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Alexander Grant (September 26, 1853) was a Massachusetts machinist and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the sixth mayor of Chicopee, Massachusetts.
Early life and education
Grant was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on September 26, 1853. Grant was educated in the Lowell, Massachusetts public schools.
Business career
Grant went to work in the cotton mills of Lowell while he was still young, and aside from two and a half years working in a Lowell machine shop, he spent his business career in the cotton business. In March 1878 Grant moved to Chicopee where he went to work for the Dwight Manufacturing Company.
Political career
Grant was elected to represent Ward 2 on the Chicopee Board of Aldermen, and in 1895 he was elected torepresent the Fifth Hampden District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
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| Preceded by Andrew Gale | 6th Mayor of Chicopee, Massachusetts January 1896–January 1897 | Succeeded by George D. Eldridge |