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Albert A. Ultcht
24th Mayor of Melbourne, Florida
In office
December 8, 1922 – December 2, 1924
Preceded byE. G. Argraves
Succeeded byAlbert Vorkeller
Personal details
Born1859[1]
New York[2]
Died1943[1]
Resting placeMelbourne Cemetery,
Melbourne, Florida[1]
Political partyDemocratic[3]
SpouseElizabeth [2]
ChildrenWilliam Albert Ultcht, Floyd
Residence(s)Stanford, Duchess County, New York (1880[4])
Mount Vernon, New York. (1885, ff.)[3][5]
Westchester County, New York (1920[2])
Melbourne, Florida
Occupationautomobile sales[5]

Albert A. Ultcht (1859–1943) was a two-term mayor of Melbourne, Florida from 1922 to 1924.

He was the son of August Ultcht.[6]

He was formerly an alderman in Mount Vernon, New York.[3][5] In his capacity as alderman, he was a successful advocate for the "macadamizing" of public roads.[3]

In 1914, he owned a Studebaker automobile dealership in Mount Vernon.[5] This business was later named Vernon Heights Garage.[5]

As mayor of Melbourne, he recommended to the City Council that they pass an ordinance to regulate the blowing of whistles by the passing railroad.[7] It had been an ongoing source of complaints for many years.[7] He advocated for the creation of a hospital, and contributed his salary and other mayoral fees to create a hospital building fund.[8]

After his term, he was appointed a municipal judge.[8]

In 1932, he and his son Floyd returned to Mount Vernon and reopened the dealership under the name Vernon Park Motors, Inc.[5]

Associations

  • Niagara Hose Company Number 1, Mount Vernon
  • I.O.O.F., Mount Vernon
  • President, West Side Improvement Association, Mount Vernon
  • Member, Firemans' Benevolent Association, Mount Vernon

Legacy

  • Ultcht Drive in Melbourne is named for him.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c Find A Grave
  2. ^ a b c "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MV3H-C72: accessed 15 Apr 2013), Albert Ultcht, 1920.
  3. ^ a b c d Mount Vernon News
  4. ^ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZZP-62W: accessed 15 Apr 2013), Albert A. Ultcht in entry for Robt. Sutherland, 1880.
  5. ^ a b c d e f The Daily Argus
  6. ^ Daily Argus
  7. ^ a b Indian River Journal Vol. II No. 2 p.26
  8. ^ a b Marine Resources Council
  9. ^ City Council Minutes
Preceded by Mayor of Melbourne, Florida
December 8, 1922–December 2, 1924 		Succeeded by
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