The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 8: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, ... Are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought o - Softcover

Ainsworth R. Spofford

Softcover

ISBN 10: 133468359X ISBN 13: 9781334683596

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 8: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women Who Are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time

York in 1866. At this time he was offered and accepted a lieutenancy in the 2d U. S. Artillery. After seeing service at fort Alcatraz and Steilacoom, and in Alaska, he resigned, and went in 1868 to Salem, Ore., where he formeda law partnership with his ranking officer in the lst Delaware cavalry, Lieut. Col; N. B. Knight. At this time Maj. Lord began his career as a successful lawyer. His attention to the interests of clients, his grace and dignity in court, his fairness and deference to adversaries, and his sound knowledge of law, soon brought him a lucra tive practice, and in 1870 he was chosen city atter ney of the capital of his adopted state. The crty was involved in important suits, and his successful conduct of its litigation added to his growing promi nence. In 1878 he was chosen state senator for Marion county for four years, but resigned in 1880 to accept a nomination for justice of the supreme court, at the hands of the Republican party, whose principles he had espoused in his youth. He was chosen by a good majority, and was re-elected in 1882 and 1888 by increasing majorities. To the bench Justice Lord brough this carefully-trained and well stored mind and his opinions are highly esteemed by lawyers for their learning, and by citizens for their justice. While he has never been so technical as to permit a law to do injustice, he has not been given to bench legislation, and his decisions index and reflect his judicial mind. In short, Judge Lord's work and thought on the supreme bench have greatly elevated the plane of the young state's jurisprudence, and have given him a fixed place among the jurists of the country. While yet on the bench, in 1894, his nomination for governor came from his fellow Repub liceus, and as the successor of Sylvester Pennoyer he received the largest vote ever cast for executive of the state. Personally, Gov. Lord is of pleasant, cordial and affable manners, with pronounced liter ary tastes. His home is in Salem, and one of its features is its large library. He was married, in 1880, to Juliette Montague. Of Baltimore, Md., and has two sons and one daughter.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 133468359X
• ISBN 13: 9781334683596
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 565