Stephen N. Gifford

Stephen Nye Gifford
3rd Massachusetts Auditor
In office
1855–1856
Preceded by Joseph Mitchell
Succeeded by Chandler R. Ranson
Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1850, 1851  1852
Personal details
Born July 21, 1815
Pembroke, Massachusetts
Died April 18, 1886 (aged 71)
Duxbury, Massachusetts
Nationality American
Political party Whig
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Stephen Nye Gifford was an American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Massachusetts Auditor and was clerk of the Massachusetts Senate from January 6, 1858 to April 18, 1886.

Born in Pembroke, MA on July 21, 1815, he was educated at Hanover Academy and the academy at Bridgewater. As a young man he was employed as a schoolteacher, eventually establishing a private academy at Duxbury. In 1850 he was elected as a Whig to represent Duxbury in the state house of representatives. In 1851 he was appointed Inspector in the Boston Custom House; in 1855 he was chosen to supply a vancancy in the office of State Auditor. In 1855 and 1857 he served as assistant clerk of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and in 1858 he became Clerk of the Senate, holding that post for 28 years until his death in 1886. During this time he was noted as a parliamentary expert and authority on technical points of legislation.[1]

References

  1. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Official Gazette. State Government, 1886. Biographies of Members...[&c.] (Boston: Alfred Mudge & Sons, 1886), p. 22-23.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Joseph Mitchel
3rd Massachusetts Auditor
1855–1856
Succeeded by
Chandler R. Ranson


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