Background
He was born in Essex on March 10, 1879.
United States representative politician
He was born in Essex on March 10, 1879.
He attended public schools.
After completing school, he was a newspaper correspondent, and a private secretary to Congressman Augustus P. Gardner. Lufkin married Georgia Story, daughter of Arthur and Margie Story. In 1916 the Massachusetts legislature and electorate approved a calling of a Constitutional Convention.
Lufkin was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman Augustus P. Gardner.
Lufkin was reelected to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses and served from November 6, 1917, to June 30, 1921, when he resigned to become Collector of Customs for the Portuguese of Boston on July 1, 1921, and served until his retirement in 1933. Lufkin died in Essex on March 28, 1934.
His interment was in Essex Cemetery.
He was a member and chairman of the Essex School Board, and a member of the, 1917-1919. In May 1917, Lufkin was elected to serve as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917, representing Massachusetts" 6th Congressional District. He was again elected a member of the Essex School Board, and served as Town Moderator of the town meeting in 1925.