Person:Walter Wardwell (4)

Listed in Cambridge Blue Book in 1895 at 465 Broadway. Living with his in-laws at 465 Broadway in Cambridge at 1900 census. Again in Cambridge at 1910 and 1920 census. Again living at 465 Broadway in Cambridge at 1930 census, owning house valued at $25,000.

Listed as Sewer Department Worker in Boston City Directory in 1890. Listed in Cambridge Blue Book in 1910.

Listed in 1913 Cambridge Directory as a deputy sheriff, living at 465 Broadway. In 1923, he is living at 465 Broadway, a County Commissioner. He also works in insurance, real estate and auctions.

"Mayor John Fitzgerald of Boston, accompanied by Mayor Wardwell, of Cambridge, left Sunday for Chicago. The two mayors are to inspect the bronzes being constructed for the West Boston bridge." -Daily Kennebec Journal 10 June 1907

"Walter C. Wardwell, non-partisan, was elected Mayor of Cambridge today by a plurality of 24 votes over James F. Alyward, Democrat, his opponent. -Daily Kennebec Journal 11 December 1907

Mayor of Cambridge, Jan 1907 - Apr 1909. Witnessed a stunt by Harry Houdini 02 May 1908, where Houdini was dropped off the Harvard Bridge into the Charles River in shackles and escaped to the surface in 26 seconds.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Sentinel 27 February 1909: "The Great Boston Awakening: The story of a remarkable revival campaign under the leadership of Dr. Chapman and Mr. Alexander - the whole city aroused - Revival fires lighted through New England ...On the very last day of the campaign one of the most interesting converts of the revival made a public declaration of his allegiance to Jesus Christ, He was Mayor Walter C. Wardwell, of the city of Cambridge, which has a population of 100,000 and in which Harvard university is located. He made the profession of faith at a meeting conducted by Rev. Henry W. Stough at the First Baptist church. No one can estimate the influence this will have upon the students of Harvard university, where Dr. Chapman and Mr. Alexander conducted an evangelistic service, which, it is said, was the fourth ever held in the history of the university."

"Cambridge Mayorality Wardwell Defeated by Brooks in the Unplurality City Cambridge, Mass., March 10.- Mayor Walter C. Wardwell, who has been the chief executive of this city for the past two years, and who was a candidate for re-election on the Non-Partisan and Independence League tickets, was defeated in the municipal election by William F. Brooks, the Democratic nominee. Brooks had 409 votes to spare; the total vote being: Brooks, 6571, Wardwell, 6162, Eastman, Socialist, 115." -Fitchburg Daily Sentinel 10 March 1909

"Walter C. Wardwell, a Middlesex County Commissioner since 1917 and a former Mayor of Cambridge, died today after a long illness. His age was 81." -New York Times 30 September 1940

1. ↑ Ancient Middlesex, Gould, Levi S., 1989.

   Ancient Middlesex, Gould, Levi S., 1989

2. ↑ New York Times 30 September 1940.