Frank Augustus Allen (January 29, 1835 – May 22, 1916) was a
politician who served as the
Mayor
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of
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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.
Personal life
Frank was born in
Sanford, Maine
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. His father died when he was two years old. He worked in various businesses, but retired after fourteen years. In 1867, he and others formed the Oriental Tea Company in
Boston
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. He and his family moved to
Cambridge
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in 1870, where he was elected Mayor in December of 1876. He died in Cambridge in 1916.
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1835 births
1916 deaths
Mayors of Cambridge, Massachusetts
People from Sanford, Maine
Cambridge, Massachusetts City Council members
19th-century American politicians
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