Willfred W. Lufkin

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Willfred W. Lufkin

Willfred Weymouth Lufkin (born March 10, 1879 in Essex , Essex County , Massachusetts , †  March 28, 1934 ibid) was an American politician . From 1917 to 1921 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Willfred Lufkin attended public schools in his home country and then worked as a newspaper correspondent. Between 1902 and 1917 he was the private secretary of Congressman Augustus Peabody Gardner . He also served as chairman of the school board in his hometown of Essex from 1901 to 1906. From 1917 to 1919 he was a member of a committee to revise the Massachusetts Constitution . Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party .

Following Augustus Gardner's resignation as Congressman, Lufkin was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , when he was due for the sixth seat of Massachusetts , where he took office on November 6, 1917. Re-elected twice, he served in Congress until his resignation on June 30, 1921 . During this time the First World War ended . During his tenure in Congress, the 18th and 19th amendments were ratified.

Lufkins resignation took place after his appointment as head of the customs authority at the port of Boston by President Warren G. Harding . He held this post from 1921 to 1933. In the meantime, he was again on the school board of the city of Essex.

Lufkin died in Essex on March 28, 1934.

Web links

  • Willfred W. Lufkin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)