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Selleck's school, Norwalk, and two years
at the King School, Stamford. In 1891,
Mr. Weed received his degree of B. A.
from Yale College, and in 1893 received
his degree of LL. D. from the New York
Law School. The same year Mr. Weed
was admitted to the New York bar, and
some time later to the Connecticut bar.
After association in practice with other
attorneys in New York for about three
years, Mr. Weed opened an office of his
own in New York, in 1896, where his prin-
cipal practice has been, although he has
a large and growing practice in New Canaan
and vicinity. Mr. Weed specializes
on surrogate and probate work and real
estate law and has the care of many
estates.
Mr. Weed is a Democrat in politics, and
has been very active in the work of his
party. He is not a politician, but takes
a very sincere and earnest interest in
public affairs, especially as concerns the
town where he and his ancestors for so
many generations were born. For a
number of years he served as justice of
the peace and as a member of the board
of finance. He went to the convention
that nominated the candidate for State
Senator in 1912, pledged to support another
candidate for the nomination, one
of the county's most estimable citizens, but
it developed that, because of certain pro-
fessional activities in connection with litigation,
that candidate at that time would
not be acceptable to the voters of his
party, and so quite unexpectedly Mr.
Weed was nominated for the office and
was elected. As a member of the State
Senate, in 1913, Mr. Weed served as
chairman of the committee on banks and
banking, chairman of the finance committee,
and chairman of the committee on
constitutional amendments. These appointments
were a signal honor, as it has
been very rare in the history of the State
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that a man at one session has been made
chairman of so many committees. But it
was only a just recognition of his ability,
indefatigable industry and patriotic devotion
to public duty. The committee on
banking revised the entire banking laws
of the State, and so thoroughly and satis-
factorily was the work done that since
that time very few and those minor
changes have been made in the laws as
then adopted. Mr. Weed has another
unique distinction, that is, that every bill
that he in his capacity as chairman of a
committee approved was enacted into
law and every bill that he disapproved
failed of enactment. He also served as
a member of several other committees
Towns and probate districts, Putnam
memorial camp contested elections, and
Senate appointments.
Mr. Weed is a member of the Yale Club
of New York, and of the Norwalk and
Roxbury clubs. He is held in high esteem
among his fellow-citizens, and takes
his place among the leading men of Fair-
field county.
WEED, Eugene Augustus,
Contractor and Builder.
From the beginning of time the builders
of the world have left their mark on
the pages of history. In this day, when
it is hard to believe that there is anything
further to be said or written in the story
of construction, still the builder puts him-
self, his best, into his work, and to the
discerning observer there is individuality
and meaning in the edifices which to the
multitude signify onlj' use or shelter. In
the structural development of the city of
Stamford, Connecticut, Eugene Augustus
Weed has had a large share.
(Ill) Abraham Weed, son of Daniel
and Ruth Weed (q. v.), was born August
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