Willfred Weymouth Lufkin (March 10, 1879 – March 28, 1934) was a

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from

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Biography

He was born in

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on March 10, 1879. He attended public schools. After completing school, Lufkin was a newspaper correspondent and a private secretary to Congressman

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. He was a member and chairman of the Essex School Board and a member of the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917–1919. Lufkin married Georgia Story, daughter of Arthur and Margie Story.

1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention

In 1916 the Massachusetts legislature and electorate approved a calling of a Constitutional Convention. In May 1917, Lufkin was elected to serve as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917, representing Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District.

Election to Congress

Lufkin was elected as a

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to the

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to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman

. Lufkin was reelected to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses and served from November 6, 1917 to June 30, 1921. He resigned to become Collector of Customs for the

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on July 1, 1921 and served until his retirement in 1933. He was again elected a member of the Essex School Board and served as Town Moderator of the

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in 1925. Lufkin died in Essex on March 28, 1934. His interment was in Essex Cemetery.

References

Bibliography

*''Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts'' (1919). *''Municipal History of Essex County in Massachusetts'' p. 324 (1922).

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lufkin, Wilfred 1879 births 1934 deaths Members of the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts Collectors of the Port of Boston School board members in Massachusetts