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Biography
Bert Lord (December 4, 1869 – May 24, 1939) was an American politician from New York.
Life
Born in the town of Sanford, Broome County, he attended the public schools and the Afton Union School and Academy. He engaged in the mercantile business at Afton from 1893 to 1918, when he entered the lumber business and operated sawmills.
He was Supervisor of the Town of Afton from 1905 to 1915; and a member of the New York State Assembly (Chenango Co.) in 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920 and 1921.
He was New York State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles from 1921 to 1923.
He was again a member of the State Assembly in 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929. On November 5, 1929, he was re-elected to the Assembly but on November 25 State Senator B. Roger Wales died, and Lord ran for the vacant Senate seat.
On January 3, 1930, Lord was elected to the New York State Senate (40th D.). As soon as his election was certified, he resigned from the Assembly and took his seat in the Senate where he remained until 1934, sitting in the 153rd, 154th, 155th, 156th and 157th New York State Legislatures.
Lord was elected as a Republican to the 74th, 75th and 76th United States Congresses, holding office from January 3, 1935, until his death in 1939.
He died on May 24, 1939, in Washington, D.C.; and was buried at the Glenwood Cemetery in Afton.