Biography
Thomas Straham was born in Stirling, Scotland on May 10, 1847. He was educated at the Cotting Academy in Arlington, Virginia, and at Phillips Exeter Academy. [1]
He married Esther Lawrence on November 28, 1867, and they had six children. [1]
A Republican, he served on the Common Council of Chelsea, Massachusetts from 1880 to 1883, and was its president in the latter year. He was elected Chelsea's mayor in 1883, and was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1884. [1]
He died in Brookline, Massachusetts on December 19, 1910. [2] [3]
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