Benjamin F. Haines

Benjamin Franklin Haines[1]

Benjamin Franklin Haines in 1911
Mayor of
Altamonte Springs, Florida[2]
8th Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts
In office
1915–1922
Preceded by Charles S. Taylor
Succeeded by Richard B. Coolidge
Majority 130[3]
Delegate to the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention[4]
Representing the 26th Middlesex District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[4]
In office
June 6, 1917[5] – April 6, 1918[6]
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[7]
28th Middlesex District[7]
In office
1911[8] – 1914[8]
Member of the Medford, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen[8]
In office
1908[8] – 1910[8]
Personal details
Born November 25, 1876[7][8]
Boston, Massachusetts[7][8]
Died 1942 (aged 65–66)
Orange County, Florida
Political party Republican[7]
Spouse(s) Carrie Gibbs Bly[9][10]
Children Webber Bly Haines, b. April 3, 1906.[11] Lewis DeMaugh Haines.[10][12]
Residence 52 Central Avenue, Medford, Massachusetts (1915)[12]
Alma mater Brown University,[8] Boston University School of Law, 1899[8]
Occupation Citrus grower (1935)[9]
Profession Attorney, 1902[13]
Religion Baptist[12]

Benjamin Franklin Haines (November 25, 1876 – 1942) was a Massachusetts attorney and politician and a Florida businessman. Haines served as a member of the Medford, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen, the Massachusetts House of Representatives, as the eighth Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts and as the Mayor of Altamonte Springs, Florida.

Early life

Haines the son of American businessman John DeMaugh Haines.[12] and Kate Luslie[12] (Phillips)[13] was born in Boston, Massachusetts Haines[12] on November 25, 1876.[7][8]

Marriage

On June 11, 1902[12] Haines married teacher Carrie Gibbs[1] Bly, the daughter of William L. Bly and Ella F. (Gibbs) Bly in New Bedford, Massachusetts.[13] They had two children, Webber Bly Haines, born April 3, 1906[11] and Lewis DeMaugh Haines.[10][12]

Business career

Beginning in 1900, Haines practiced law in Boston.[12]

Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts

In the municipal elections of December 8, 1914 Haines was elected the Mayor of Medford, defeating two term Mayor Charies S. Taylor by 130 votes.[3]

Benjamin F. Haines during the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention

1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention

In 1916 the Massachusetts legislature and electorate approved a calling of a Constitutional Convention.[14] In May 1917,[5] Haines was elected to serve as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917, representing the 26th Middlesex District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[4]

Mayor of Altamonte Springs, Florida

In the municipal elections of 1931 Haines was elected the Mayor of Altamonte Springs, Florida.[2][15]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Medford, Massachusetts Marriages (1902), Massachusetts Marriages, 1841–1915, Medford, Massachusetts: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, p. 4.
  2. 1 2 The Boston Globe (December 23, 1931), "MEDFORD EX-MAYOR ELECTED IN FLORIDA Haines to Be Chief Executive Altamonte Springs, He Writes—Son Chosen Alderman", Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), p. Page 2
  3. 1 2 The Boston Daily Globe (December 9, 1914), MEDFORD. Ex-Representative Benjamin F. Haines Defeats Mayor Taylor—Two Brothers Chosen Aldermen., Boston, MA: The Boston Daily Globe, p. 4.
  4. 1 2 3 Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919, p. 11
  5. 1 2 Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919, p. 7
  6. ↑ Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919, p. 626
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Who's Who in State Politics, 1911, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1911, p. 171.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1919), A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, Boston, 1917–1919, Stoughton, MA: A. M. (Arthur Milnor) Bridgman, p. 74.
  9. 1 2 Florida State Census (1935), Florida State Census, 1935 Seminole County, Precinct 011, Tallahassee, Florida: State of Florida
  10. 1 2 3 United States Census (1920), United States Census, 1920, Medford City 1 Part Of, Middlesex, Massachusetts: United States
  11. 1 2 Cutter, William Richard (1908), Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Volume IV, New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, p. 1830.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Marquis & Company, Albert Nelson (1915), Who's Who in New England: a biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men and Women of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut (, Chicago, Illinois: A.N. Marquis & Company, p. 494
  13. 1 2 3 New Bedford, Massachusetts Marriages (1902), Massachusetts Marriages, 1841–1915, New Bedford, Massachusetts: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  14. ↑ Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing Co., state printers, 1919, pp. 7–8
  15. ↑ Robison, Jim (2002), Altamonte Springs, Mount Pleasant, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, p. 85.
Political offices
Preceded by
Charles S. Taylor		 8th Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts
1915–1922 		Succeeded by
Richard B. Coolidge
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