Walter L. Ramsdell

Walter Lawrence Ramsdell (26 June 1860 – 25 August 1909) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the 28th Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.[3]

Walter L. Ramsdell
28th
Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts[1]
In office
1897[1] – 1898[1]
Preceded byEugene A. Besson[1]
Succeeded byWilliam Shepherd[1]
Personal details
Born(1860-06-26)June 26, 1860
Bridgewater, Massachusetts
DiedAugust 25, 1909(1909-08-25) (aged 49)
Danvers, Massachusetts
Political partyDemocrat[2]
OccupationPrinter

1898 Congressional Race

In 1898 Ramsdell was the nominee of the Democratic party for election to congress from Massachusetts's 7th congressional district, losing to future Congressman Ernest W. Roberts.[2]

He died in 1909 at Danvers.[4]

Political offices
Preceded by
Eugene A. Besson		 Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
1897
to
1898		 Succeeded by
William Shepherd

Notes
  1. Arrington, Benjamin F. (1922), Municipal history of Essex County in Massachusetts, New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company., p. 402.
  2. Boston Evening Transcript (October 14, 1905) [1898], WILL SUPPORT RAMSDELL - No Break Likely Among Lynn Democrats, Boston, MA: The Boston Evening Transcript, p. 6.
  3. Knights of Pythias. Supreme Lodge. Convention (1910). Official Record of Proceedings of ... Convention of the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias. 26. Murphy-Travis Company. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  4. "Cambridge Chronicle 28 August 1909 — Cambridge Public Library". cambridge.dlconsulting.com. Retrieved 2014-11-17.


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