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Alvin Foye Sortwell
Alvin Foye Sortwell
26th Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
	In office; January 1897 – January 1899
Preceded by	William Bancroft
Succeeded by	Edgar R. Champlin
Member of the Board of Aldermen of Cambridge, Massachusetts
	In office; January 1889 – January 1890
President of the Common Council of Cambridge, Massachusetts
	In office; 1888–1888
Member of the Common Council of Cambridge, Massachusetts
	In office; 1886–1888
Member of the Common Council of Cambridge, Massachusetts
	In office; 1879–1879
Personal details
Born	July 21, 1854; Boston, Massachusetts, US
Died	March 21, 1910; Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
Spouse	Gertrude Winship Dailey
Children	6
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Alvin Foye Sortwell (July 21, 1854 – March 21, 1910) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the twenty-sixth Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Sortwell was born to Daniel Robinson Sortwell^[1] and Sophia Augusta (Foye) Sortwell in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 21, 1854.^[2] On December 31, 1879, Sortwell married Gertrude Winship Dailey,^[2] they had six children, Clara, Frances Augusta, Daniel Richard, Marion, Edward Carter and Alvin Foye Sortwell.^[1] Edward Carter Sortwell^[3] joined the American Ambulance Field Service, Edward died in Salonika, Greece in November 1916 the result of being struck by a staff car while crossing a darkened alleyway.^[3]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Eliot, Samuel Atkins (1913), Biographical History of Massachusetts: Biographies and Autobiographies of the Leading Men in the State. Volume IV, Boston, MA: Massachusetts Biographical Society'
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Eliot, Samuel Atkins (1913), "A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1913", The Cambridge Tribune, Cambridge, MA, p. 246
^ ^a ^b ^c Howe, Mark Antony De Wolfe (1920), Memoirs of the Harvard Dead in the War Against Germany, Volume 1, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, p. 166

Political offices
Preceded by William Bancroft	26th Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts January 1897 – January 1899	Succeeded by Edgar R. Champlin
Preceded by	President of the Common Council of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1888–1888	Succeeded by

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[DRSortwell-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Eliot, Samuel Atkins (1913), Biographical History of Massachusetts: Biographies and Autobiographies of the Leading Men in the State. Volume IV, Boston, MA: Massachusetts Biographical Society'

[Atkins-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Eliot, Samuel Atkins (1913), "A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1913", The Cambridge Tribune, Cambridge, MA, p. 246

[Howe2-3] Howe, Mark Antony De Wolfe (1920), Memoirs of the Harvard Dead in the War Against Germany, Volume 1, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, p. 166

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