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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.〔(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〕 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.〔(Newspaper article, Vermont for McKinley ), Baltimore Sun, April 30, 1896〕 Lord served three terms in the Vermont House of Representatives in the 1890s, and was Speaker from 1896 to 1898.〔(Speakers of the Vermont House of Representatives since 1870 ), 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.〔(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〕 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〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「William A. Lord」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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