William A. Lord

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. 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 three terms in the Vermont House of Representatives in the 1890s, 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]

Personal

William Adams Lord was the grandson of Nathan Lord, the longtime President of Dartmouth College.[12]

References

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ Who's Who in New England, edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Volume 2, 1915, page 684
Political offices
Preceded by
William W. Stickney		 Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
1896–1898 		Succeeded by
Kittredge Haskins
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