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.