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
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]
Alma mater	Harvard College, Harvard Law School[1]
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]

Early life and education

Fish was born on December 7, 1883.^[1] Fish graduated from Harvard College and 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]

In 1909, Fish joined the Massachusetts National Guard and served as captain in the 101st Field Artillery Regiment in France during WW I.

On February 18, 1942, Fish died at age 59 after he was hit by a taxicab in Boston.^[4]

References

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. The American Bar (1921), p. 428. Minneapolis and New York: J.C. Fifield Company.
4. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1847-, vol. 96, at 210.