Ralph Waterbury Ellis (November 25, 1856 – September 28, 1945) was an American lawyer, banker and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, as a member of the

Springfield, Massachusetts Springfield is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States, and the seat of Hampden County. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the ...

Board of Aldermen and Common Council, and as the Mayor of

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in 1902.

Biography

Ralph W. Ellis was born to Theodore Waterbury and Maria Louise (Van Boskerck) in South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts, November 25, 1856. He graduated from Harvard University ''cum laude'' in 1879, and from

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in 1881. He died at his home in Springfield on September 28, 1945.

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1856 births 1945 deaths Harvard College alumni Harvard Law School alumni Springfield, Massachusetts City Council members Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Mayors of Springfield, Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-MARepresentative-stub