- Joseph M. Belford
Joseph McCrum Belford (
August 5 ,1852 -May 3 ,1917 ) was aUnited States Representative from New York. Born in Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, he attendedDickinson Seminary (inWilliamsport, Pennsylvania ) and was graduated fromDickinson College in 1871. He moved toLong Island, New York in 1884 and engaged in teaching at the Franklinville and Riverhead Academies. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1889, and commenced the practice of law in Riverhead. He served as secretary and chairman of the Suffolk County Republican committee and was clerk of thesurrogate court .Belford was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth Congress, holding office from
March 4 ,1897 toMarch 3 ,1899 . He was not a candidate for renomination in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress and in 1900 was a delegate to theRepublican National Convention at Philadelphia. He resumed the practice of his chosen profession in Riverhead and also engaged in the banking business. He served as surrogate of Suffolk County from 1904 to 1910 and in 1917 died suddenly inGrand Central Station in New York City. Interment was inRiverhead Cemetery .Belford's cousin,
James Burns Belford of Colorado, was also a United States Representative.References
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