Albert A. Ultcht

Albert A. Ultcht
24th Mayor of Melbourne, Florida
In office
December 8, 1922  December 2, 1924
Preceded by E. G. Argraves
Succeeded by Albert Vorkeller
Personal details
Born 1859[1]
New York[2]
Died 1943[1]
Resting place Melbourne Cemetery,
Melbourne, Florida[1]
Political party Democratic[3]
Spouse(s) Elizabeth [2]
Children William Albert Ultcht, Floyd
Residence Stanford, Duchess County, New York (1880[4])
Mount Vernon, New York. (1885, ff.)[3][5]
Westchester County, New York (1920[2])
Melbourne, Florida
Occupation automobile sales[5]

Albert A. Ultcht (1859–1943) was a two-term mayor of Melbourne, Florida from 1922 to 1924.

He was the son of August Ultcht.[6]

He was formerly an alderman in Mount Vernon, New York.[3][5] In his capacity as alderman, he was a successful advocate for the "macadamizing" of public roads.[3]

In 1914, he owned a Studebaker automobile dealership in Mount Vernon.[5] This business was later named Vernon Heights Garage.[5]

As mayor of Melbourne, he recommended to the City Council that they pass an ordinance to regulate the blowing of whistles by the passing railroad.[7] It had been an ongoing source of complaints for many years.[7] He advocated for the creation of a hospital, and contributed his salary and other mayoral fees to create a hospital building fund.[8]

After his term, he was appointed a municipal judge.[8]

In 1932, he and his son Floyd returned to Mount Vernon and reopened the dealership under the name Vernon Park Motors, Inc.[5]

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Legacy

References

  1. 1 2 3 Find A Grave
  2. 1 2 3 "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MV3H-C72: accessed 15 Apr 2013), Albert Ultcht, 1920.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Mount Vernon News
  4. "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZZP-62W: accessed 15 Apr 2013), Albert A. Ultcht in entry for Robt. Sutherland, 1880.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Daily Argus
  6. Daily Argus
  7. 1 2 Indian River Journal Vol. II No. 2 p.26
  8. 1 2 Marine Resources Council
  9. City Council Minutes
Preceded by
E. G. Argraves
Mayor of Melbourne, Florida
December 8, 1922–December 2, 1924
Succeeded by
Albert Vorkeller
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