Charles W. Eldridge

For the American actor, see Charles Eldridge.
Charles Wadleigh Eldridge[1]
Seventeenth Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts
In office
January 7, 1918  January 1922
Preceded by Zebedee E. Cliff
Succeeded by John M. Webster
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
Third Middlesex District[2]
In office
January 1914[3]  January 1918
Preceded by Charles V. Blanchard
Succeeded by Joseph O. Knox[4]
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives[2]
Twenty Sixth Middlesex District[5]
In office
1911[2]  1913[2]
Member of the
Somerville, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen[2]
In office
1907[2]  1910[2]
Personal details
Born October 16, 1877[1][2]
Boston, Massachusetts[2]
Nationality American
Political party Republican[2]
Spouse(s) Edith L.[1][6]
Children

Raymon W. Eldridge; Arthur F. Eldridge; Warren P. Eldridge; Louise Eldridge;

Charlotte Eldridge[6]
Residence 47 Highland Road, Somerville, Massachusetts[1]
Profession Salesman[1] for Chase & Sanborn[1][3]

Charles Wadleigh Eldridge (born October 16, 1877) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature as a member of the Board of Aldermen and as the seventeenth Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.

Eldridge was a delegate to the 1920 Republican National Convention.[7]

In addition to his duties as an officeholder, starting in 1893, Eldridge worked as a salesman for Chase & Sanborn.[1][3]

Eldridge had married Edith daughter of Harriett J. Brown.[6] Eldridge had five children.Raymon W. Eldridge; Arthur F. Eldridge; Warren P. Eldridge; Louise Eldridge; Charlotte Eldridge[6]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 United States, Selective Service System (September 12, 1918), World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Registration Location: Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Roll: 1674432; Draft Board: 2., Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Who's who in State Politics, 1915, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1915, p. 66.
  3. 1 2 3 Who's who in State Politics, 1916, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1916, p. 66.
  4. Who's who in State Politics, 1918, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1918, p. 73.
  5. Who's who in State Politics, 1911, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1911, p. 152.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. Bureau of the Census (1920), 1920 United States Federal Census Enumeration District: 84, Washington, D.C.: The National Archives, p. Census Place: Somerville Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_718; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 447.
  7. Hart, George Luzerne (1920), Official Report Of The Proceedings Of The Seventeenth Republican National Convention, New York, NY: General Secretary of the Convention; Printed at the Tenny Press, p. 53.
Political offices
Preceded by
Zebedee E. Cliff
Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts

January 7, 1918-January 1922
Succeeded by
John M. Webster
Preceded by
Charles V. Blanchard
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
Third Middlesex District

January 1914 January 1918
Succeeded by
Joseph O. Knox

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