Ralph S. Bauer

Ralph Sherman Bauer
Ralph Sherman Bauer during the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention
38th Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
In office 1926–1930
Preceded by	Harland A. McPhetres
Succeeded by	J. Fred Manning
Delegate to the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention[1]
In office June 6, 1917 – August 13, 1919
Personal details
Born	January 31, 1867[1] Provincetown, Massachusetts
Died	July 13, 1941 (aged 74)[2]

Ralph Sherman Bauer (January 31, 1867 – July 13, 1941) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the 38th Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.

1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention

In 1916 the Massachusetts legislature and electorate approved a calling of a Constitutional Convention.^[3] In May 1917, Bauer was elected to serve as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917, representing the Massachusetts Seventh Congressional District.^[4]

References

Footnotes

1. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1919), A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, Boston, 1917-1919, Stoughton, MA: A. M. (Arthur Milnor) Bridgman, p. 60.
2. The New York Times (July 14, 1941), RALPH S. BAUER; Mayor of Lynn, Mass., 1926-30, Was Head of News Company, New York, NY: New York Times Company, p. 13.
3. Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919, pp. 7–8.
4. Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919, p. 8.