John M. Webster

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John M. Webster
18th Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts
In office
January 1922 –January 4, 1926
Preceded by Charles W. Eldridge
Succeeded by Leon M. Conwell
Majority 4,626 (1921) [1]
President of the
Somerville, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen [1]
Member of the
Somerville, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen [1]
Ward 4 [1]
Personal details
Nationality American
Political party Republican [1]

John M. Webster was an American politician who served as the eighteenth Mayor, of Somerville, Massachusetts.

Somerville, Massachusetts City in Massachusetts, United States

Somerville is a city located directly to the northwest of Boston, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As of 2010, the United States Census lists the city with a total population of 75,754 people, making it the most densely populated municipality in New England. As of 2010, it was the 16th most densely populated incorporated municipality in the country. Somerville was established as a town in 1842, when it was separated from Charlestown. In 2006, the city was named the best-run city in Massachusetts by the Boston Globe. In 1972, in 2009, and again in 2015, the city received the All-America City Award. It is home to Tufts University, which has its campus along the Somerville and Medford border.

In December 1921 Webster was elected Mayor of Somerville, [1] he was reelected over John J. Murphy [2] in December 1923. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Boston Daily Globe (December 14, 1921), "Webster is Elected Somerville Mayor", The Boston Daily Globe, Boston, Ma, p. 12.
  2. 1 2 The Boston Daily Globe (December 12, 1923), "Webster Apparently Victor in Somerville", The Boston Daily Globe, Boston, Ma, p. 17.
Political offices
Preceded by
Charles W. Eldridge 		18th Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts
January 1922 – January 4, 1926 		Succeeded by
Leon M. Conwell
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