William Bancroft

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.During the Spanish–American War, Bancroft was a brigadier general of United States Volunteers.