Solomon B. Stebbins Explained

Solomon B. Stebbins
Birth Date:January 18, 1830
Birth Place:Warren, Massachusetts
Death Place:Boston
Nationality:American
Party:Republican
Chairman of the Boston Board of Aldermen
Term:1882
Predecessor:Hugh O'Brien
Successor:Hugh O'Brien
Term2:1878
Predecessor2:John Taylor Clark
Successor2:Hugh O'Brien
Office3:Member of the Boston Board of Aldermen
Term Start3:1873
Term End3:1879
Office4:Member of the Massachusetts Senate
Term4:1866
Office5:Member of the Boston Common Council
Term Start5:1864
Term End5:1865
Office6:Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Term6:1861

Solomon Bliss Stebbins (January 18, 1830 – June 8, 1910) was an American politician from Boston.

Early life

Stebbins was born on January 18, 1830, in Warren, Massachusetts. At the age of 18 he was put in charge of the post office in Ludlow, Massachusetts. He moved to Boston in 1850 and in 1858 he and Mitchell F. Andrews established the city's first combined grain elevator and warehouse.[1]

Politics

Stebbins was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1861. In 1864 and 1865 he was a member of the Boston Common Council. He was a delegate to the 1864 Republican National Convention. In 1866 he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate. From 1873 to 1879 he was a member of the Boston Board of Aldermen. He was chairman of the board in 1879. Stebbins was the Republican nominee in the 1879 and 1880 Boston mayoral elections. He lost the latter election by 581 votes. He returned to the board of aldermen in 1882 and once again served as chairman. He was one of the commissioners responsible for overseeing the construction of the Suffolk County Courthouse and served as custodian of that building from 1890 until his death on June 8, 1910.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: S. B. Stebbins Dies: Old-Time Leader of the Boston Republicans . The Boston Daily Globe . June 9, 1910.
  2. Book: Noon . Alfred . The History of Ludlow, Massachusetts . 1912 . Springfield Printing and Binding Company . 21 August 2021.