William A. Lord

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 by	Nelson D. Phelps, William B. Mayo, George F. Sibley
Succeeded by	Frank G. Howland, George W. Moody, John L. Moseley
Constituency	Washington County
Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
	In office; 1896–1898
Preceded by	William W. Stickney
Succeeded by	Kittredge Haskins
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
	In office; 1894–1898
Preceded by	Thomas J. Boynton
Succeeded by	Harlan W. Kemp
Constituency	Montpelier
Personal details
Born	August 28, 1849; Montpelier, Vermont, U.S.
Died	August 21, 1927 (aged 77); Montpelier, Vermont, U.S.
Resting place	Green Mount Cemetery , Montpelier, Vermont, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Lucy A. (Reynolds) Young (m. 1883); Mabel Louise Newcomb (m. 1894)
Children	1
Education	Dartmouth College
Occupation	Attorney

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography, edited by Prentiss Cutler Dodge, 1912, page 251
^ Gazetteer of Washington County, Vt., 1783-1889, edited by William Adams, 1889, page 116
^ General Catalogue of Dartmouth College, published by the college, 1880, page 72
^ 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
^ Newspaper article, Vermont for McKinley, Baltimore Sun, April 30, 1896
^ Speakers of the Vermont House of Representatives since 1870, Office of Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 1009, page 3
^ Notes on List of Speakers of the House, published by Vermont Secretary of State, 2012
^ Journal of the House of the State of Vermont, published by Vermont General Assembly, 1899, page 602
^ New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, edited by William Richard Cutter, Volume 4, 1914, page 1888
^ The Public Statutes of Vermont, published by Vermont Secretary of State, 1906, page vi
^ Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, entry for William A. Lord, accessed January 28, 2012
^ "Montpelier: Funeral of William A. Lord". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT. August 24, 1927. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 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

[Dodge-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] "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

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