Thomas Strahan | |
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Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
In office 1884 | |
13th Mayor of Chelsea, Massachusetts | |
In office 1883–1884 | |
Preceded by | Samuel P. Tenney |
Succeeded by | Eugene F. Endicott |
President of the Chelsea, Massachusetts Common Council | |
In office 1882–1883 | |
Member of the Chelsea, Massachusetts Common Council | |
In office 1880–1883 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1847-05-10)May 10, 1847 Stirling, Scotland |
Died | December 19, 1910(1910-12-19) (aged 63) Brookline, Massachusetts, United States |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Esther Lawrence (m. 1867) |
Residence(s) | 1025 Beacon st, Brookline, Massachusetts |
Education | Phillips Exeter Academy |
Profession | Wallpaper manufacturer |
Thomas Strahan (May 10, 1847 – December 19, 1910) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served as the thirteenth Mayor of Chelsea, Massachusetts and in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Biography
Thomas Straham was born in Stirling, Scotland on May 10, 1847. He was educated at the Cotting Academy in Arlington, Virginia, and at Phillips Exeter Academy.
He married Esther Lawrence on November 28, 1867, and they had six children.
A Republican, he served on the Common Council of Chelsea, Massachusetts from 1880 to 1883, and was its president in the latter year. He was elected Chelsea's mayor in 1883, and was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1884.
He died in Brookline, Massachusetts on December 19, 1910.
Thomas Strahan Company
Strahan formed the Thomas Strahan Company in 1866. Thomas Strahan is one of the oldest wallpaper companies in America.
Notes
- ^ Toomey, Daniel P. (1892). Quinn, Thomas C. (ed.). Massachusetts of To-Day: A Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Issued for the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago. p. 382. Retrieved March 6, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- "Ex-Mayor Thomas Strahan is Dead; Was Chief Executive of Chelsea Two Years. III Since Big Fire in That City- Manufacturer of Wall Paper". Boston Daily Globe. December 20, 1910. p. 3. Retrieved March 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Thomas Strahan Passes Away". The Christian Science Monitor. Boston, MA. December 20, 1910. p. 7.
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Political offices | ||
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Preceded bySamuel P. Tenney | 13th Mayor of Chelsea, Massachusetts 1883-1884 |
Succeeded byEugene F. Endicott |
- 1847 births
- Scottish emigrants to the United States
- Businesspeople from Massachusetts
- Politicians from Brookline, Massachusetts
- Mayors of Chelsea, Massachusetts
- Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- 1910 deaths
- Massachusetts city council members
- 19th-century American businesspeople
- 19th-century mayors of places in Massachusetts
- 19th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court