Biography

Everett Colby Banfield was born in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, on September 19, 1828. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, graduating in 1845, and Harvard University, graduating in 1850. Banfield studied law with Nathan Clifford and John P. Healy, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Boston.[6]

Banfield was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1861, and served one term. In 1863, Banfield was confirmed as U.S. Consul in Algiers. He accepted a legal position in the New York Custom House in 1866. Banfield was appointed Solicitor of the Treasury in 1869 and served until 1874.

In 1874 Banfield accepted a position with the Pacific Mail Company in San Francisco. Banfield later returned to Wolfeboro, where he practiced law part-time. E. C. Banfield died in New York City on November 12, 1887. He was buried in Wolfeboro.