Winfield Temple (November 4, 1875 – 1957[1]) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd Mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts.

Winfield Temple
22nd Mayor of Marlborough
In office
1926–1929
Preceded byJames M. Hurley
Succeeded byAmedee Martel
Personal details
BornNovember 4, 1875
Died1957 (aged 81–82)
Political partyRepublican
SpouseLucy Howe Temple
Residence(s)201 Church Street, Marlborough, Massachusetts; (September 1918)
ProfessionLawyer

Political career

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In 1909, Temple ran for 9th Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a Republican.[2] He was defeated on November 2, 1909, by Democrat Charles F. McCarthy by 893 votes.[2] McCarthy would later serve in the Massachusetts State Senate and was elected the 18th Mayor of Marlborough in 1917.[3]

Temple served as the 22nd Mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts from 1926 to 1929. He was the second mayor of Marlborough ever to be elected in a non-partisan election under a modified Massachusetts Plan B form of government.

Notes

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  1. ^ "Winfield Temple (1875-1957)". Find A Grave. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b Public Documents of Massachusetts: Being the Annual Reports of Various Public Officers and Institutions for the Year 1909 (Vol. XI ed.). Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 18 Post Office Square. Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth. 1910. p. 88.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1919), A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, Boston, 1917–1919, Stoughton, MA: A. M. (Arthur Milnor) Bridgman, p. 81
Political offices
Preceded by
Mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts Succeeded by