Henry W. Lord

Henry William Lord (March 8, 1821-January 25, 1891) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.

Lord was born in Northampton, Massachusetts. He pursued an academic course and 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 later returned to Detroit. He was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln to become United States consul to Manchester, England in 1861 and served until his resignation in 1867. He served on the Michigan board of corrections and charities from 1871 to 1882.

Lord was elected as a Republican from Michigan's first congressional district to the Forty-seventh Congress, serving from March 4, 1881 to March 3, 1883. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1882.

He was appointed by President Chester 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.

Henry W. Lord was killed in a railroad accident near Butte, Montana. He is interred in Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit.

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