Jefferson Bancroft (April 30, 1803 – January 3, 1890) was a farmer and politician who served as the sixth Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts.

[1][2] From 1831 to his death in 1890 Bancroft was a Deputy Sheriff of Middlesex County.

[3] Beginning in 1840[1] Bancroft served four terms in the Massachusetts House[3] representing Lowell.

[1][3] While in the Massachusetts House Bancroft sat as a member of the Whig Party.

[4] Bancroft died on January 3, 1890, at his farm in Tyngborough, Massachusetts.