Prouty, Winston L. (Winston Lewis), 1906-1971

LC control no.	n 87870751
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Prouty, Winston L. (Winston Lewis), 1906-1971 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Prouty, Winston L., 1906-1971
Birth date	19060901
Death date	19710910
Place of birth	Newport, (Vt.)
Place of death	Boston, (Mass.)
Affiliation	Lafayette College (Easton, Northampton County, Pa.) Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate
Profession or occupation	Legislators Mayors
Found in	NUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Scott, H. Papers, 1941-1983 (Prouty, Winston Lewis, 1906-1971) LC data base, 5-25-88 (hdg.: Prouty, Winston L., 1906-1971) Members of Congress : 1789-1982: p. 1116 (Prouty, Winston Lewis; Sen. from Vermont) Bio. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, August 15, 2014 (Prouty, Winston Lewis, a Representative and a Senator from Vermont; born in Newport, Orleans County, Vt., September 1, 1906; attended public schools, Bordentown (N.J.) Military Institute, and Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.; mayor of Newport 1938-1941; member, State house of representatives 1941, 1945, 1947, serving as speaker in 1947; chairman of Vermont State Water Conservation Board 1948-1950; officer and director of family-owned lumber and building material enterprises; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second Congress; reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1959); was not a candidate for renomination in 1958; elected to the United States Senate in 1958; reelected in 1964 and 1970 and served from January 3, 1959, until his death; died in Boston, Mass., on September 10, 1971; interment in Pine Grove Cemetery, Newport, Vt.)
Associated language	eng