What was the population of the city that became a prosperous industrial town in the 19th century and that an American politician served as on the school Committee and the mayor?
Louis Farley Louis F. Farley was an American politician who served as on the Marlborough, Massachusetts School Committee, and as the Mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts.
Josiah Failing Josiah Failing (July 9, 1806 – August 14, 1877) was a businessman and the fourth mayor of Portland, Oregon, United States. Born in New York, he moved to Portland when it was still a small town of a few hundred. He and his son Henry, who also became a noted businessman and mayor of the city, started a general merchandising business that became very successful.