Edwin Francis Lyford (September 8, 1857 – October 15, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served on the Springfield, Massachusetts, city council, as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and in the Massachusetts State Senate.[1]
Edwin Francis Lyford | |
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| Member of the Massachusetts State Senate[2] 1st Hampden District[3] | |
| In office 1894[1]–1894[1] | |
| Majority | 1,438[3] |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[2] 7th Hampden District[4] | |
| In office 1892[1]–1893[1] | |
| Majority | 571 (November 1892 election)[5] |
| Member of the Springfield, Massachusetts City Council[2] | |
| In office 1885[1]–1886[1] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 8, 1857 Waterville, Maine |
| Died | October 15, 1929 (aged 72) Springfield, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican[2] |
| Alma mater | Colby University, A.B., 1877, M.A. 1882[2] |
| Profession | Lawyer[5] |
Early life
editLyford was born on September 8, 1857, in Waterville, Maine, to Moses and Mary L. (Dyer) Lyford.[2]
Education
editLyford attended the Coburn Classical Institute and Colby University, from which he graduated with an A.B. degree in 1877, and a M.A. in 1882.[2]
Early career
editAfter he graduated from Colby University, Lyford worked in the Waterville, Maine, law offices of Hon. Reuben Foster.[6] Lyford also worked as a teacher while he lived in Waterville, teaching in the local schools and at Colby University.[3] Lyford was admitted to the Maine Bar in 1879. In 1882 Lyford moved to Springfield[3] and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in that year.[1]
Springfield city council
editLyford was a member of the Springfield city council for two years[3] in 1885 and 1886.[1]
Massachusetts legislature
editMassachusetts House of Representatives
editIn 1892-1893 Lyford represented the Seventh Hampden District[4] in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In the House of 1892 Lyford was the Clerk of Committee on Cities and the Chairman of House Committee on Probate and Insolvency. Lyford was also on the Committee on Constitutional Amendments in the House of 1893.[5] Lyford was the Chairman of Special Committee to investigate the Bay State Gas Company.[3]
Massachusetts Senate
editIn 1894 Lyford served in the Massachusetts State Senate representing the First Hampden District.[3] While in the Senate, Lyford was the Chairman of committee on probate and insolvency, and on the committees on judiciary and taxation, and special committee on revision of corporation laws, also chairman of the special committee on the unemployed, 1894.[3]
Death
editLyford died at his home in Springfield on October 15, 1929.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i Bacon, Edwin M., ed. (1896). Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston: The New England Magazine. p. 322. Retrieved January 17, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f g Reno, Conrad (1901), Memoirs of the Judiciary and The Bar of New England for the Nineteenth Century, Volume III, Boston, MA: The Century Memorial Publishing Company, p. 559
- ^ a b c d e f g h Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1894), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators, Volume III, Brockton, Massachusetts: A. M. Bridgman, p. 119
- ^ a b Massachusetts House of Representatives (1893), Journal of the House, Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts House of Representatives, p. 1146
- ^ a b c Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1893), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators, Volume II, Brockton, Massachusetts: A. M. Bridgman, p. 145
- ^ Bacon, Edwin M., ed. (1896). Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston: The New England Magazine. p. 321. Retrieved January 17, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Judge E. F. Lyford, Springfield, Dead". The Boston Globe. Springfield. October 16, 1929. p. 6. Retrieved January 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.