John A. Cummings

John Adams Cummings
5th Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts
In office 1881–1884
Preceded by	George A. Bruce
Succeeded by	Mark F. Burns
Member of the Somerville, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen[1] Ward 4[2]
In office January 1877[1][2] – January 1878[1][2]
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
In office 1875[1] – 1876[1]
Personal details
Born	January 16, 1838[1][2] Nelson, New Hampshire[1]
Died	January 6, 1887[1]
Nationality	American
Profession	Printer, Newspaper publisher[1]
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America Union[1]
Service/branch	Union Army[1]
Rank	Lieutenant,[1] Major[1]
Unit	Sixth New Hampshire Volunteers[1] Army of the Potomac[1] First New Hampshire Cavalry[1]
Battles/wars	American Civil War[1]

John Adams Cummings (January 16, 1838 – January 6, 1887) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the fifth Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.

From 1872 to 1874 Cummings was the publisher of The Somerville Journal.^[1]

Notes

1. Edward Augustus Samuels, Edward Augustus (1897), Somerville, Past and Present: An Illustrated Historical Souvenir, Somerville, MA: Samuels, Henry and Kimball, p. 513.
2. Turner, Walter Frye (1898), Representative Men of Somerville, From the Incorporation of the City in 1872 to 1898, Walter Frye Turner, p. 58.