Alger was born to Edwin Alden and Amanda Malvina Buswell . From October 1875 to January 1877 Alger studied law at Harvard Law School and he was admitted to the bar for the County of Middlesex on June 4 , 1877 . Alger was active in the Democratic party . From 1878 to 1891 Alger was a member of the Cambridge Democratic Committee , from 1884 to 1891 he was a member of Massachusetts ' Democratic party state committee , and he represented Massachusetts ' eight Congressional District at the 1888 Democratic National Convention . He died on May 4 , 1895 in North Cambridge , Massachusetts
1888 Democratic National Convention
1888 Democratic National Convention
Alpheus B. Alger