Winfield F. Prime

Winfield Forrest Prime
Winfield Forrest Prime
Member of the; Massachusetts House of Representatives; 27th Middlesex District [1]
Succeeded by	Jacob Bitzer[2]
Member of the; Massachusetts House of Representatives; Suffolk District [1]
	In office; 1890–1890
Personal details
Born	November 22, 1860; Charlestown, Massachusetts
Died	September 10, 1926 (aged 65); Winchester, Massachusetts
Political party	Republican [1]
Spouse(s)	Mary A. Fontaine, m. May 19, 1891 [3]
Children	Selwyn Forest Prime[3]
Alma mater	Boston University School of Law[1]

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.[1][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.[3]

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.[1]

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References

Who's Who in State Politics, 1914, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1914, p. 288.
Howard, Richard T. (1919), Public Officials of Massachusetts, 1919, Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. 109.
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.
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.
"Winfield F. Prime, Winchester, Dies". The Boston Globe. September 10, 1926. p. 13. Retrieved 2019-06-27.

Political offices
Preceded by	Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 27th Middlesex district 1913-1914	Succeeded by Jacob Bitzer

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[WhWhinSp1914pg288-1] Who's Who in State Politics, 1914, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1914, p. 288.

[PubOffofMass1919pg109-2] Howard, Richard T. (1919), Public Officials of Massachusetts, 1919, Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. 109.

[MemoftheJudofNEp1901pg413-3] 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. 413.

[MemoftheJudofNEp1901pg412-4] 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.