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John Adams Cummings
5th Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts
In office 1881–1884
Preceded by	George A. Bruce
Succeeded by	Mark F. Burns
Member of the Somerville, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen Ward 4
In office January 1877 – January 1878
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1875–1876
Personal details
Born	January 16, 1838 Nelson, New Hampshire
Died	January 6, 1887
Nationality	American
Profession	Printer, Newspaper publisher
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Branch/service	Union Army
Rank	Lieutenant, Major
Unit	Sixth New Hampshire Volunteers Army of the Potomac First New Hampshire Cavalry
Battles/wars	American Civil War

John Adams Cummings (January 16, 1838 – January 6, 1887) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the fifth Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.

From 1872 to 1874 Cummings was the publisher of The Somerville Journal.

Notes

1. ^ Edward Augustus Samuels, Edward Augustus (1897), Somerville, Past and Present: An Illustrated Historical Souvenir, Somerville, MA: Samuels, Henry and Kimball, p. 513
2. ^ Turner, Walter Frye (1898), Representative Men of Somerville, From the Incorporation of the City in 1872 to 1898, Walter Frye Turner, p. 58

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