Elisha Huntington

Elisha Huntington
19th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts[1]
In office
January 14, 1853 – January 12, 1854
GovernorJohn H. Clifford
Preceded byHenry W. Cushman
Succeeded byWilliam C. Plunkett
3rd Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts[1]
In office
April 1840[2] – April 1842
Preceded byHimself as Acting Mayor
Succeeded byNathaniel Wright
5th Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts
In office
April 1844 – January 1846[2]
Preceded byNathaniel Wright
Succeeded byJefferson Bancroft
9th Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts
In office
January 1852 – January 1853
Preceded byJames H. B. Ayer
Succeeded bySewall G. Mack
12th Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts
In office
January 1856 – January 1857
Preceded byAmbrose Lawrence
Succeeded byStephen Mansur
14th Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts
In office
January 1858 – January 1859
Preceded byStephen Mansur
Succeeded byJames Cook
Acting Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts[1]
In office
1839[1] – April 1840[1]
Preceded byLuther Lawrence[1]
Succeeded byHimself as 3rd Mayor
President of the Lowell, Massachusetts
Common Council[1]
In office
1838[3]–1839[4]
Preceded byJohn Clark[3]
Succeeded byThomas Hopkinson[4]
Member of the Lowell, Massachusetts
Common Council[1]
Ward 3[4]
In office
1837[5]–1839[5]
Member of the Lowell, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen[1][6]
In office
1847[6]–1847[6]
In office
1853[1]–1854[1]
Member of the Lowell, Massachusetts
Board of Selectmen[1][7]
In office
1833[7]–1834[7]
Preceded byJoshua Crosby[7]
Personal details
BornApril 9, 1796
DiedDecember 13, 1865(1865-12-13) (aged 69)
Lowell, Massachusetts
Political partyWhig
Children5, including
William Reed Huntington

Elisha Huntington (April 9, 1796 – December 13, 1865) was an American physician and politician who served as the mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts and as the 19th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1853 to 1854.[8][9]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Abbot, Samuel L. (January 4, 1866), Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol LXIII, No. 3, Boston, Ma.: Massachusetts Medical Society, p. 465
  2. ^ a b Cowley, Charles (1868), A History of Lowell 2nd Ed., Boston, Ma.: Lee and Shepard, p. 167
  3. ^ a b Lowell City Council (1894), Charter and Ordinances of the City of Lowell, Lowell, Ma.: Lowell City Council, pp. 202–203
  4. ^ a b c Lowell City Council (1894), Charter and Ordinances of the City of Lowell, Lowell, Ma.: Lowell City Council, pp. 203–204
  5. ^ a b Lowell City Council (1894), Charter and Ordinances of the City of Lowell, Lowell, Ma.: Lowell City Council, pp. 202–204
  6. ^ a b c Lowell City Council (1894), Charter and Ordinances of the City of Lowell, Lowell, Ma.: Lowell City Council, p. 208
  7. ^ a b c d Cowley, Charles (1868), A History of Lowell 2nd Ed., Boston, Ma.: Lee and Shepard, p. 166
  8. ^ Kelly, Howard A.; Burrage, Walter L. (eds.). "Huntington, Elisha" . American Medical Biographies . Baltimore: The Norman, Remington Company.
  9. ^ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWVX-8QJ : 22 May 2019), Elisha Huntington, 13 Dec 1865; citing Lowell, Massachusetts, v 184 p 117, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,187.