Samuel Winslow (mayor)

Samuel Winslow was an American politician who served as 26th Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1886 to 1889.[1]

Samuel Winslow
26th Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts
In office
January 4, 1886 – January 6, 1890
Preceded byCharles G. Reed
Succeeded byFrancis A. Harrington
Personal details
Born(1827-02-28)February 28, 1827
Newton, Massachusetts
DiedOctober 21, 1894(1894-10-21) (aged 67)
Worcester, Massachusetts
Resting placeHope Cemetery
Worcester, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican

Early life and career

Winslow was born in Newton, Massachusetts, on February 28, 1827.[2] He received his early education in the school of Newton. Upon leaving school, he was employed in the manufacture of cotton machinery, in which he showed so much inventive skill that he was made foreman in his shop at the age of twenty. He came to Worcester in 1855 and formed a co-partnership with his brother. In 1857 they began the manufacture of skates.[3] After his brother's death Winslow continued the business until the formation of the Samuel Winslow Skate Manufacturing Company in 1886.[4]

Winslow was a member of the Common Council of Worcester in 1864-65. In 1885, he was elected mayor of Worcester, and was re-elected two times. He was both vice president and later president of the Worcester County Mechanic's Association.[4]

Winslow died in Worcester on October 21, 1894, and was buried in Hope Cemetery.[2]

References
  1. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Winslow". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  2. Bacon, Edwin M., ed. (1896). Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston: The New England Magazine. p. 357. Retrieved January 17, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  3. "Enterprise Timeline". Worcester Historical Museum. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  4. Holton, David-Parsons; Holton, Frances Keturah Forward (1888). Winslow Memorial: Family Records of the Winslows and Their Descendants in America, with the English Ancestry as Far as Known. Kenelm Winslow ... D.-P. Holton.
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