Erland F. Fish

Erland F. Fish
Erland F. Fish; Hon.
74th President of the Massachusetts Senate
	In office; 1933–1934
Preceded by	Gaspar G. Bacon
Succeeded by	James G. Moran
Member of the Massachusetts Senate for the Norfolk & Suffolk District
	In office; 1925–1937
Preceded by	William S. Youngman
Succeeded by	Sybil Holmes
Member of the; Massachusetts House of Representatives; Second Norfolk District[1]
Personal details
Born	December 7, 1883[1]; Cambridge, Massachusetts[1]
Died	February 18, 1942 (aged 58)
Political party	Republican[1]
Residence	207 Mountfort Street, Brookline, Massachusetts[1]
Education	Harvard College; Harvard Law School (1908)
Profession	Lawyer[1]

Erland Frederick Fish (December 7, 1883 – February 18, 1942) was a Massachusetts lawyer and politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1933 to 1934.[1]

Biography

Fish was born on December 7, 1883.[1] Fish graduated from Harvard College and then Harvard Law School in 1908.[1][2]

Starting in 1908, he clerked for a year for Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. at the U.S. Supreme Court. Afterwards, he worked for Gaston, Snow & Saltonstall, and later his family patent law firm, Fish, Richardson & Neave, in Boston.[3][4]

In 1909, Fish joined the Massachusetts National Guard and served as captain in the 101st Field Artillery Regiment in France during WW I. From 1930 to 1934 he was the commanding general of the 26th Infantry Division, also known as the Yankee Division.[5]

On February 18, 1942, Fish died at age 59 after he was hit by a taxicab in Boston.[6]

References

Howard, Richard T. (1921), Public Officials of Massachusetts (1921-1922), Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. 162
Warren, Charles (1908). History of the Harvard Law School and of Early Legal Conditions in America, p. 371. New York: Lewis Publishing Company. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-29193. ISBN 1-58477-006-6.
Fish, Richardson & Neave LLP
The American Bar (1921), p. 428. Minneapolis and New York: J.C. Fifield Company.
"General Erland Fish Fatally Hurt by Taxi". The New York Times. February 19, 1942.
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1847-, vol. 96, at 210.

Political offices
Preceded by Gaspar G. Bacon	President of the Massachusetts Senate 1933–1934	Succeeded by James G. Moran
Military offices
Preceded by Alfred F. Foote	Commanding General, 26th Infantry Division 1930–1934	Succeeded by Daniel Needham

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[PubOffMass_1921_Page_162-1] Howard, Richard T. (1921), Public Officials of Massachusetts (1921-1922), Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. 162

[2] Warren, Charles (1908). History of the Harvard Law School and of Early Legal Conditions in America, p. 371. New York: Lewis Publishing Company. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-29193. ISBN 1-58477-006-6.

[3] Fish, Richardson & Neave LLP

[4] The American Bar (1921), p. 428. Minneapolis and New York: J.C. Fifield Company.

[5] "General Erland Fish Fatally Hurt by Taxi". The New York Times. February 19, 1942.

[6] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1847-, vol. 96, at 210.