John Adams Cummings (January 16, 1838 – January 6, 1887) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the fifth Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.

John Adams Cummings
5th Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts
In office
1881–1884
Preceded byGeorge A. Bruce
Succeeded byMark F. Burns
Member of the
Somerville, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen[1]
Ward 4[2]
In office
January 1877[1][2] – January 1878[1][2]
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
In office
1875[1]–1876[1]
Personal details
BornJanuary 16, 1838[1][2]
Nelson, New Hampshire[1]
DiedJanuary 6, 1887[1]
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPrinter, Newspaper publisher[1]
Military service
AllegianceUnited States of America
Union[1]
Branch/serviceUnion Army[1]
RankLieutenant,[1] Major[1]
UnitSixth New Hampshire Volunteers[1] Army of the Potomac[1]
First New Hampshire Cavalry[1]
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War[1]

From 1872 to 1874 Cummings was the publisher of The Somerville Journal.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Edward Augustus Samuels, Edward Augustus (1897), Somerville, Past and Present: An Illustrated Historical Souvenir, Somerville, MA: Samuels, Henry and Kimball, p. 513
  2. ^ a b c d Turner, Walter Frye (1898), Representative Men of Somerville, From the Incorporation of the City in 1872 to 1898, Walter Frye Turner, p. 58
Political offices
Preceded by 5th Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts

January 1881–1884
Succeeded by