Alvin Foye Sortwell (July 21, 1854 – March 21, 1910) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the twenty-sixth Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Sortwell was born to Daniel Robinson Sortwell[1] and Sophia Augusta (Foye) Sortwell in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 21, 1854.

[2] On December 31, 1879, Sortwell married Gertrude Winship Dailey,[2] they had six children, Clara, Frances Augusta, Daniel Richard, Marion, Edward Carter and Alvin Foye Sortwell.

[1] Edward Carter Sortwell[3] joined the American Ambulance Field Service, Edward died in Salonika, Greece in November 1916 the result of being struck by a staff car while crossing a darkened alleyway.

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