Alexander Grant (Massachusetts politician)

Alexander Grant (1853–1935) was a Massachusetts machinist and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1] and as the sixth mayor of Chicopee, Massachusetts.[2]

Alexander Grant
6th Mayor of Chicopee, Massachusetts
In office January 1896 – January 1897
Preceded by	Andrew Gale
Succeeded by	George D. Eldridge
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 5th Hampden District[1]
Majority	35 (1893)[1]
Member of the Chicopee, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen Ward 2[1]
In office 1860–1861
Personal details
Born	September 26, 1853[1] Lawrence, Massachusetts[1]
Died	1935 Chicopee, Massachusetts
Political party	Republican Party[1]

Personal life

Grant was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on September 26, 1853.[1] Grant was educated in the Lowell, Massachusetts public schools.[1] In 1879 in Chicopee, he married Annie M. Vanzandt (1854–1934), original from Rome, New York. His wife preceded him in death by a few months.

Business career

Grant went to work in the cotton mills of Lowell while he was still young, and aside from two and a half years working in a Lowell machine shop, he spent his business career in the cotton business.[1] In March 1878 Grant moved to Chicopee[1] where he went to work for the Dwight Manufacturing Company.[1]

Political career

Grant was elected to represent Ward 2 on the Chicopee Board of Aldermen, and in 1895 he was elected to[1] represent the Fifth Hampden District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[1]

Notes

1. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1894), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators 1894, Vol. III, Brockton, Massachusetts: A. M. Bridgman, p. 145.
2. Copeland, Alfred Minott (1902), "Our County and Its People": A History of Hampden County Massachusetts, Volume Three, The Century Memorial Publishing Company, p. 493.