Eliphalet Trask

Eliphalet Trask ( born January 8, 1806 Monson, Hampden County, Massachusetts, † December 9, 1890 in Springfield, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1858 and 1861 he was Deputy Governor of the State of Massachusetts.

Career

In 1834 Eliphalet Trask came to Springfield, where he worked in an iron foundry. He was a founder in Springfield to St. Paul's Universalist Church. He was also president of the Hampden Savings Bank and Director of First National Bank. Moreover, he was also a director of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He was also a member of a Masonic Lodge.

Politically, he was successively a member of the Federalist party, the Whigs, the Know-Nothing Party and the Republicans. He sat first in the city council of Springfield and in 1855 mayor of this city. At that time, the new City Hall was completed. He campaigned against alcohol consumption. In the years 1856 and 1857 and again in 1862 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

1857 Trask was elected as a Republican to the side of Nathaniel Prentiss Banks for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. This post he held 1858-1861. Yet he was assistant to the governor. During the Civil War he was involved in setting up and equipping of units that were part of the army of the Union. In 1870 he was again a member of the city council of Springfield. He died on 9 December 1890 in Springfield, where he was also buried.