Eliphalet Trask
Eliphalet Trask | |
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23rd Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
In office 1858[1] – 1861[1] | |
Governor | Nathaniel Prentice Banks[1] |
Preceded by | Henry Wetherby Benchley |
Succeeded by | John Z. Goodrich |
3rd Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts | |
In office 1855–1855 | |
Preceded by | Philos B. Tyler |
Succeeded by | Ansel Phelps, Jr. |
Member of the Springfield, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen[1] Ward Two[2] | |
In office 1852[2] – 1854[2] | |
Preceded by | None, new position |
Succeeded by | W. C. Sturtevant[3] |
Member of the Springfield, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen[1] | |
Personal details | |
Born | January 8, 1806 |
Died | December 9, 1890 84) | (aged
Political party | Whig,[1] Know Nothing,[4] Republican |
Spouse(s) | Ruby Squier[1] |
Religion | Universalist[1] |
Eliphalet Trask (January 8, 1806 – December 9, 1890) was an American politician who served as the third Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts,[3] and as the 23rd Lieutenant Governor[1] for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1858 to 1861.
Mayor of Springfield
In 1855 Trask was elected the Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts, on the Know Nothing party ticket.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Toomey, Daniel P. (1892), Massachusetts of Today: a Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 354.
- 1 2 3 City of Springfield P. (1913), Municipal Register of the City of Springfield for 1913, Springfield, Massachusetts: City of Springfield, p. 1173.
- 1 2 City of Springfield P. (1913), Municipal Register of the City of Springfield for 1913, Springfield, Massachusetts: City of Springfield, p. 1174.
- 1 2 Green, Mason Arnold (1888), Springfield, 1636-1886: History of Town and City : Including an Account of the Quarter-Millennial Celebration at Springfield, Mass., May 25 and 26, 1886, Springfield, Massachusetts: C.A. Nichols & Company, p. 491.
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Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Henry W. Benchley |
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1858–1861 |
Succeeded by John Z. Goodrich |
Preceded by Philos B. Tyler |
3rd Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts 1855–1855 |
Succeeded by Ansel Phelps, Jr. |
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