Thomas Strahan (May 10, 1847 – December 19, 1910) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served as the thirteenth
Mayor of Chelsea, Massachusetts and in the
Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Biography
Thomas Straham was born in
Stirling, Scotland on May 10, 1847. He was educated at the Cotting Academy in Arlington, Virginia, and at
Phillips Exeter Academy
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He married Esther Lawrence on November 28, 1867, and they had six children.
A
Republican, he served on the Common Council of
Chelsea, Massachusetts
Chelsea is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, directly across the Mystic River from the city of Boston. As of the 2020 census, Chelsea had a population of 40,787. With a total area of just 2.46 s ...
from 1880 to 1883, and was its president in the latter year. He was elected Chelsea's mayor in 1883, and was a member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1884.
He died in
Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in the United States, and part of the Greater Boston, Boston metropolitan area. Brookline borders six of Boston's neighborhoods: Brighton, Boston, Brighton, A ...
on December 19, 1910.
Thomas Strahan Company
Strahan formed the Thomas Strahan Company in 1866. Thomas Strahan is one of the oldest wallpaper companies in America.
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External links
Thomas Strahan Company
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1847 births
Scottish emigrants to the United States
Businesspeople from Massachusetts
Politicians from Brookline, Massachusetts
Mayors of Chelsea, Massachusetts
Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
1910 deaths
19th-century American legislators
Massachusetts city council members
19th-century American businesspeople