Jefferson Bancroft (April 30, 1803 – January 3, 1890) was a farmer and politician who served as the sixth Mayor of

Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell () is a city in Massachusetts, United States. Alongside Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, it is one of two traditional county seat, seats of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex County. With an estimated population of 115,554 in ...

. Bancroft was born on April 30, 1803, in

Warwick, Massachusetts Warwick is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 780 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Warwick was first settled in 1739 and was ...

. From 1831 to his death in 1890 Bancroft was a Deputy Sheriff of Middlesex County. Bancroft was a member of the Lowell City Council in 1839 and 1840, and a member of the Lowell Board of Aldermen from 1841 and 1842.

Massachusetts House of Representatives

Beginning in 1840 Bancroft served four terms in the Massachusetts House representing Lowell. While in the Massachusetts House Bancroft sat as a member of the Whig Party.

Death

Bancroft died on January 3, 1890, at his farm in Tyngborough, Massachusetts. He is buried in

Lowell Cemetery Lowell Cemetery may refer to: * Lowell Cemetery (Lowell, Massachusetts) * Evergreen Cemetery (Bisbee, Arizona), also known as "Lowell Cemetery" * Lowell Cemetery (Lowell, Wisconsin) {{disambiguation ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bancroft, Jefferson 1803 births Mayors of Lowell, Massachusetts People from Warwick, Massachusetts Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Lowell, Massachusetts City Council members Massachusetts Whigs 1890 deaths Farmers from Massachusetts 19th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court Burials at Lowell Cemetery (Lowell, Massachusetts)