Edwin L. Scofield Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stamfordhistory.org/pe_roster1917.htm Stamford Historical Society