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Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908

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Personal name headingProctor, Redfield, 1831-1908
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See alsoVermont. Governor (1878-1880 : Proctor)
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1831-06-01
Death date1908-03-04
Place of birthProctorsville (Vt.)
Place of deathWashington (D.C.)
AffiliationDartmouth College
Albany Law School
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Vermont. General Assembly. Senate
United States. Congress. Senate
United States. War Department
Profession or occupationLegislators
Governors
Lieutenant governors
Cabinet officers
Found innuc88-81764: Davis, C.K. Puerto Rican tariff [MI] 1900 (hdg. on CtY rept.: Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908; usage: Redfield Proctor)
LC data base, 12/20/88 (hdg.: Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908)
Wikipedia WWW site, Mar. 10, 2011 (Redfield Proctor; b. Jun. 1, 1831-d. Mar. 4, 1908, Governor of Vermont, 1878-1880)
Vermont State Archives WWW site, Mar. 10, 2011: (Redfield Proctor; governor of Vermont 1878-1880)
   <http://vermont-archives.org/govhistory/officers/pdf/governor.pdf>
Bio dir. of the U.S. Congress website, October 22, 2014 (Proctor, Redfield, a Senator from Vermont; born in Proctorsville, Windsor County, Vt., June 1, 1831; graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1851 and from the Albany Law School in 1859; admitted to the bar and practiced in Boston, Mass., in 1860 and 1861; during the Civil War enlisted in the Union Army as a major, promoted to colonel, and was mustered out in 1863; returned to Vermont, engaged in the practice of law, and became interested in the development of the marble industry; member, State house of representatives 1867-1868; member, State senate and president pro tempore 1874-1875; lieutenant governor of the State 1876-1878; Governor of Vermont 1878-1880; member, State house of representatives 1888; appointed Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President Benjamin Harrison in 1889; resigned from the Cabinet in 1891 to become Senator; appointed in 1891 and subsequently elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George F. Edmunds; reelected in 1892, 1898 and 1904 and served from November 2, 1891, until his death; chairman, Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Fifty-fourth through Sixtieth Congresses), Committee on Military Affairs (Fifty-ninth Congress); died in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 1908; interment in the City Cemetery, Proctor, Rutland County, Vt.)
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