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.[4]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 Who's Who in State Politics, 1912, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1912, p. 144.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1910), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators, Vol. XIX, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgman, p. 149.
  4. "Schooner Zebedee E. Cliff, Boothbay Harbor". Retrieved 2012-06-24.