Thomas F. August

{{Short description|American politician (1926–2005)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Thomas F. August

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|office = 31st Mayor
of Somerville, Massachusetts

|term_start = January 1978

|term_end = January 1980

|predecessor = S. Lester Ralph

|successor = Eugene C. Brune

|office2 = Member of the
Somerville, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen
Ward 1

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|office3 = Member of the
Somerville, Massachusetts
School Committee
Ward 1

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|birth_date = December 17, 1926

|birth_place = Cambridge, Massachusetts

|death_date = {{dda|2005|3|9|1926|12|17}}

|death_place = Salem, Massachusetts

|restingplace= Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts

|nationality = American

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|alma_mater = Boston University;
Boston University School of Law

|profession = Lawyer

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|allegiance = United States of America

|branch = U.S. Navy

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|rank = Chief Pharmacists Mate

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|battles = World War II
Korean War

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Thomas F. August (December 17, 1926 – March 9, 2005){{Citation |title =August, Thomas F. |work= The Boston Globe |location= Boston, Massachusetts |date= March 12, 2005}} was a Massachusetts attorney and politician who served as the 31st Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.{{Citation |title= Obituary; Thomas F. August, at 78, former Somerville mayor |page= c46 |work= The Boston Herald |location = Boston, Massachusetts |date = March 12, 2005}} August lost re-election in a three-way race with Eugene C. Brune, who won by 2,400 votes,{{Citation |last= Boorstin |first=Robert O.|title =Mayor White Wins 4th Term, Trounces Timilty Across City |work= The Harvard Crimson |location= Cambridge, Massachusetts |date= November 7, 1979 }} and Michael E. Capuano, who succeeded Brune.