David T. Dickinson

David Taggart Dickinson (August 13, 1867 November 27, 1930) was a Massachusetts attorney and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the twenty-eighth Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

David Taggart Dickinson[1]
David T. Dickinson in 1895
28th Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
In office
January 1901  January 1902
Preceded byEdgar R. Champlin
Succeeded byJohn H. H. McNamee
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
First Middlesex District[2]
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Fifth Middlesex District[3]
Succeeded byAlbert S. Apsey[4]
Personal details
BornAugust 13, 1867[2][3]
Cambridge, Massachusetts[3]
DiedNovember 27, 1930 (aged 63)[1][5]
Cambridge, Massachusetts[1][5]
Political partyRepublican[3]
Spouse
Carrie M. Story
(m. 1892)
ChildrenDavid, Jr., (b. 1894), Melvin (b. 1895), Elbra (b.1897), Elisabeth (b. 1901)
Alma materHarvard College, Class of 1888; Harvard Law School class of 1891.[3]
OccupationAttorney[3]

Personal life

Dickinson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts to Alexander and Elizabeth (Taggart) Dickinson.[1] He married Carrie M. Story of Manchester, New Hampshire on December 8, 1892. The couple had four children together.[6]

Notes

  1. Harvard Alumni Association (1930), Harvard Alumni Bulletin, Volume XXXII, Issue 11, Cambridge, MA: Harvard Alumni Association, p. 334
  2. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1895), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislatures, Volume IV, Brockton, MA: A. M. Bridgman, p. 157
  3. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1897), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislatures, Volume VI, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgman, p. 142
  4. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1898), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislatures, Volume VII, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgman, p. 142
  5. The Harvard Graduates' Magazine Association (1931), The Harvard graduates' magazine, Volume XXXIX, Boston, MA: The Harvard Graduates' Magazine Association, p. 402
  6. Secretary's Report. Rockwell and Churchill Press. 1913. p. 41.


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