[1] He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1869, studied law and became an attorney in Montpelier.

[1][2][3] A Republican, Lord served in several local offices and on the staff of the Vermont Senate.

[5] Lord served two terms in the Vermont House of Representatives, 1894 to 1898, and was Speaker from 1896 to 1898.

[6] Lord resigned as Speaker to accept appointment as a federal bank examiner and Commissioner of the United States Circuit Court.

[1] With his second wife, Lord was the father of a daughter, Dorothy Louise.