Elijah B. Stoddard

Elijah Brigham Stoddard (June 5, 1826 – September 27, 1903) was an attorney and politician who served in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature, as a member of the Massachusetts Executive Council and as the mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts.[1]

Elijah Brigham Stoddard
23rd Mayor of
Worcester, Massachusetts
In office
January 3, 1882[1] – January 1, 1883[1]
Preceded byFrank H. Kelley
Succeeded bySamuel E. Hildreth
Majority1,400[1]
Member of the
Massachusetts Executive Council
7th Councilor District
In office
1871–1872
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
In office
1864[2]–1865[2]
Preceded byHartley Williams[2]
Succeeded byLucias W. Pond[2]
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives[3]
In office
1857–1863
Member of the
Worcester, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen
In office
1863–1864
Member of the
Worcester, Massachusetts
Common Council
In office
1854–1855
Member of the
Worcester, Massachusetts
Common Council
Ward 7
In office
1858–1859
Personal details
BornJune 5, 1826[1]
Upton, Massachusetts[1]
DiedSeptember 27, 1903
Worcester, Massachusetts
Spouse(s)Mary E. Davis, m. January 16, 1852[4]
Alma materBrown University, 1847[1]
OccupationAttorney[4]

Early life

Stoddard was born to Elijah and Zilpah (Nelson) Stoddard[5] in Upton, Massachusetts on June 5, 1826.[1][5]

Family life

On January 16, 1852, Stoddard married Mary E. Davis of Worcester.[4]

Massachusetts state government service

Massachusetts House of Representatives

Stoddard was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1856.[3]

District Attorney of Worcester County, Massachusetts

Stoddard was appointed the District Attorney of Worcester County, Massachusetts to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John H. Matthews. Stoddard filled out the rest Mathews term but he did not seek election to another term.[4]

Massachusetts Senate

From 1864 to 1865, Stoddard was a member of the Massachusetts Senate.[2]

He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1865.[6]

Massachusetts Executive Council

From 1871 to 1872[4] Stoddard was a member of the Massachusetts Executive Council[7] for the Seventh Councilor District.[8]

Death

Stoddard died in Worcester, Massachusetts on September 27, 1903.[5]

Notes
  1. Rice, Franklin Pierce (1899), Worcester of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Eight:Fifty Years a City : A Graphic Representation of Its Institutions, Industries, and Leaders, Worcester, Massachusetts: F. S. Blanchard & Company, p. 61
  2. Rice, Franklin Pierce (1899), Worcester of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Eight:Fifty Years a City : A Graphic Representation of Its Institutions, Industries, and Leaders, Worcester, Massachusetts: F.S. Blanchard & Company, p. 265
  3. Rice, Franklin Pierce (1899), Worcester of Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Eight:Fifty Years a City : A Graphic Representation of Its Institutions, Industries, and Leaders, Worcester, Massachusetts: F. S. Blanchard & Company, p. 261
  4. Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume II, Boston, Ma: The Boston History Company, p. 266
  5. Rice, Franklin Pierce (1907), Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity For the Year 1905, vol. XXI, Worcester, Massachusetts: Worcester Historical Society, p. 39
  6. American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
  7. Rice, Franklin Pierce (1907), Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity For the Year 1905, vol. XXI, Worcester, Massachusetts: Worcester Historical Society, p. 40
  8. Coolidge, George (1870), The Boston Almanac for the Year 1871, Vol. 36., Boston, Massachusetts: George Coolidge, p. 48


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