Edwin Lewis Scofield | |
Office: | Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Stamford |
Office2: | Member of the Connecticut Senate from the 12th District |
Term Start2: | 1883 |
Term End2: | 1884 |
Predecessor2: | Oliver Hoyt |
Successor2: | R. Jay Walsh |
Office3: | Mayor of Stamford, Connecticut |
Order3: | 2nd |
Term Start3: | May 6, 1895 |
Term End3: | May 3, 1897[1] |
Predecessor3: | Charles H. Leeds |
Successor3: | William Bohannan |
Birth Date: | 18 January 1852 |
Birth Place: | Stamford, Connecticut, US |
Death Place: | Stamford, Connecticut, US |
Restingplace: | Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Connecticut |
Alma Mater: | Columbia Law School (1873) |
Spouse: | Annie Weed Candee |
Edwin Lewis Scofield (January 18, 1852 – January 14, 1918) was a member of the Connecticut Senate representing the 12th District from 1883 to 1884. He was the second mayor of Stamford, Connecticut, serving from 1895 to 1897.
He was born in Stamford. His parents were Erastus Ellsworth Scofield and Jane Ann (Brown) Scofield, both from Stamford.
On October 15, 1879, he married Annie Weed Candee, future sister-in-law of writer Helen Churchill Candee. They had a son, Edwin Lewis Scofield, Jr. (1887-1965).
Scofield graduated from Columbia Law School in 1873.
He was a director on the boards of Stamford Hospital, the Stamford YMCA, and the First National Bank of Stamford.