Jacob Bitzer

Jacob Bitzer (January 16, 1865 – February 19, 1946) was an American businessman, real estate agent, and politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[1][8]

Jacob Bitzer
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 27th Middlesex District [1]
Preceded by	Winfield F. Prime[2]
Succeeded by	Charles C. Warren[3]
Majority	562 (1914);[4] 964 (1917);[5] 1,735 (1918)
Member of the Arlington, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen [1]
In office 1910–1914
Personal details
Born	January 16, 1865 Dürrwangen, Württeberg, Germany
Died	February 19, 1946(1946-02-19) (aged 81) Arlington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Republican[1]
Residence	49 Forest Street, Arlington, Massachusetts;[6] 1130 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, Massachusetts[6]
Alma mater	Cutter School, Arlington, Massachusetts, (1879).[6]
Occupation	Assistant superintendent of the Schwamb Mill[7] Real Estate[1]

Early life

Bitzer was born to John and Dorothea (Beck) Bitzer on January 16, 1865[1] in Dürrwangen,[6] Württeberg, Germany.[1][5]

Education

Bitzer attended the Cutter School in Arlington, Massachusetts, graduating in 1879.[6]

Business career

After he graduated from the Cutter School, Bitzer started a six-year apprentice working for the Welch & Griffiths saw works in Arlington.[6] At the end of his apprenticeship the company went out of business.[6] After he left the employ of Welch & Griffiths Bitzer went to work as a mill hand, on an irregular moulding machine, in the mill of Theodore Schwamb, a manufacturer of piano cases.[6]

In 1897, when the Schwamb Mill was incorporated, Bitzer became a stockholder, and clerk of the corporation. In 1908 Bitzer was the assistant superintendent of the mill in charge of the mill department.[7]

Republican National Convention

Bitzer was an alternative delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1912.[5]

Massachusetts House of Representatives

On November 3, 1914 Bitzer was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives representing the twenty seventh Middlesex District, Bitzer received 1,372 in a three way race that included fellow Arlington Resident Cyrus Edwin Dallin; James F. McCarthy of Lexington, Massachusetts.[4] Bitzer served in the legislature from 1915 to 1919.[1][3][5][9] During the 1917 legislative session Bitzer was a member of the Committee on Public Institutions,[10] and the Committee on Ways and Means.[11]

References

1. Howard, Richard T. (1919), Public Officials of Massachusetts, 1919, Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. 109.
2. Who's Who in State Politics, 1914, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1914, p. 288.
3. Howard, Richard T. (1923), Public Officials of Massachusetts, 1920, Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. 299.
4. Swan, Charles W. (1915), Annual Report, Town of Lexington, Massachusetts, Lexington, Massachusetts: Lexington, Massachusetts, p. 99.
5. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1917), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators Vol. XXVI, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 112.
6. Cutter, William Richard (1908), Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, p. 2144.
7. Cutter, William Richard (1908), Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, p. 2145.
8. "Jacob Bitzer". The Boston Globe. February 20, 1946. p. 19. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
9. Who's Who in State Politics, 1918, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1918, p. 126.
10. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1917), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators Vol. XXVI, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 57.
11. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1917), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators Vol. XXVI, Stoughton, Ma: A. M. Bridgman, p. 79.

Political offices
Preceded by Winfield F. Prime	Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 27th Middlesex district 1915-1919	Succeeded by Charles C. Warren