Preceded by Alpheus B. Alger Succeeded by Alvin F. Sortwell | Spouse(s) Mary Shaw Name William Bancroft | |
Died March 11, 1922
Cambridge, Massachusetts Children Hugh Bancroft, Guy Bancroft, Catherine (Bancroft) De Haviland Alma mater Harvard College, Harvard Law School | ||
William Amos Bancroft (April 26, 1855-March 11, 1922) was a Massachusetts businessman, soldier and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and on the Common Council, Board of Aldermen, and as the Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts (1893-1897).
Bancroft was the first President of the Boston Elevated Railway Company.
During the Spanish American War, Bancroft was a Brigadier General of United States Volunteers.
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