Zebedee E. Cliff

Zebedee E. Cliff
16th Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts
In office
January 5, 1914 – January 7, 1918
Preceded by Charles A. Burns
Succeeded by Charles W. Eldridge
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
26th Middlesex District[1][2]
In office
1910–1912
Member of the
Board of Health of
Somerville, Massachusetts[2][3]
In office
1907[2][3] – 1909[2][3]
Member of the
Board of Aldermen of
Somerville, Massachusetts[2][3]
In office
1905[2] – 1906[2]
Personal details
Born September 23, 1864[2][3]
New Brunswick[3]
Nationality Canadian, American
Political party Republican[1]
Spouse(s) Ada Cliff
Profession Architect and Builder[2]

Zebedee E. Cliff was an American architect, builder[2] and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives[2] and as the sixteenth Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.

Early life

Cliff was born in New Brunswick[3] on September 23, 1864.[2][3]

Trivia

The four masted schooner Zebedee E. Cliff was named for Cliff.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Secretary of the Commonwealth (1910), Election statistics, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Public Document no. 43, Boston, Ma: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Secretary of the Commonwealth, p. xciii. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Who's Who in State Politics, 1912, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1912, p. 144. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1910), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators, Vol. XIX, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgman, p. 149.