O. D. Guilfoil Explained

O. D. Guilfoil
State Senate:Washington
District:19th
Term Start1:November 6, 1889
Term End1:January 7, 1891
Predecessor1:Constituency established
Successor1:L. F. Thompson
Birth Name:Oscar Daniel Guilfoil
Birth Date:8 July 1863
Birth Place:Rhinebeck, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Ogdensburg, New York, U.S.
Party:Republican

Oscar Daniel Guilfoil, Sr. (July 8, 1863 – December 23, 1955) was an American politician in the state of Washington. He served in the Washington State Senate from 1889 to 1891.[1] [2] He died at a hospital in Ogdensburg, New York in 1955, where he had lived the last 10 years of his life. His obituary in The Post-Standard erroneously stated his age at death as 100, as his family stated that his birth date was unknown. He was buried in Rhinebeck.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State of Washington Members of the Legislature, 1889 2011 . Washington State Legislature . https://web.archive.org/web/20220420082957/https://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/MembersOfLeg2011.pdf . April 20, 2022 . live.
  2. Web site: Brief Bios of Washington Senators and Representatives | Access Genealogy. 16 August 2013 .
  3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/16005335/ "Railroad Pioneer, Kin Of Syracusan, Dies at 100"