Byron Roger Wales (July 17, 1879 – November 25, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
editHe was born on July 17, 1879, in Binghamton, Broome County, New York. He graduated from Binghamton High School in 1898; and from Columbia Law School in 1901.[1] He was City Judge of Binghamton from 1908 to 1911; and then Corporation Counsel of Binghamton. In 1923, he was elected Chairman of the Broome County Republican Committee.[2]
Wales was a member of the New York State Senate (40th D.) from 1925 until his death in 1929, sitting in the 148th, 149th, 150th, 151st and 152nd New York State Legislatures. In 1927, he was appointed as a Special Deputy Attorney General to prosecute the Mayor of Amsterdam, and the D.A. and the Sheriff of Montgomery County.[3]
He died on November 25, 1929, in Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton, New York, a week after an operation for cirrhosis;[4] and was buried at the Floral Park Cemetery in Johnson City.
On May 29, 1930, his widow Alice C. Wales was appointed as Clerk of the Binghamton City Court.[5]
References
edit- ^ New York Red Book (1927; pg. 49)
- ^ WALES IS ELECTED COUNTY CHAIRMAN OF REPUBLICANS in The Binghamton Press on February 17, 1923
- ^ PICKS WALES FOR INQUIRY; Ottinger Chooses Dry Leader to Prosecute Amsterdam Officials in The New York Times on February 10, 1927 (subscription required)
- ^ B. R. WALES DIES; NOTED LEGISLATOR in The New York Times on November 26, 1929 (subscription required)
- ^ MRS. WALES GETS POST in The New York Times on May 30, 1930 (subscription required)