harvard College Class of 1875 Secretary's Report, No. V., Cambridge, Ma: Harvard College, p. 8

[CamCityCounp166-4] Cambridge City Council (1890), The Revised Ordinances of 1889 of the city of Cambridge, Boston, MA: Cambridge City Council, p. 166

[BET5495p8-5] "Ex-Mayor Alger of Cambridge". Boston Evening Transcript. May 4, 1895. p. 8. Died This Morning. Once Aldermen of Cambridge, Senator for Two Terms and Twice Chosen Mayor of Cambridge

[ReedVIp9-6] Reed, Warren A. (1891), Harvard College Class of 1875 Secretary's Report, No. VI. - 1875-1891, Harvard College, p. 9

[7] Rand, John Clark (1890). One of a Thousand: A Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A.D. 1888-'89. First National Publishing Company. pp. 10–11.

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