Winfield Temple

Winfield Temple was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd Mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts.

Political career

In 1909, Temple ran for 9th Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a Republican. He was defeated on November 2, 1909, by Democrat Charles F. McCarthy by 893 votes. McCarthy would later serve in the Massachusetts State Senate and was elected the 18th Mayor of Marlborough in 1917.
Temple served as the [List of mayors of Marlborough, Massachusetts|22nd List of mayors of Marlborough, Massachusetts|Mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts] from 1926 to 1929. He was the second mayor of Marlborough ever to be elected in a non-partisan election under a modified Massachusetts Plan B form of government.