Austin Belknap

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name =Austin Belknap

| image =Austin Belknap.png

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| office =3rd
Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts{{Citation |last=City of Somerville, Massachusetts| title = Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901| pages = 191–192 | publisher = City of Somerville, Massachusetts | location = Somerville, MA | year = 1901}}

| term_start =January 3, 1876

| term_end =January, 1878

| predecessor =William A. Furber{{Citation |last=City of Somerville, Massachusetts| title = Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901| page = 191 | publisher = City of Somerville, Massachusetts | location = Somerville, MA | year = 1901}}

| successor =Georga A. Bruce{{Citation |last=City of Somerville, Massachusetts| title = Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901| page = 192 | publisher = City of Somerville, Massachusetts | location = Somerville, MA | year = 1901}}

| office2 =Chairman of the
Somerville Massachusetts
Board of Selectmen{{Citation |last=City of Somerville, Massachusetts| title = Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901| page = 180 | publisher = City of Somerville, Massachusetts | location = Somerville, MA | year = 1901}}

| term_start2 =1870

| term_end2 =January 2, 1872

| predecessor2 =Frances Houghton{{Citation |last=City of Somerville, Massachusetts| title = Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901| page = 179 | publisher = City of Somerville, Massachusetts | location = Somerville, MA | year = 1901}}

| successor2 =George O. Brastow, Mayoralty; Selectmen's Office Abolished

| office3 =Member of the
Somerville Massachusetts
Board of Selectmen{{Citation |last=City of Somerville, Massachusetts| title = Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901| pages = 179–180 | publisher = City of Somerville, Massachusetts | location = Somerville, MA | year = 1901}}

| term_start3 =1869

| term_end3 =January 2, 1872

| predecessor3 =New position
Board of Selectmen expanded from five to nine members.

| successor3 =George O. Brastow, Mayoralty; Selectmen's office abolished

| office4 =Member of the
Somerville Massachusetts
School Committee

| term_start4 =1862

| term_end4 =1864

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| successor4 =

| birth_date =July 18, 1819{{Citation |last =Somerville Historical Society| title = Historic leaves, Volume II, No. 4;January, 1904|page =100 | publisher = The Somerville Historical Society | location = Somerville, MA | date =January 1904}}

| birth_place =Westboro, Massachusetts

| death_date =December 9, 1902

| death_place =Roxbury, Massachusetts

| nationality =American

| party =

| spouse =Jane P. Brigham{{Citation |last =Somerville Historical Society| title = Historic leaves, Volume II, No. 4;January, 1904|page =101 | publisher = The Somerville Historical Society | location = Somerville, MA | date =January 1904}}

| relations =

| children =Robert W. Belknap

| residence =

| alma_mater =Worcester Manual Labor High School

| occupation =

| profession =Civil engineer, engaged in Railway construction until 1843;
Produce business from 1843 to December 1902

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Austin Belknap (July 18, 1819 – December 9, 1902) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served as a member, and last Chairman, of the Board of Selectmen of Somerville, Massachusetts, and as the third Mayor, of Somerville.

Early life

Belknap was born July 18, 1819, in Westboro, Massachusetts, to John and Ruth (Fay) Belknap of Westboro.{{Citation |last =Samuels |first= Edward A.| year =1897 | title = Somerville, Past and Present|page =493 | publisher = Samuels and Kimball | location = Boston, MA }}

Notes

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| before=Frances Houghton

| title=Chairman of the
Somerville, Massachusetts
Board of Selectmen

| years=1870-January 2, 1872

| after=Office abolished

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| before=William H. Furber

| title=Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts

| years=January, 1876-January, 1878

| after=George A. Bruce

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Category:1819 births

Category:1902 deaths

Category:American civil engineers

Category:Mayors of Somerville, Massachusetts

Category:People from Westborough, Massachusetts

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