Alpheus B. Alger

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.

Alpheus Brown Alger[1]
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[2]
In office 1886[1]–1887[3]
Member of the Board of Aldermen of Cambridge, Massachusetts[2]
In office 1884[4]–1884[4]
Personal details
Born	(1854-10-08)October 8, 1854[2] Lowell, Massachusetts[2]
Died	May 4, 1895(1895-05-04) (aged 40)[5] Cambridge, Massachusetts[5]
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Harvard College, Harvard Law School[2]
Occupation	Attorney[2]

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

1. Reed, Warren A. (1888), Harvard College Class of 1875 Secretary's Report, No. V., Cambridge, Ma: Harvard College, p. 7
2. Toomey, Daniel P. (1892), Massachusetts of Today: a Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 296
3. Reed, Warren A. (1888), Harvard College Class of 1875 Secretary's Report, No. V., Cambridge, Ma: Harvard College, p. 8
4. Cambridge City Council (1890), The Revised Ordinances of 1889 of the city of Cambridge, Boston, MA: Cambridge City Council, p. 166
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
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.

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