William Amos Bancroft 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). During the Spanish–American War, Bancroft was a brigadier general of United States Volunteers. From 1899 to 1916, he was the president of the Boston Elevated Railway.
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 26, 1855
- Died
