George C. Higgins

George Cleaveland Higgins (November 19, 1845 August 15, 1933) was a Massachusetts politician who served as a Lynn, Massachusetts, city councilor, a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the 22nd Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.

George C. Higgins
22nd
Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
In office
1888–1888
Preceded byGeorge D. Hart
Succeeded byAsa T. Newhall
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Nineteenth Essex District[1]
Member of the
Lynn, Massachusetts
Common Council[1]
In office
1881–1883
Personal details
BornNovember 19, 1845[1]
Orleans, Massachusetts
DiedAugust 15, 1933(1933-08-15) (aged 87)
Middleboro, Massachusetts
Political partyRepublican[1]
SpouseEllen S. Irving
Signature
Military service
AllegianceUnited States of America
Union
Branch/serviceUnion Army
Years of service1864
UnitCompany D 8th
Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Higgins was born in Orleans, Massachusetts on November 19, 1845. In 1862 Higgins moved to Lynn, Massachusetts.[1] He died in 1933.[2]

Notes

  1. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1894), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators Vol. III, Brockton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 142
  2. "PVT George Cleveland Higgins (1845-1933) - Find A".


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