Benjamin F. Haines

Benjamin Franklin Haines
Benjamin Franklin Haines in 1911
Mayor of
Altamonte Springs, Florida
8th Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts
In office
1915–1922
Preceded byCharles S. Taylor
Succeeded byRichard B. Coolidge
Majority130
Delegate to the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention
Representing the 26th Middlesex District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
June 6, 1917 – April 6, 1918
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
28th Middlesex District
In office
1911–1914
Member of the Medford, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen
In office
1908–1910
Personal details
BornNovember 25, 1876
Boston, Massachusetts
Died1942 (aged 65–66)
Orange County, Florida
PartyRepublican
SpouseCarrie Gibbs Bly
ChildrenWebber Bly Haines, b. April 3, 1906. Lewis DeMaugh Haines.
EducationBrown University, Boston University School of Law, 1899
OccupationCitrus grower (1935)
ProfessionAttorney, 1902

Benjamin Franklin Haines (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 was born November 25, 1876. He was the son of American businessman John DeMaugh Haines. and Kate Luslie (Phillips) was born in Boston, Massachusetts Haines on November 25, 1876.

Marriage

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

Business career

Beginning in 1900, Haines practiced law in Boston.

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.

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. In May 1917, 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.

Mayor of Altamonte Springs, Florida

In the municipal elections of 1931 Haines was elected the Mayor of Altamonte Springs, Florida.

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{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  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 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

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