Alvin F. Sortwell Explained

Alvin Foye Sortwell
Office:26th Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Term Start:January 1897
Term End:January 1899
Office2:Member of the Board of Aldermen of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Term Start2:January 1889
Term End2:January 1890
Office5:Member of the Common Council of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Term Start5:1879
Term End5:1879
Office4:Member of the Common Council of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Term Start4:1886
Term End4:1888
Office3:President of the Common Council of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Term Start3:1888
Term End3:1888
Birth Date:July 21, 1854
Birth Place:Boston, Massachusetts, US
Death Date:March 21, 1910
Death Place:Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
Spouse:Gertrude Winship Dailey
Children:6
Signature:Alvin F. Sortwell signature.png

Alvin Foye Sortwell (July 21, 1854 – March 21, 1910) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the twenty-sixth Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Sortwell was born to Daniel Robinson Sortwell and Sophia Augusta (Foye) Sortwell in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 21, 1854. On December 31, 1879, Sortwell married Gertrude Winship Dailey, they had six children, Clara, Frances Augusta, Daniel Richard, Marion, Edward Carter and Alvin Foye Sortwell. Edward Carter Sortwell joined the American Ambulance Field Service, Edward died in Salonika, Greece in November 1916 the result of being struck by a staff car while crossing a darkened alleyway.