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American politician
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
In office
1907–1907
Preceded byFordis C. Parker
Succeeded byFrancke W. Dickinson
Member of the
Springfield, Massachusetts
Common Council
In office
1892–1893
Personal details
BornMarch 27, 1866
Springfield, Massachusetts
DiedOctober 20, 1940(1940-10-20) (aged 74)
Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materBoston University School of Law, 1889
ProfessionAttorney

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.

Early life

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

Education

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

Early career

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

He was also the first Irish mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts.
Political offices
Preceded byDwight O. Gilmore 27th Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts
1900–1901 		Succeeded byRalph W. Ellis
Preceded byFordis C. Parker Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
First Hampden District
1907–1907 		Succeeded byFrancke 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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