Winfield Temple (November 4, 1875 – 1957[1]) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd Mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts.
Winfield Temple | |
|---|---|
| 22nd Mayor of Marlborough | |
| In office 1926–1929 | |
| Preceded by | James M. Hurley |
| Succeeded by | Amedee Martel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 4, 1875 |
| Died | 1957 (aged 81–82) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Lucy Howe Temple |
| Residence(s) | 201 Church Street, Marlborough, Massachusetts; (September 1918) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Political career
editIn 1909, Temple ran for 9th Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a Republican.[2] He was defeated on November 2, 1909, by Democrat Charles F. McCarthy by 893 votes.[2] McCarthy would later serve in the Massachusetts State Senate and was elected the 18th Mayor of Marlborough in 1917.[3]
Temple served as the 22nd Mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts from 1926 to 1929. He was the second mayor of Marlborough ever to be elected in a non-partisan election under a modified Massachusetts Plan B form of government.
Notes
edit- ^ "Winfield Temple (1875-1957)". Find A Grave. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ a b Public Documents of Massachusetts: Being the Annual Reports of Various Public Officers and Institutions for the Year 1909 (Vol. XI ed.). Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 18 Post Office Square. Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth. 1910. p. 88.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1919), A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, Boston, 1917–1919, Stoughton, MA: A. M. (Arthur Milnor) Bridgman, p. 81
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