| William Amos Bancroft | |
| Office: | Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Term Start: | January 1893 |
| Term End: | January 1897 |
| Predecessor: | Alpheus B. Alger |
| Successor: | Alvin F. Sortwell |
| Office2: | President of the Cambridge, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen |
| Term Start2: | 1891 |
| Term End2: | 1892 |
| Office3: | Member of the Cambridge, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen |
| Term Start3: | 1891 |
| Term End3: | 1892 |
| Term Start4: | 1883 |
| Term End4: | 1885 |
| Office5: | Member of the Cambridge, Massachusetts Common Council |
| Term Start5: | 1882 |
| Term End5: | 1882 |
| Birth Date: | 26 April 1855 |
| Death Place: | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Occupation: | Attorney |
| Spouse: | Mary Shaw |
| Children: | Hugh Bancroft, Guy Bancroft, Catherine (Bancroft) De Haviland |
| Rank: | Private to colonel (Massachusetts Militia), Brigadier general (United States Volunteers) |
| Commands: | Company B, Fifth Massachusetts Militia Regiment, Fifth Massachusetts Militia Regiment |
| Unit: | Massachusetts Militia United States Volunteers |
William Amos Bancroft (April 26, 1855 – March 11, 1922) was a Massachusetts businessman, soldier and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and on the Common Council, Board of Aldermen, and as the Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts (1893–1897).
Bancroft was the president of the Boston Elevated Railway Company from 1899 to 1916.[1] [2]
During the Spanish–American War, Bancroft was a brigadier general of United States Volunteers.[1]
William was born on April 26, 1855, in Groton, Massachusetts, to Charles Bancroft and Lydia Emeline (Spaulding) Bancroft.[3] [4] [5] He attended Lawrence Academy in his hometown and Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. After graduating from Phillips Exeter, he attended Harvard Law School, where he enlisted in the fifth regiment of the state militia in his Freshman year.[6]
Bancroft died on March 11, 1922, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was buried in Groton Cemetery alongside his parents.[1]
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