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Benjamin F. Haines

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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Benjamin Franklin Haines1
Benjamin Franklin Haines in 1911
Mayor of
Altamonte Springs, Florida2
8th Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts
In office
1915–1922
Preceded byCharles S. Taylor
Succeeded byRichard B. Coolidge
Majority1303
Delegate to the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention5
Representing the 26th Middlesex District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives5
In office
June 6, 19174 – April 6, 19186
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives8
28th Middlesex District8
In office
19117–19147
Member of the Medford, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen7
In office
19087–19107
Personal details
BornNovember 25, 187687
Boston, Massachusetts87
Died1942 (aged 65–66)
Orange County, Florida
PartyRepublican8
SpouseCarrie Gibbs Bly910
ChildrenWebber Bly Haines, b. April 3, 1906.11 Lewis DeMaugh Haines.1012
Alma materBrown University,7 Boston University School of Law, 18997
OccupationCitrus grower (1935)9
ProfessionAttorney, 190213

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.

Early life

Haines was born November 25, 1876. He was the son of American businessman John DeMaugh Haines.12 and Kate Luslie12 (Phillips)13 was born in Boston, Massachusetts Haines12 on November 25, 1876.87

Marriage

On June 11, 190212 Haines married teacher Carrie Gibbs1 Bly, the daughter of William L. Bly and Ella F. (Gibbs) Bly in New Bedford, Massachusetts.13 They had two children, Webber Bly Haines, born April 3, 190611 and Lewis DeMaugh Haines.1012

Business career

Beginning in 1900, Haines practiced law in Boston.12

Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts

In the municipal elections of December 8, 1914, Haines was elected the Mayor of Medford, defeating two term Mayor Charies S. Taylor by 130 votes.3

Benjamin F. Haines during the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention

1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention

In 1916 the Massachusetts legislature and electorate approved a calling of a Constitutional Convention.14 In May 1917,4 Haines was elected to serve as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917, representing the 26th Middlesex District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.5

Mayor of Altamonte Springs, Florida

In the municipal elections of 1931 Haines was elected the Mayor of Altamonte Springs, Florida.215

Notes

Notes

  1. Medford, Massachusetts Marriages (1902), Massachusetts Marriages, 1841–1915, Medford, Massachusetts: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, p. 4
  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
  3. The Boston Daily Globe (December 9, 1914), MEDFORD. Ex-Representative Benjamin F. Haines Defeats Mayor Taylor—Two Brothers Chosen Aldermen., Boston, MA: The Boston Daily Globe, p. 4
  4. Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919, p. 7
  5. 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. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1919), A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, Boston, 1917–1919, Stoughton, MA: A. M. (Arthur Milnor) Bridgman, p. 74
  8. Who's Who in State Politics, 1911, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1911, p. 171
  9. Florida State Census (1935), Florida State Census, 1935 Seminole County, Precinct 011, Tallahassee, Florida: State of Florida
  10. 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
  12. Marquis & Company, Albert Nelson (1915), Who's Who in New England: a biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men and Women of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut (, Chicago, Illinois: A.N. Marquis & Company, p. 494
  13. New Bedford, Massachusetts Marriages (1902), Massachusetts Marriages, 1841–1915, New Bedford, Massachusetts: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  14. Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing Co., state printers, 1919, pp. 7–8
  15. Robison, Jim (2002), Altamonte Springs, Mount Pleasant, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, p. 85
References

References

  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, pp. 7–8, 11, 27, 626, Wright & Potter Printing co., state printers, (1919).
  • Bridgman, Arthur Milnor: A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, pp. 27, (1919).
  • Robison, Jim: Altamonte Springs, Mount Pleasant, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, pp. 85. (2002).