Jacob Bitzer
Bitzer c. 1919
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 27th Middlesex district
In office
1915–1919
Preceded byWinfield F. Prime
Succeeded byCharles C. Warren
Member of the
Arlington, Massachusetts
Board of Selectmen
In office
1910–1914
Personal details
BornJanuary 16, 1865
Dürrwangen, Kingdom of Württemberg
DiedFebruary 19, 1946(1946-02-19) (aged 81)
Arlington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Residence(s)49 Forest Street, Arlington, Massachusetts
1130 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, Massachusetts
Alma materCutter School
OccupationAssistant superintendent of the Schwamb Mill
Real Estate
[1][2][3][4]

Jacob Bitzer (January 16, 1865 – February 19, 1946) was an American businessman, real estate agent, and politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[3][5]

Early life

Bitzer was born to John and Dorothea (Beck) Bitzer on January 16, 1865, in Dürrwangen, Kingdom of Württemberg.[3][6][2]

Education

Bitzer attended the Cutter School in Arlington, Massachusetts, graduating in 1879.[2]

Business career

After he graduated from the Cutter School, Bitzer started a six-year apprentice working for the Welch & Griffiths saw works in Arlington.[2] At the end of his apprenticeship the company went out of business.[2] After he left the employ of Welch & Griffiths Bitzer went to work as a mill hand, on an irregular moulding machine, in the mill of Theodore Schwamb, a manufacturer of piano cases.[2]

In 1897, when the Schwamb Mill was incorporated, Bitzer became a stockholder, and clerk of the corporation. In 1908 Bitzer was the assistant superintendent of the mill in charge of the mill department.[7]

Republican National Convention

Bitzer was an alternative delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1912.[6]

Massachusetts House of Representatives

On November 3, 1914, Bitzer was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives representing the twenty seventh Middlesex District, Bitzer received 1,372 in a three way race that included fellow Arlington Resident Cyrus Edwin Dallin; James F. McCarthy of Lexington, Massachusetts.[8] Bitzer served in the legislature from 1915 to 1919.[3][4][6][9] During the 1917 legislative session Bitzer was a member of the Committee on Public Institutions,[10] and the Committee on Ways and Means.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Who's Who in State Politics, 1914, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1914, p. 288.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cutter, William Richard (1908), Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, p. 2144.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Howard, Richard T. (1919), Public Officials of Massachusetts, 1919, Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. 109.
  4. 1 2 Howard, Richard T. (1923), Public Officials of Massachusetts, 1920, Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. 299.
  5. ↑ "Jacob Bitzer". The Boston Globe. February 20, 1946. p. 19. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  6. 1 2 3 Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1917), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators Vol. XXVI, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 112.
  7. ↑ Cutter, William Richard (1908), Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, p. 2145.
  8. ↑ Swan, Charles W. (1915), Annual Report, Town of Lexington, Massachusetts, Lexington, Massachusetts: Lexington, Massachusetts, p. 99.
  9. ↑ Who's Who in State Politics, 1918, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1918, p. 126.
  10. ↑ Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1917), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators Vol. XXVI, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 57.
  11. ↑ Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1917), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators Vol. XXVI, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 79.
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