| LC control no. | no2006117720 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Dale, Porter H. (Porter Hinman), 1867-1933 |
| Birth date | 18670301 |
| Death date | 19331006 |
| Place of birth | Island Pond (Vt.) |
| Place of death | Westmore (Vt.) |
| Affiliation | Eastman National Business College (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Vermont. General Assembly. Senate United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Teachers |
| Found in | Memorial Day 1907, 1907: t.p. (Porter H. Dale) Infoplease WWW site, Oct. 10, 2006: search results page (Porter Hinman Dale, 1867-1933; Representative and Senator from Vermont; b. Mar. 1, 1867; d. Oct. 6, 1933) OCLC database, Nov. 3, 2006 (hdg.: Dale, Porter Hinman, 1867-1933; usage: Porter H. Dale) Bio. dir. of the U.S Congress website , August 6, 2014 (Dale, Porter Hinman, a Representative and a Senator from Vermont; born in Island Pond, Essex County, Vt., March 1, 1867; attended the public schools and Eastman Business College; studied in Philadelphia and Boston and spent two years in study with a Shakespearean scholar and actor; taught school in Green Mountain Seminary, Waterbury, Vt., and Bates College, Lewiston, Maine; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1896 and commenced practice at Island Pond; chief deputy collector of customs at Island Pond 1897-1910, when he resigned; appointed judge of the Brighton municipal court in 1910; member, State senate 1910-1914; served in the State militia and as colonel on the staff of the Governor; interested in the lumber, electric, and banking businesses; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, until August 11, 1923, when he resigned to become a candidate for the United States Senate; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses); elected as a Republican to the United States Senate on November 6, 1923, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William P. Dillingham during the term ending March 3, 1927; reelected in 1926, and again in 1932, and served from November 7, 1923, until his death at his summer home in Westmore, Vt., October 6, 1933; chairman, Committee on Civil Service (Sixty-ninth through Seventy-second Congresses); interment in Lakeside Cemetery, Island Pond, Vt.) |
| Associated language | eng |
 |  |  |
View this record in: MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)
