Bert Lord (December 4, 1869 – May 24, 1939) was an American politician from
New York. A
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, he served several terms in the
New York State Assembly and
New York State Senate, and was a member of the
United States House of Representatives
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from 1935 until his death.
Life
Born in the town of
Sanford,
Broome County, he attended the public schools and the
Afton Union School and Academy. He engaged in the mercantile business at
Afton from 1893 to 1918, when he entered the lumber business and operated
sawmill
A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes (dimensi ...
s.
He was Afton's
town supervisor from 1905 to 1915; and a member of the
New York State Assembly (Chenango Co.) in
1915
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction".
* January ...
,
1916
Events
Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled.
* J ...
,
1917
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Fo ...
,
1918,
1919
Events
January
* January 1
** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia.
** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the ...
,
1920 and
1921.
He was New York State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles from 1921 to 1923.
He was again a member of the State Assembly in
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China holds ...
,
1925
Events January
* January 1
** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria.
* January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Itali ...
,
1926
Events January
* January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece.
* January 8
**Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Viet ...
,
1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General.
* January 7
...
,
1928 and
1929
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...
. On November 5, 1929, he was re-elected to the Assembly; on November 25 State Senator
B. Roger Wales died, and Lord ran to succeed him.
On January 3, 1930, Lord was elected to the
New York State Senate (40th D.). He served in the Senate until 1934, sitting in the
153rd,
154th,
155th,
156th and
157th New York State Legislatures.
Lord was elected as a
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
to the
74th,
75th and
76th United States Congresses; he served from January 3, 1935 until his death.
Lord suffered two heart attacks in May 1939. The second one proved fatal, and he died in
Washington, D.C.
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, on May 24, 1939. He was buried at Glenwood Cemetery in Afton.
Family
Lord was married twice; his first wife was Lillian (Kniskern) Lord (1872-1937), and in December 1938 he married Margaret T. Gregg, who survived him. Lord had no children.
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1869 births
1939 deaths
People from Broome County, New York
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Republican Party New York (state) state senators
People from Afton, New York
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)