Burton Deyoe Esmond (February 8, 1870 – January 11, 1944) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

Esmond was born on February 8, 1870, in Tomhannock, New York, the son of Deyoe Esmond and Mary Larmon. Esmond graduated from Troy Conference Academy at

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, in 1890. He then went to Syracuse University, receiving a Ph.B. from there in 1894 and an M.Ph. in 1897. He studied law under Judge Jesse S. L'Amoreaux in

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. After he was admitted to the bar in 1897, he began practicing law in Ballston Spa. He was appointed attorney for four

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s in transfer tax proceedings in Saratoga County. In 1895, he wrote and published "History of the Origin and Development of the Doctrine of State Sovereignty," a book that traced the sentiment of state and sectional animosity throughout American history. In 1921, Esmond was elected to the New York State Assembly as a

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, representing

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. He served in the Assembly in

1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éireann, the day after Éamon de Valera ...

1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...

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* January 1 ** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria.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 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhan ...

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 ...

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will b ...

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hiro ...

, and 1933. His main interest was the framing and passing of the Baumes Laws, which provided stiffer sentences for criminals. He was also a leader in passing legislation for the restoration of the Saratoga battlefield and for the development of state-owned property as a health resort. He served as justice of the peace for twelve years, and from 1927 to 1928 he was a member of the

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. Esmond was a trustee of the Ballston Spa Presbyterian Church. He was a member of the Ballston Spa Chamber of Commerce, the Saratoga County Bar Association, the

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, and the Odd Fellows. In 1903, he married Cora D. Rosa of Saratoga Springs. Their children were Theodore Larmon and Marion Rosa. Esmond died at home on January 11, 1944. He was buried in the Ballston Spa Village Cemetery.

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