About John B. Stanchfield
Lived 1855 – 1921 (aged 66). John B. Stanchfield was an American lawyer and politician.
John Barry Stanchfield (March 13, 1855 – June 25, 1921) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a prominent litigator and the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in 1900.
Life
John B. Stanchfield was born in Elmira, New York, on March 13, 1855, the son of Dr. John K. Stanchfield. He graduated from Amherst College in 1876, and from Harvard Law School in 1878. He commenced the practice of law in Elmira in partnership with David B. Hill, later Governor of New York (1885–1891). Afterwards he was a partner in the Elmira law firm of Reynolds, Stanchfield & Collin (named Sayles & Evans since 1945).
Stanchfield was District Attorney of Chemung County from 1880 to 1885; and Mayor of Elmira, New York, from 1886 to 1888. He married Clara S. Spaulding on September 2, 1886, and they had two children.
In 1915, he secured the release of Harry Kendall Thaw from the Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane.
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American politician (1855–1921)
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John B. Stanchfield was born on 13 March 1855 in Elmira.
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John B. Stanchfield died on 25 June 1921 in Islip.
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John B. Stanchfield was a lawyer and politician.
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John B. Stanchfield was American.
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