Congregationalist Politicians
(including United Church of Christ; [Evangelical and Reformed
Church; Congregational Christian Churches) in Vermont ()
William Tabor Abbott (b. 1868) — also known as
William T. Abbott — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Wells River, Newbury, Orange
County, Vt., February
16, 1868. Son of Orrin S. Abbott and Ella J. (Tabor) Abbott;
married, June 28,
1905, to Elsie Parsons Bourland. Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1920;
assistant director, U.S. Bureau of the Budget; assisted in creation
of first federal budget. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
Eugene V. Clark (b. 1919) — of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
19, 1919. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; member of Vermont
state senate from Bennington County, 1963.
Congregationalist. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 1963.
Graham Stiles Newell (b. 1915) — also known as
Graham S. Newell — of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt. Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., November
27, 1915. Republican. Member of Vermont
state senate, 1953, 1955-63; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Vermont, 1956.
Congregationalist. Still living as of 1999.