Moses Kimball was an American politician,museum curator and owner,and showman. Kimball was a business rival and close associate of P. T. Barnum and public-spirited citizen of Boston,Massachusetts who represented the city in the Massachusetts General Court for several non-consecutive terms from 1851 and 1877 and made several runs for mayor.
Josiah Quincy III was an American educator and political figure. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1805–1813),mayor of Boston (1823–1828),and President of Harvard University (1829–1845). The historic Quincy Market in downtown Boston is named in his honor. A panel of 69 scholars in 1993 ranked him among the ten best mayors in American history.
John Quincy Adams Brackett was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. A Republican and temperance advocate,he served one term as the 36th governor of Massachusetts,from 1890 to 1891. Born in New Hampshire and educated at Harvard,he practiced law in Boston before entering politics.
Albert Perkins Langtry was an American newspaper editor and publisher,politician,Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth,and a member of the Republican Party.
Lorenzo Sabine was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts now more remembered for his research and publishing concerning the Loyalists of the American Revolution than as a public servant.
Stephen Clarendon Phillips was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Otis C. Norcross served as the nineteenth Mayor of Boston,Massachusetts,from January 7,1867 to January 6,1868 during the Reconstruction era of the United States. Norcross was a candidate (1861) for the Massachusetts State House of Representatives;served as a member of the Boston Board of Aldermen from January 6,1862 to January 2,1865;chairman of the Boston Board of Aldermen from January 4,1864 to January 2,1865;and served as a trustee of the City Hospital,1865 &1866;and a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council,under Gov. William Claflin (1869).
Benson Leavitt was a Boston,Massachusetts,businessman,born in New Hampshire,who served as an Alderman of Boston,and later as acting mayor after the incumbent became incapacitated and died while in office.
Asa Tarbell Newhall (1846-1937) was a Massachusetts politician who served in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature,and as the 23rd Mayor of Lynn,Massachusetts. Newhall also served in both branches of the Lynn city council and on the city's school committee.
George H. Newhall was a Massachusetts politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,as a member of the Board of Aldermen and a member and President of the Common Council of Lynn,Massachusetts and as the 35th Mayor of Lynn.
William Shepherd was a Massachusetts politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the 29th Mayor of Lynn,Massachusetts.
David Taggart Dickinson was a Massachusetts attorney and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the twenty-eighth Mayor of Cambridge,Massachusetts.
Leon Martin Conwell was an American journalist and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the nineteenth Mayor,of Somerville,Massachusetts.
John Robert Murphy was a Massachusetts politician and attorney who served as the Commissioner of the Boston Fire Department,Chairman of the Boston Finance Commission and in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature.
Levi Swanton Gould was an American businessman and politician who served as a member,and chairman of the Middlesex County,Massachusetts county commission,and as the first mayor of Melrose,Massachusetts.
Edwin Francis Lyford was an American lawyer and politician who served on the Springfield,Massachusetts,city council,as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and in the Massachusetts State Senate.
Halsey Joseph Boardman was a Massachusetts lawyer and politician who served in,and as the president of the Boston Common Council,in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as a member and president of the Massachusetts Senate.
Marcia Anna Keith (1859–1950) was a physicist,teacher of physics to women,and a charter member of the American Physical Society since its founding in 1899.
The Old Bridgewater Historical Society was founded in 1894 in West Bridgewater,Massachusetts. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The society operates from two buildings and has a library of genealogical and historical texts,manuscripts,documents,and photographs,as well as historical artifacts.
