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.Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography, edited by Prentiss Cutler Dodge, 1912, page 251 He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1869, studied law and became an attorney in Montpelier.Gazetteer of Washington County, Vt., 1783-1889, edited by William Adams, 1889, page 116General Catalogue of Dartmouth College, published by the college, 1880, page 72
A Republican, Lord served in several local offices and on the staff of the Vermont Senate.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 In 1896 Lord was Chairman of the Vermont Republican Convention., Baltimore Sun, April 30, 1896 Lord served two terms in the Vermont House of Representatives, 1894 to 1898, and was Speaker from 1896 to 1898., Office of Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 1009, page 3 Lord resigned as Speaker to accept appointment as a federal bank examiner and Commissioner of the United States Circuit Court., published by Vermont Secretary of State, 2012Journal of the House of the State of Vermont, published by Vermont General Assembly, 1899, page 602
In 1904 Lord was elected to the Vermont Senate.New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, edited by William Richard Cutter, Volume 4, 1914, page 1888 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.The Public Statutes of Vermont, published by Vermont Secretary of State, 1906, page vi
Lord died in Montpelier on August 21, 1927.Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, entry for William A. Lord, accessed January 28, 2012 He was buried at Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier.
Personal In 1883, Lord married Lucy A. (Reynolds) Young. She died in 1893, and in 1894 he married Mabel Louise Newcomb. With his second wife, Lord was the father of a daughter, Dorothy Louise.
Lord was the grandson of Nathan Lord, the longtime President of Dartmouth College.Who's Who in New England, edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Volume 2, 1915, page 684
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