William A. Lord

William A. Lord
From Volume II of 1901's Memoirs of the Judiciary and the Bar of New England for the Nineteenth Century
Member of the Vermont Senate
In office
1904–1906
Serving with Oscar G. Eaton, Merton D. Wells
Preceded byNelson D. Phelps, William B. Mayo, George F. Sibley
Succeeded byFrank G. Howland, George W. Moody, John L. Moseley
ConstituencyWashington County
Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office
1896–1898
Preceded byWilliam W. Stickney
Succeeded byKittredge Haskins
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office
1894–1898
Preceded byThomas J. Boynton
Succeeded byHarlan W. Kemp
ConstituencyMontpelier
Personal details
Born(1849-08-28)August 28, 1849
Montpelier, Vermont, U.S.
DiedAugust 21, 1927(1927-08-21) (aged 77)
Montpelier, Vermont, U.S.
Resting placeGreen Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Vermont, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Lucy A. (Reynolds) Young (m. 1883)
Mabel Louise Newcomb (m. 1894)
Children1
EducationDartmouth College
OccupationAttorney

William A. Lord (August 28, 1849 – August 21, 1927) was a Vermont lawyer and politician who served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives.

Biography

William Adams Lord was born in Montpelier, Vermont, on August 28, 1849, the son of William Hayes Lord and Harriet Adams (Aiken) Lord.[1] He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1869, studied law and became an attorney in Montpelier.[1][2][3]

A Republican, Lord served in several local offices and on the staff of the Vermont Senate.[4] In 1896 Lord was Chairman of the Vermont Republican Convention.[5] Lord served two terms in the Vermont House of Representatives, 1894 to 1898, and was Speaker from 1896 to 1898.[6] Lord resigned as Speaker to accept appointment as a federal bank examiner and Commissioner of the United States Circuit Court.[7][8]

In 1904 Lord was elected to the Vermont Senate.[9] From 1904 to 1906 Lord was Chairman of the commission that revised Vermont's statutes, and from 1906 to 1908 he was head of the board of editors that published the revised work.[10]

Lord died in Montpelier on August 21, 1927.[11] He was buried at Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier.[12]

Personal

In 1883, Lord married Lucy A. (Reynolds) Young.[1] She died in 1893, and in 1894 he married Mabel Louise Newcomb.[1] With his second wife, Lord was the father of a daughter, Dorothy Louise.[1]

Lord was the grandson of Nathan Lord, the longtime President of Dartmouth College.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography, edited by Prentiss Cutler Dodge, 1912, page 251
  2. ^ Gazetteer of Washington County, Vt., 1783-1889, edited by William Adams, 1889, page 116
  3. ^ General Catalogue of Dartmouth College, published by the college, 1880, page 72
  4. ^ Biographical sketch of William A. Lord, by Joseph G. Frattini, published in Report of Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, Vermont Bar Association, 1928, page 62
  5. ^ Newspaper article, Vermont for McKinley, Baltimore Sun, April 30, 1896
  6. ^ Speakers of the Vermont House of Representatives since 1870, Office of Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 1009, page 3
  7. ^ Notes on List of Speakers of the House, published by Vermont Secretary of State, 2012
  8. ^ Journal of the House of the State of Vermont, published by Vermont General Assembly, 1899, page 602
  9. ^ New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, edited by William Richard Cutter, Volume 4, 1914, page 1888
  10. ^ The Public Statutes of Vermont, published by Vermont Secretary of State, 1906, page vi
  11. ^ Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, entry for William A. Lord, accessed January 28, 2012
  12. ^ "Montpelier: Funeral of William A. Lord". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT. August 24, 1927. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Who's Who in New England, edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Volume 2, 1915, page 684
Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
1896–1898 		Succeeded by