Wendell D. Rockwood

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Wendell David Rockwood [1] was a member of the Citizen's Municipal Party and was mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, from 1916 to 1918. He is also a direct descendant of the Puritans of New England. [2] [3]

Life and career

Wendell was born on April 21, 1863, in Belgrade, Maine, to Albion and Sara Jane (Ricker) Rockwood. [1] [4] He had at least one child, Agnes Rockwood Griffiths. [5] [6]

Rockwood was elected mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 21, 1915, beating Timothy W. Good by 283 votes. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 Who's who in Massachusetts: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men and Women of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. A.N. Marquis Company. 1938. p. 1083.
  2. ↑ "Cambridge Elections Today The Harvard Crimson, March 10, 1914.
  3. ↑ Mahoney, Henry J. Pen Portraits of Prominent People of Cambridge. Touched with Satire. Cambridge, Mass.: Cambridge Sentinel, 1923.
  4. ↑ Poor's Register of Directors and Executives, United States and Canada. Standard and Poor's Corporation. 1944. p. 2499.
  5. ↑ Secretary's Report. Harvard University. 1921. p. 109.
  6. ↑ Hooglund, Eric (November 2017). "November 2017 e-Newsletter" (PDF). BHS Newsletter November 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Rockwood Elected Mayor Yesterday". Harvard Crimson. December 22, 1915. Retrieved June 20, 2022.


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