Jacob Bitzer (January 16, 1865 – February 19, 1946) was an American businessman, real estate agent, and politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[3][5]
Jacob Bitzer | |
|---|---|
 Bitzer c. 1919 | |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 27th Middlesex district | |
| In office 1915–1919 | |
| Preceded by | Winfield F. Prime |
| Succeeded by | Charles C. Warren |
| Member of the Arlington, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen | |
| In office 1910–1914 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 16, 1865 Dürrwangen, Kingdom of Württemberg |
| Died | February 19, 1946 (aged 81) Arlington, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence(s) | 49 Forest Street, Arlington, Massachusetts 1130 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, Massachusetts |
| Alma mater | Cutter School |
| Occupation | Assistant superintendent of the Schwamb Mill Real Estate |
| [1][2][3][4] | |
Early life
editBitzer was born to John and Dorothea (Beck) Bitzer on January 16, 1865, in Dürrwangen, Kingdom of Württemberg.[3][6][2]
Education
editBitzer attended the Cutter School in Arlington, Massachusetts, graduating in 1879.[2]
Business career
editAfter he graduated from the Cutter School, Bitzer started a six-year apprentice working for the Welch & Griffiths saw works in Arlington.[2] At the end of his apprenticeship the company went out of business.[2] After he left the employ of Welch & Griffiths Bitzer went to work as a mill hand, on an irregular moulding machine, in the mill of Theodore Schwamb, a manufacturer of piano cases.[2]
In 1897, when the Schwamb Mill was incorporated, Bitzer became a stockholder, and clerk of the corporation. In 1908 Bitzer was the assistant superintendent of the mill in charge of the mill department.[7]
Republican National Convention
editBitzer was an alternative delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1912.[6]
Massachusetts House of Representatives
editOn November 3, 1914, Bitzer was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives representing the twenty seventh Middlesex District, Bitzer received 1,372 in a three way race that included fellow Arlington Resident Cyrus Edwin Dallin; James F. McCarthy of Lexington, Massachusetts.[8] Bitzer served in the legislature from 1915 to 1919.[3][4][6][9] During the 1917 legislative session Bitzer was a member of the Committee on Public Institutions,[10] and the Committee on Ways and Means.[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Who's Who in State Politics, 1914, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1914, p. 288
- ^ a b c d e f Cutter, William Richard (1908), Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, p. 2144
- ^ a b c d Howard, Richard T. (1919), Public Officials of Massachusetts, 1919, Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. 109
- ^ a b Howard, Richard T. (1923), Public Officials of Massachusetts, 1920, Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. 299
- ^ "Jacob Bitzer". The Boston Globe. February 20, 1946. p. 19. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ a b c Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1917), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators Vol. XXVI, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 112
- ^ Cutter, William Richard (1908), Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, p. 2145
- ^ Swan, Charles W. (1915), Annual Report, Town of Lexington, Massachusetts, Lexington, Massachusetts: Lexington, Massachusetts, p. 99
- ^ Who's Who in State Politics, 1918, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1918, p. 126
- ^ Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1917), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators Vol. XXVI, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 57
- ^ Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1917), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators Vol. XXVI, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 79