William P. Hayes

William P. Hayes (March 27, 1866 – October 20, 1940) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the twenty seventh Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts.

William P. Hayes
27th Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts
In office
1900–1901
Preceded byDwight O. Gilmore
Succeeded byRalph W. Ellis
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
First Hampden District[1]
In office
1907[1]  1907[2]
Preceded byFordis C. Parker[3]
Succeeded byFrancke W. Dickinson[2]
Member of the
Springfield, Massachusetts
Common Council[1][4]
In office
1892[1][4]  1893[1][4]
Personal details
BornMarch 27, 1866[5]
Springfield, Massachusetts[5]
DiedOctober 20, 1940(1940-10-20) (aged 74)
Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic[1]
Alma materBoston University School of Law, 1889[1]
ProfessionAttorney[5]

Early life

Hayes was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 27, 1866 to John and Margaret Hayes.[4]

Education

Hays was educated at the Springfield grammar and High Schools.[4] Hayes attended Ottawa College in Ottawa, Ontario,[4] where he spent one year, and Boston University School of Law, from which he graduated in 1889.[1]

Early career

Hayes was the Assistant City Assessor of Springfield in 1887 and 1888.[4] Hayes was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar at Springfield, Massachusetts on November 12, 1889.[4]

He was also the first Irish mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts.

Political offices
Preceded by
Dwight O. Gilmore
27th Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts
1900 1901
Succeeded by
Ralph W. Ellis
Preceded by
Fordis C. Parker
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
First Hampden District

1907 1907
Succeeded by
Francke W. Dickinson

See also

Notes

  1. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1907), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators, Vol. XVI, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgman, p. 128.
  2. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1908), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators, Vol. XVII, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgman, p. 128.
  3. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1905), A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators, Vol. XIV, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgman, p. 128.
  4. Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume II, Boston, MA: The Boston History Company, p. 143.
  5. The Boston Press Club (1903), Men of Massachusetts: a Collection of Portraits of Representative Men in Business and Professional Life in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, Ma.: The Boston Press Club, p. 212.
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