Winfield Forrest Prime
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1890–1890
Constituency4th Suffolk district
In office
1913–1914
Succeeded byJacob Bitzer
Constituency27th Middlesex district
Personal details
BornNovember 22, 1860
Charlestown, Massachusetts
DiedSeptember 10, 1926(1926-09-10) (aged 65)
Winchester, Massachusetts
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Mary A. Fontaine, m. May 19, 1891
ChildrenSelwyn Forest Prime
Alma materBoston University School of Law
ProfessionLawyer
[1][2][3]

Winfield Forrest Prime (November 22, 1860 – September 10, 1926) was an American lawyer and politician who twice served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[3][4][5]

Early life

Prime was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts to Oliver and Emma F. (Kennard) Prime on November 22, 1860.[4]

Family life

Prime married Mary A. Fontaine on May 19, 1891. They had one child, a son, Selwyn Forrest Prime.[2]

Massachusetts House of Representatives

Prime served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from two different districts.

1890 legislative session

In 1890, Prime represented Ward 4 of the Charlestown district of Boston, Massachusetts, in the Massachusetts House. During the 1890 session Prime served on the committee on Probate and Insolvency.[4]

1913-1914 legislative sessions

Prime later was the representative of the twenty seventh Middlesex District serving from 1913 and 1914. Prime served on the committee on Probate and Insolvency in 1913, and as a member of the Judiciary Committee in 1914.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Howard, Richard T. (1919), Public Officials of Massachusetts, 1919, Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. 109
  2. 1 2 Reno, Conrad (1901), Memoirs of the Judiciary and The Bar of New England for the Nineteenth Century, Volume III, Boston, MA: The Century Memorial Publishing Company, p. 413
  3. 1 2 3 Who's Who in State Politics, 1914, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1914, p. 288
  4. 1 2 3 Reno, Conrad (1901), Memoirs of the Judiciary and The Bar of New England for the Nineteenth Century, Volume III, Boston, MA: The Century Memorial Publishing Company, p. 412
  5. ↑ "Winfield F. Prime, Winchester, Dies". The Boston Globe. September 10, 1926. p. 13. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
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