Jonathan P. Folsom

Jonathan P. Folsom
20th Mayor of
Lowell, Massachusetts
In office
January 4, 1869  1870
Preceded by George F. Richardson
Succeeded by Edward F. Sherman
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
Member of the
Lowell, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen[2][1]
In office
1859; 1861; 1878;[1]  1859; 1862; 1878[1]
Member of the
Lowell, Massachusetts
Common Council[2][1]
In office
1856; 1867; 1867;[1]  1856; 1867; 1867;[1]
Personal details
Born October 9, 1820[3]
Tamworth, New Hampshire[3]
Died February 23, 1893[3]

Jonathan P. Folsom (October 9, 1820 February 23, 1893) served as the twentieth Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts.

Business career

Folsom was, for many years,[3] involved in the dry goods trade.[3] Folsom had a dry goods store[3] on Merrimack Street, in Lowell.[3]

Folsom was a director of the Old Lowell National Bank,[1] and a Trustee of the Central Savings Bank.[1]

Public service career

Folsom was a member of the Lowell Common Council,[2] Board of Aldermen,[2] and was twice elected the mayor of Lowell.[2]

After he was mayor Folsom served two terms in the Massachusetts legislature[1] as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Coburn, Frederick William (1920), History of Lowell and Its People, Volume I, New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, p. 358.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Old Residents' Historical Association (January 1904), Contributions to the Old Residents' Historical Association, Lowell, Mass:organized December 21, 1868, Volume VI, Lowell, Mass: Old Residents' Historical Association, p. 16.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Old Residents' Historical Association (January 1904), Contributions to the Old Residents' Historical Association, Lowell, Mass:organized December 21, 1868, Volume VI, Lowell, Mass: Old Residents' Historical Association, p. 15.
Political offices
Preceded by
George F. Richardson
20th Mayor of
Lowell, Massachusetts

January 4, 1869-1870
Succeeded by
Edward F. Sherman
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