George T. Ashe served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Massachusetts House of Representatives

The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. Representatives serve two-year terms...

 and as the fifty fifth Mayor

Mayor

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 of Lowell, Massachusetts

Lowell, Massachusetts

Lowell is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 106,519. It is the fourth largest city in the state. Lowell and Cambridge are the county seats of Middlesex County...

. Ashe was the last administrative mayor of Lowell

Lowell, Massachusetts

Lowell is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 106,519. It is the fourth largest city in the state. Lowell and Cambridge are the county seats of Middlesex County...

. In 1944 Lowell

Lowell, Massachusetts

Lowell is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 106,519. It is the fourth largest city in the state. Lowell and Cambridge are the county seats of Middlesex County...

 adopted the Massachusetts "Plan E" form of municipal government, under which the office of the mayor became a strictly ceremonial one.

Early life

Ashe was born February 6, 1905 in Lowell

Lowell, Massachusetts

Lowell is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 106,519. It is the fourth largest city in the state. Lowell and Cambridge are the county seats of Middlesex County...

to John Joseph and Mary Ellen (Sullivan) Ashe.

Corruption Conviction

In October of 1942 Ashe was convicted by a jury on charges of conspiracy involving city purchases. In November of 1942 Ashe was sentenced to a year in the House of Correction by Judge Vincent T. Erogna. Ash began his sentence on On December 22, 1942.