Benjamin F. Haines

Benjamin Franklin Haines[1]
Benjamin Franklin Haines in 1911
Mayor of
Altamonte Springs, Florida[2]
8th Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts
In office
1915–1922
Preceded byCharles S. Taylor
Succeeded byRichard B. Coolidge
Majority130[3]
Delegate to the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention[5]
Representing the 26th Middlesex District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[5]
In office
June 6, 1917[4] – April 6, 1918[6]
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[8]
28th Middlesex District[8]
In office
1911[7]–1914[7]
Member of the Medford, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen[7]
In office
1908[7]–1910[7]
Personal details
BornNovember 25, 1876[8][7]
Boston, Massachusetts[8][7]
Died1942 (aged 65–66)
Orange County, Florida
Political partyRepublican[8]
SpouseCarrie Gibbs Bly[9][10]
ChildrenWebber Bly Haines, b. April 3, 1906.[11] Lewis DeMaugh Haines.[10][12]
Residence(s)52 Central Avenue, Medford, Massachusetts (1915)[12]
Alma materBrown University,[7] Boston University School of Law, 1899[7]
OccupationCitrus grower (1935)[9]
ProfessionAttorney, 1902[13]

Benjamin Franklin Haines (1876–1942) was a Massachusetts attorney and politician and a Florida businessman. Haines served as a member of the Medford, Massachusetts, board of aldermen, the Massachusetts House of Representatives, as the eighth mayor of Medford, Massachusetts, and as the mayor of Altamonte Springs, Florida.

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  2. ^ The Boston Globe (December 23, 1931), "MEDFORD EX-MAYOR ELECTED IN FLORIDA Haines to Be Chief Executive Altamonte Springs, He Writes—Son Chosen Alderman", Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts, p. Page 2
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  4. ^ Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919, p. 7
  5. ^ a b Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919, p. 11
  6. ^ Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919, p. 626
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1919), A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, Boston, 1917–1919, Stoughton, MA: A. M. (Arthur Milnor) Bridgman, p. 74
  8. ^ a b c d e Who's Who in State Politics, 1911, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1911, p. 171
  9. ^ a b Florida State Census (1935), Florida State Census, 1935 Seminole County, Precinct 011, Tallahassee, Florida: State of Florida
  10. ^ a b United States Census (1920), United States Census, 1920, Medford City 1 Part Of, Middlesex, Massachusetts: United States{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  11. ^ Cutter, William Richard (1908), Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Volume IV, New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, p. 1830
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