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Politician in Massachusetts, US (1811–1878)

George Oliver Brastow
Member of the
Massachusetts Governor's Council
Sixth Councilor District
In office
1874–1876
1st
Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts
In office
January 1, 1872 – January 5, 1874
Preceded byBoard of Selectmen
Succeeded byWilliam H. Furber
47th President of the
Massachusetts Senate
In office
1869–1869
Preceded byRobert C. Pitman
Succeeded byHorace H. Coolidge
45th President of the
Massachusetts Senate
In office
1868–1868
Preceded byJoseph A. Pond
Succeeded byRobert C. Pitman
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
Second Middlesex District
In office
1867–1869
Succeeded byJames Pierce
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
First Middlesex District
In office
1866–1867
Preceded byFrancis Childs
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
County of Middlesex
In office
1854–1854
Member of the
Somerville, Massachusetts
Board of Selectmen
In office
1867–1867
Member of the
Somerville, Massachusetts
Board of Selectmen
In office
1845–1845
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Third Middlesex District
In office
1862–1862
Preceded byColumbus Taylor
Succeeded byChester Guild
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Town of Somerville District
In office
1849–1851
Preceded byEdward L. Stevens
Succeeded byEdward C. Purdy
Member of the
Somerville, Massachusetts
School Committee
Personal details
BornSeptember 8, 1811
Wrentham, Massachusetts
DiedNovember 20, 1878 (aged 67)
Canandaigua, New York
NationalityAmerican
Military service
AllegianceUnited States of America
Union
RankMajor
UnitArmy of Northeastern Virginia
CommandsCompany I – Somerville Light Infantry – Company B 5th Regiment
Battles/warsFirst Battle of Bull Run

George Oliver Brastow (September 8, 1811 – November 20, 1878) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served as a member and President of the Massachusetts Senate, as a member of the Governor's Council, and as the first Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.

Military service

Before the American Civil War Brastow was the Captain of Company I of the Somerville Light Infantry of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. Brastow commanded the company, for the three months at the beginning of the Civil War, that Company I was federalized and reconstituted as Company B of the 5th Regiment. Brastow and his regiment fought at the First Battle of Bull Run.

In 1862 Brastow was commissioned a paymaster with the rank of Major.

George Brastow later in his life

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Drake, Samuel Adams (1880), History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Containing Carefully Prepared Histories of Every City and Town in the County, Vol. II, Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, p. 338
  2. Warner, Oliver (1875), Acts and Resolves passed by the General Court of Massachusetts in the Year 1875, Boston, MA: Secretary of the Commonwealth, p. 960
  3. Gifford, Stephen Nye (1876), A Manual for the use of the General Court, Boston, MA: Massachusetts General Court, p. 319
  4. Massachusetts Senate (1875), Journal of the Senate, Boston, MA: Printed by Order of the Senate, p. 12
  5. ^ Haley, M. A. (1903), The Story of Somerville, Boston, MA: The Writer Publishing Company, p. 86
  6. ^ Gifford, Stephen Nye (1869), A Manual for the use of the General Court, Boston, MA: Massachusetts General Court, p. 132
  7. ^ City of Somerville (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, MA: Somerville Journal Print., p. 183
  8. ^ "Obituary Notes", The New York Times, New York, N.Y., p. 5, November 23, 1878
  9. Gifford, Stephen Nye (1869), A Manual for the use of the General Court, Boston, MA: Massachusetts General Court, p. 220
  10. ^ City of Somerville (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, MA: Somerville Journal Print., p. 184
  11. ^ City of Somerville (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, MA: Somerville Journal Print., p. 175
  12. ^ City of Somerville (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, MA: Somerville Journal Print., p. 179
  13. ^ City of Somerville (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, MA: Somerville Journal Print., p. 185
  14. ^ Nason, George Warren (1910), History and Complete Roster of the Massachusetts Regiments, Minute Men of '61, Boston, MA: Smith & McCance, p. 165
  15. ^ Haley, M. A. (1903), The Story of Somerville, Boston, MA: The Writer Publishing Company, p. 85
  16. ^ Drake, Samuel Adams (1880), History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Containing Carefully Prepared Histories of Every City and Town in the County, Vol. II, Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, p. 320
  17. Drake, Samuel Adams (1880), History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Containing Carefully Prepared Histories of Every City and Town in the County, Vol. II, Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, p. 337
Political offices
Preceded byBoard of Selectmen 1st Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts
January 1, 1872 – January 5, 1874 		Succeeded byWilliam H. Furber
Preceded byJoseph A. Pond 45th President of the Massachusetts Senate
1868-1868 		Succeeded byRobert C. Pitman
Preceded byRobert C. Pitman 47th President of the Massachusetts Senate
1869-1869 		Succeeded byHorace H. Coolidge
Presidents of the Massachusetts Senate
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