Charles W. Eldridge Explained

Charles Wadleigh Eldridge
Office:Seventeenth Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts
Term Start:January 7, 1918
Term End:January 1922
Office2:Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
Third Middlesex District
Term Start2:January 1914
Term End2:January 1918
Successor2:Joseph O. Knox
Office3:Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Twenty Sixth Middlesex District
Term Start3:1911
Term End3:1913
Office4:Member of the
Somerville, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen
Term Start4:1907
Term End4:1910
Birth Date:October 16, 1877
Nationality:American
Spouse:Edith L.
Children:Raymon W. Eldridge; Arthur F. Eldridge; Warren P. Eldridge; Louise Eldridge;Charlotte Eldridge

Charles Wadleigh Eldridge (October 16, 1877 – May 15, 1965) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served as a member in both the House and Senate of the Massachusetts legislature, as a member of the Board of Aldermen, and as the seventeenth Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.

Eldridge was a delegate to the 1920 Republican National Convention.

In addition to his duties as an officeholder, Eldridge also started working as a salesman for Chase & Sanborn in 1893.

Eldridge had married Edith, the daughter of Harriett J. Brown. Eldridge had five children: Raymon W. Eldridge, Arthur F. Eldridge, Warren P. Eldridge, Louise Eldridge, and Charlotte Eldridge.

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