Joseph M. Belford

Joseph McCrum Belford (August 5, 1852 – May 3, 1917) was an American politician and a United States Representative from New York.

Joseph McCrum Belford
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1897 (1897-03-04) – March 3, 1899 (1899-03-03)
Preceded byRichard Cunningham McCormick
Succeeded byTownsend Scudder
Personal details
Born(1852-08-05)August 5, 1852
Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, US
DiedMay 3, 1917(1917-05-03) (aged 64)
Manhattan, New York, US
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Inez H. Belford
Alma materDickinson College
Profession
  • Lawyer
  • Politician
  • Banker

Biography

Born in Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, Belford attended Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dickinson College in 1871 and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. His wife was Inez H. Belford.

Career

Belford moved to Long Island, New York in 1884 and taught at the Franklinville and Riverhead Academies. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1889, and practiced in Riverhead. He served as secretary and chairman of the Suffolk County Republican committee and was clerk of the surrogate court.

Elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth Congress, Belford held the office of U.S. Representative for the first district of New York from March 4, 1897, to March 3, 1899.[1] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress and in 1900 was a delegate to the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia.

Resuming the practice of law in Riverhead (town), New York, Belford also engaged in banking. He served as surrogate judge of Suffolk County from 1904–1910.

Death

Belford died suddenly in Grand Central Station, Manhattan, New York County, New York, on May 3, 1917 (age 64 years, 271 days). He is interred at Riverhead Cemetery, Riverhead, Long Island, New York.[2]

State Senator Edward Hawkins (1829–1908) was his father-in-law; Congressman James Burns Belford (1837–1910), of Colorado, was his cousin.

References
  1. "Joseph M. Belford". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  2. "Joseph M. Belford". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Richard Cunningham McCormick		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 1st congressional district
March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1899		 Succeeded by
Townsend Scudder
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