Preceded by George F. Richardson Succeeded by Edward F. Sherman | Name Jonathan Folsom Died February 23, 1893 | |
Jonathan P. Folsom (October 9, 1820 – February 23, 1893) served as the twentieth Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts.
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Business career
Folsom was, for many years, involved in the dry goods trade. Folsom had a dry goods store on Merrimack Street, in Lowell.
Folsom was a director of the Old Lowell National Bank, and a Trustee of the Central Savings Bank.
Public service career
Folsom was a member of the Lowell Common Council, Board of Aldermen, and was twice elected the mayor of Lowell.
After he was mayor Folsom served two terms in the Massachusetts legislature as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
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