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Jonathan P. Folsom

Jonathan P. Folsom

American politician

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

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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]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Coburn, Frederick William (1920), History of Lowell and Its People, Volume I, New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, p. 358
  2. [2]
    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. [3]
    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
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