Francis Babbitt

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francis Sanford Babbitt
14th Mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts
In office
1891[1]–1893[1]
Preceded byArthur Alger
Succeeded byWillis Hodgman
Majority193 (1890)[2]
Chief of Police of
Taunton, Massachusetts[3]
In office
1897[3]–1900
Member of the
Taunton, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen[3]
In office
1887[3]–1887[3]
Chairman of the
Bristol County, Massachusetts
County Commission[1]
In office
1888[1]–1893[1][3]
Member of the
Bristol County, Massachusetts
County Commission[3]
In office
1887[1][3]–1893[3]
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives[3]
In office
1882[3]–1883[3]
Personal details
BornDecember 22, 1843[3][4]
Taunton, Massachusetts[4]
DiedAugust 22, 1917[4]
Taunton, Massachusetts[4]
SpouseAbbie L. Hitch[3]
ChildrenA. Louise Babbitt[3]
Military service
AllegianceUnited StatesUnited States of America
Union
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1862[1]
August 1862[1]-June 28, 1865[1]
UnitCompany F, 4th Regiment; Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
Company F, 39th Regiment; Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
CommandsUnited States Signal Corps[1]
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Francis Sanford Babbitt (December 22, 1843 – August 22, 1917) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the fourteenth Mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Babbitt was born in Taunton, Massachusetts to George H. and Seraphene S. Babbitt on December 22, 1843.[3]

Mayor of Taunton[edit]

Babbitt ran for the Mayor of Taunton in 1890. On December 2, 1890, he was elected Mayor as the candidate of the Beau. and Citizen party by a plurality of 193 over Brown, (Ind.).[2]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Toomey, Daniel P. (1892), Massachusetts of Today: A Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 477
  2. ^ a b New York Times (December 3, 1890), "Article 10 -- No Title", New York Times, New York, New York
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Borden, Alanson (1899), Our County and its People: A Descriptive and Biographical Record of Bristol County, Massachusetts, Part 2, New Bedford, Massachusetts: The Boston History Company, p. 10
  4. ^ a b c d Collections of the Old Colony Historical Society, No. 8 (1921), REPORT OF THE HISTORIOGRAPHER NECROLOGY, 1905-1921, Taunton, Massachusetts: Old Colony Historical Society, p. 157{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

References[edit]

  • Toomey, Daniel P.: Massachusetts of Today: A Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 477, (1892).
Political offices
Preceded by 14th Mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts
1891 - 1892
Succeeded by