had cause to feel so that summer, when Laird took out a grievance by socking him in the mouth. He was re-elected three times serving from March 4, 1883, but after his re-election in 1888 had a nervous breakdown, complicated by insomnia; as a result, he never took his seat in the lame-duck session of the Fiftieth Congress and had no chance to attend the Congress that followed it. He died on August 17, 1889, in Hastings, aged 40. Laird is buried in Hastings' Parkview Cemetery. Laird is the namesake of the community of Laird, Colorado. See also List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899) Notes References Obituary - New York Times, August 18, 1889 1849 births 1889 deaths Nebraska lawyers People from Hillsdale County, Michigan People from York, New York Adrian College alumni University of Michigan Law School alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers