Benjamin Franklin Haines (1876 – 1942) was a Massachusetts attorney and politician and a Florida businessman. Haines served as a member of the Medford, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen, the Massachusetts House of Representatives, as the eighth Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts and as the Mayor of Altamonte Springs, Florida.
Early life
Haines was born November 25th, 1876. He was the son of American businessman John DeMaugh Haines. and Kate Luslie (Phillips) was born in Boston, Massachusetts Haines on November 25, 1876.
Marriage
On June 11, 1902 Haines married teacher Carrie Gibbs Bly, the daughter of William L. Bly and Ella F. (Gibbs) Bly in New Bedford, Massachusetts. They had two children, Webber Bly Haines, born April 3, 1906 and Lewis DeMaugh Haines.
Business career
Beginning in 1900, Haines practiced law in Boston.
Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts
In the municipal elections of December 8, 1914 Haines was elected the Mayor of Medford, defeating two term Mayor Charies S. Taylor by 130 votes.
1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention
In 1916 the Massachusetts legislature and electorate approved a calling of a Constitutional Convention. In May 1917, Haines was elected to serve as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917, representing the 26th Middlesex District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Mayor of Altamonte Springs, Florida
In the municipal elections of 1931 Haines was elected the Mayor of Altamonte Springs, Florida.
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References
Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, pp. 7–8, 11, 27, 626, Wright & Potter Printing co., state printers, (1919). Bridgman, Arthur Milnor: A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, pp. 27, (1919). Robison, Jim: Altamonte Springs, Mount Pleasant, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, pp. 85. (2002).