George T. Ashe Explained

George T. Ashe
Term Start:1940
Term End:1943
Successor:Joseph J. Sweeney
(Acting mayor)
Office3:Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
15th Middlesex District
Term Start3:1935
Term End3:1940
Birth Date:February 6, 1905
Death Date:May 1975
Resting Place:St. Patrick's Cemetery, Lowell, Mass
Occupation:Salesman
Residence:201 Cross Street, Lowell, Massachusetts
Alma Mater:St. Patrick's Grammar School; St. Patrick's Academy
Spouse:Margaret Mary Grady; m. February 14th 1940; d July 23rd 1954.
Helen M; Henderson m. August 15th 1956.

George T. Ashe (February 6, 1905 – May 1975) was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the fifty fifth Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts. Ashe was the last administrative mayor of Lowell. In 1944 Lowell adopted the Massachusetts "Plan E" form of municipal government, under which the office of the mayor became a strictly ceremonial one.

Early life

Ashe was born February 6, 1905, in Lowell, Massachusetts, to John Joseph and Mary Ellen (Sullivan) Ashe.

Corruption conviction

In October 1942 Ashe was convicted on charges of conspiracy involving bribery for city purchases. In November 1942 Ashe was sentenced to a year in the House of Correction by Judge Vincent T. Erogna. He began his sentence on December 22, 1942.

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