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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsWillfred Weymouth LUFKIN
(1879-1934)
LUFKIN, Willfred Weymouth,
a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Essex, Essex County,
Mass., March 10, 1879; attended the public schools; newspaper
correspondent; private secretary to Congressman Augustus P. Gardner
1902-1917; member and chairman of the Essex School Board 1901-1906;
Member of the State constitutional convention 1917-1919; elected as
a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Augustus P. Gardner; reelected to the
Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses and served from November
6, 1917, to June 30, 1921, when he resigned to accept a Treasury
position; appointed by President Warren G. Harding to be collector
of customs at the port of Boston July 1, 1921, and served until his
retirement in 1933; again elected a member of the Essex School
Board in 1922, 1925, and 1928; moderator of the town meeting in
1925; died in Essex, Mass., March 28, 1934; interment in Essex
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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