H. Edmund Machold

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Henry Edmund Machold (July 5, 1880 Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York - February 6, 1967) was an American lawyer, businessman and politician.

[edit] Life

He was the son of P. Bernhard Machold and Margaret Mellmen Machold. He attended Albany Law School and read law in Amsterdam. During the Spanish-American War he served in the New York State Militia. He began operating a dairy farm in Ellisburg, New York in 1900. He married Jennie Ward, and they had twins, Earl and Doris. He also engaged in banking from 1919 on, eventually becoming president of the Northern New York Trust Company.

He was a Republican member from Jefferson County of the New York State Assembly from 1912 to 1924, and was Speaker from 1921 to 1924. As Speaker, he advocated lowering taxes and successfully opposed Governor Al Smith's attempts to reorganize the state bureaucracy.

He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1924 and 1932. He was Chairman of the New York Republican State Committee in 1928 and 1929, campaigning for Herbert Hoover.

He was vice-president of the St. Regis Paper Company and the Niagara Mohawk Power Company (1932-1950). In 1934, he was accused of trying to influence state legislation concerning util­ities.

He was a Presidential Elector for New York in 1952.

He was buried at Ellisburg Cemetery in Ellisburg, N.Y.

[edit] Sources

• [1] Political Graveyard
• [2] Bio at questia
• [3] Election to his first term as Speaker, in NYT on January 6, 1921
• [4] Machold ancestry, at Schenectady history