Henry W. Lord
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Michigan's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
Preceded byJohn S. Newberry
Succeeded byWilliam C. Maybury
Personal details
Born(1821-03-08)March 8, 1821
Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJanuary 25, 1891(1891-01-25) (aged 69)
Butte, Montana, U.S.
Resting placeElmwood Cemetery
Detroit, Michigan
CitizenshipU.S.
Political partyRepublican
ProfessionMerchant
Diplomat
Politician

Henry William Lord (March 8, 1821 – January 25, 1891) was a merchant, diplomat and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as the United States consul to Manchester, England and as a U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan.

Early life

Lord was born in Northampton, Massachusetts,[1] and received an academic education in Andover, Massachusetts.[2] He studied law but did not practice. He moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1839. Four years later, he went to Pontiac, Michigan, and engaged in agricultural and mercantile pursuits, and foreign service. In 1876, he returned to Detroit.[3]

Political career

In 1861, he was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln to become United States consul to Manchester, England. He served in that position until his resignation in 1867.[4] While in that post, he developed plans that improved consular services.[5]

He served on the Michigan board of corrections and charities from 1871 to 1882,[6] and president of the board if trustees at Michigan Military Academy from 1878 to 1880.[7][8] In 1876, he served as a Presidential elector from Michigan.[9]

Lord was elected as a Republican candidate from Michigan's 1st congressional district to the 47th Congress, serving from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1883.[10][11] He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1882.

He was appointed by President Chester A. Arthur to become register of the United States land office at Creelsburg, North Dakota on August 1, 1883. The office was transferred to Devils Lake, North Dakota on January 17, 1884, and Lord continued as register until April 18, 1888.[12]

Death

Lord was killed in a railroad accident near Butte, Montana, on January 25, 1891. He is interred in Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit.[13]

References

  1. ^ The Society (1903). Pioneer Collections, Volume 3. The Society. p. 266.
  2. ^ United States. Congress (1882). Official Congressional Directory. United States. Congress. p. 38.
  3. ^ Headley, Phineas Camp (1882). Public Men of To-day: Being Biographies of the President and Vice-president of the United States, Each Member of the Cabinet, the United States Senators and the Members of the House of Representatives of the Forty-seventh Congress, the Chief Justice and the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and of the Governors of the Several States. 1st series. S. S. Scranton & Company. p. 467.
  4. ^ United States. Congress (1882). Official Congressional Directory. United States. Congress. p. 38.
  5. ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William (1914). Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States; Illustrated with Three Thousand Vignette Portraits. American Publishers' Association. p. 565.
  6. ^ W.S. George & Company (1879). Red Book for the ... Legislature of the State of Michigan. W.S. George & Company. p. 418.
  7. ^ Free Press Book and Job Printing House (1880). Annual Catalogue of the Michigan Military Academy. Free Press Book and Job Printing House. p. 3.
  8. ^ Robert Smith Printing Company and, State Printers (1879). Joint Documents of the State of Michigan, Volume 1. Robert Smith Printing Company. p. 109.
  9. ^ Michigan (1893). Michigan Manual. Michigan. p. 252.
  10. ^ Chardavoyne, David Gardner (2012). United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan: People, Law, and Politics. Wayne State University Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0814337202.
  11. ^ Headley, Phineas Camp (1882). Public Men of To-day: Being Biographies of the President and Vice-president of the United States, Each Member of the Cabinet, the United States Senators and the Members of the House of Representatives of the Forty-seventh Congress, the Chief Justice and the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and of the Governors of the Several States. 1st series. S. S. Scranton & Company. p. 798.
  12. ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William (1914). Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States; Illustrated with Three Thousand Vignette Portraits. American Publishers' Association. p. 565.
  13. ^ United States Congress and, MichaelmW. H. (1883). Official Congressional Directory, Volume 47. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 85. ISBN 9780403098019.

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