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Politician members in Vermont

  John Clayton Allen (1860-1939) — also known as John C. Allen — of McCook, Red Willow County, Neb.; Monmouth, Warren County, Ill. Born in Hinesburg, Chittenden County, Vt., February 14, 1860. Republican. Merchant; banker; secretary of state of Nebraska, 1891-95; U.S. Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1925-33; defeated, 1932, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1936. Presbyterian. Member, Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Woodmen. Died in Monmouth, Warren County, Ill., January 12, 1939 (age 78 years, 332 days). Interment at Vermont Cemetery, Vermont, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of John H. Allen and Elizabeth (Burns) Allen; married, August 2, 1881, to Abbie Stapleford; married, January 30, 1902, to Eudora Durrell.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Harry Burton Amey (b. 1868) — also known as Harry B. Amey — of Milton, Strafford County, N.H.; Island Pond, Brighton, Essex County, Vt. Born in Pittsburg, Coos County, N.H., December 21, 1868. Republican. Lawyer; Vermont attorney for Grand Trunk Railway, 1902; Essex County State's Attorney, 1904-08; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Brighton, 1910; U.S. Attorney for Vermont, 1923-32. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John T. Amey and Emily (Haynes) Amey; married 1896 to Gracia A. Norton.
  Harold John Arthur (1904-1971) — also known as Harold J. Arthur — of Burlington, Chittenden County, Vt. Born in Whitehall, Washington County, N.Y., February 9, 1904. Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, 1949-50; Governor of Vermont, 1950-51; Republican candidate for U.S. Representative from Vermont at-large, 1950 (primary), 1958. Unitarian. Member, United Commercial Travelers; American Legion; Amvets; Farm Bureau; Sons of the American Revolution; Elks; Grange; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Order of the Eastern Star; Eagles; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Died, from cancer, in the Air Force Base Hospital, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, N.Y., July 19, 1971 (age 67 years, 160 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Lakeview Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
  Relatives: Married to Mary C. Alafat.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Cassius C. Bennett (b. 1856) — of Portland, Multnomah County, Ore.; Pierre, Hughes County, S.Dak. Born in Vermont, February 4, 1856. Republican. Banker; member of South Dakota state senate 24th District, 1895-96, 1903-04. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias; Ancient Order of United Workmen; Modern Woodmen of America. Burial location unknown.
  Elbert Sidney Brigham (1877-1962) — also known as Elbert S. Brigham — of St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt. Born in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt., October 19, 1877. Republican. Banker; insurance executive; Vermont commissioner of agriculture, 1913-24; U.S. Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1925-31; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1936 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business). Congregationalist. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Grange; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Rotary. Died in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt., July 5, 1962 (age 84 years, 259 days). Interment at St. Albans Bay Cemetery, St. Albans, Vt.
  Relatives: Son of Sanford Josiah Brigham and Sarah Jane (Bronson) Brigham; married, October 2, 1906, to Anna Hazen.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Elbert O. Farrar — of Onondaga County, N.Y.; Granville, Washington County, N.Y. Born in Middletown Springs, Rutland County, Vt. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Onondaga County 2nd District, 1882-83. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, September 14, 1869, to Ida A. Jackson.
  Walter Samuel Fenton (1886-1940) — also known as Walter S. Fenton — of Rutland, Rutland County, Vt. Born in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vt., July 12, 1886. Republican. Lawyer; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1917-18; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1932; delegate to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Died, from a coronary embolism, in Rutland, Rutland County, Vt., July 12, 1940 (age 54 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry S. Fenton and Belle C. (Hudson) Fenton; married, December 28, 1910, to Marion S. Babbitt; second cousin thrice removed of William Matthew Fenton.
  Ernest Willard Gibson (1872-1940) — also known as Ernest W. Gibson — of Brattleboro, Windham County, Vt. Born in Londonderry, Windham County, Vt., December 29, 1872. Lawyer; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1906; member of Vermont state senate, 1908; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1912; Progressive candidate for Vermont state attorney general, 1914; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Vermont secretary of civil and military affairs, 1922-23; appointed 1922; U.S. Representative from Vermont, 1923-33 (2nd District 1923-33, at-large 1933); U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1933-40; died in office 1940. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Woodmen; Redmen. Died June 20, 1940 (age 67 years, 174 days). Interment at Morningside Cemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
  Relatives: Father of Ernest William Gibson.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Samuel Hollister Jackson (1875-1927) — also known as Hollister Jackson; Samuel Hollister Jackson — of Barre, Washington County, Vt. Born in Toronto, Ontario, December 7, 1875. Republican. Washington County State's Attorney, 1904-06; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1906-07; Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, 1927; died in office 1927. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias. Drowned in a flood near his home, Barre, Washington County, Vt., November 2, 1927 (age 51 years, 330 days). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
  Relatives: Married to Maude Parkyn.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Blanchard LaChapelle (1860-1927) — of Ashland, Saunders County, Neb. Born in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt., December 30, 1860. Member of Nebraska state house of representatives, 1927. Member, Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Died, of heart trouble, in Ashland, Saunders County, Neb., September 6, 1927 (age 66 years, 250 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Glenwood, Iowa.
  John R. MacDonald (1857-1946) — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Moretown, Washington County, Vt., March 30, 1857. Progressive. Mayor of Flint, Mich., 1914-15. Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias. Injured in a fall at his home, and died at Hurley Hospital, Flint, Genesee County, Mich., January, 1946 (age 88 years, 0 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Avondale Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
  Charles Poletti (1903-2002) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Barre, Washington County, Vt., July 2, 1903. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936 (alternate), 1940; Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1937-38; appointed 1937; delegate to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1939-42; defeated, 1942; Governor of New York, 1942-43; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. Baptist. Italian ancestry. Member, Urban League; American Bar Association; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Phi Beta Kappa. First American of Italian ancestry to serve as a Governor. During World War II, he was a senior officer in the Allied Military Government of occupied Italy. Died in Marco Island, Collier County, Fla., August 7, 2002 (age 99 years, 36 days). Interment at Calkins Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married to Jean Knox Ellis.
  The Charles Poletti Power Plant (opened 1977, renamed for Poletti 1982, shut down 2010), in Astoria, Queens, New York, was named for him.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
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