Edwin Francis Lyford (September 8, 1857 – October 15, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served on the

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, city council, as a member of the

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and in the Massachusetts State Senate.

Early life

Lyford was born on September 8, 1857, in

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, to Moses and Mary L. (Dyer) Lyford.

Education

Lyford attended the Coburn Classical Institute and

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, from which he graduated with an A.B. degree in 1877, and a M.A. in 1882.

Early career

After he graduated from

, Lyford worked in the

, law offices of Hon.

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. Lyford also worked as a teacher while he lived in Waterville, teaching in the local schools and at

. Lyford was admitted to the Maine Bar in 1879. In 1882 Lyford moved to

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and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in that year.

Springfield city council

Lyford was a member of the

city council for two years in 1885 and 1886.

Massachusetts legislature

Massachusetts House of Representatives

In 1892-1893 Lyford represented the Seventh Hampden District in the

. In the House of 1892 Lyford was the Clerk of Committee on Cities and the Chairman of House Committee on Probate and Insolvency. Lyford was also on the Committee on Constitutional Amendments in the House of 1893. Lyford was the Chairman of Special Committee to investigate the Bay State Gas Company.

Massachusetts Senate

In 1894 Lyford served in the Massachusetts State Senate representing the First Hampden District. While in the Senate, Lyford was the Chairman of committee on probate and insolvency, and on the committees on judiciary and taxation, and special committee on revision of corporation laws, also chairman of the special committee on the unemployed, 1894.

Death

Lyford died at his home in Springfield on October 15, 1929.

References

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