Levi Heywood Greenwood[1] (December 22, 1872[11] – April 7, 1930) was a businessman and Republican politician from Massachusetts in the late 19th and early 20th century. He was the father of former Fitchburg Mayor Robert E. Greenwood.
Levi Heywood Greenwood[1] | |
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Member of the Massachusetts State Senate 3rd Worcester District | |
In office January 1909 – January 1913 | |
Preceded by | J. Lovell Johnson[3] |
Succeeded by | Edward Sibley[4] |
President of the Massachusetts State Senate | |
In office January, 1912 – January, 1913 | |
Preceded by | Allen T. Treadway[5] |
Succeeded by | Calvin Coolidge[5] |
Personal details | |
Born | December 22, 1872 Gardner, Massachusetts |
Died | April 7, 1930 Tucson, Arizona[6] | (aged 57)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Mary Alberta Cann |
Children | Eleanor Greenwood (Hornblower),[7] Margaret Greenwood Richard N. Greenwood Robert E. Greenwood[8] |
Alma mater | Harvard College ('1896)[9] |
Profession | Newspaper publisher[9] Manufacturer of furniture[10] |
Greenwood was born in Gardner, Massachusetts,[9][11][12] to Alvni M. and Helen R. Greenwood,[13] on December 22, 1872.[9]
Greenwood married Mary Alberta Cann of Brooklyn, New York on February 11, 1895.[11] They had four children, Eleanor Greenwood (Hornblower),[7] Margaret Greenwood, Richard Neal[14] Greenwood[8] and Robert E. Greenwood.[8]
Greenwood was President of the Massachusetts State Senate in 1912 and 1913.[5]
In 1913 election, Greenwood had initially decided not to run for re-election the Senate but to run for lieutenant governor. He then changed his mind. His opposition to giving women the right to vote caused him to be a focus of opposition by the suffragist movement,[15] and suffragists threw their support to Edward Sibley,[4] Greenwood's opponent, which helped Sibley win.[4]
Greenwood was the Publisher and President of The Gardner News of Gardner, Massachusetts.[9]
In 1912, Greenwood was one of the directors[9] of Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Co, manufacturers of Rattan & Reed Furniture[16] in Gardner. By 1921 Greenwood was one of the owners[10] By 1926 he was the President of the [1][17]
Greenwood was also a corporate director of several banks (The First National Bank of Boston, The First National Bank of Gardner) and street railways (The Paducah Light and Traction Company, The Galveston-Houston Electric Company, and the Columbus Electric Company).[8]