Benjamin Gates
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Benjamin Gates (born August 6, 1873 in Pittsford , Vermont , † October 3, 1943 in Montpelier , Vermont) was an American lawyer and politician who was State Auditor of Vermont from 1917 to 1941 .
Life
Benjamin Gates was born in Pittsford, Vermont to Amos L. Gates and Isabella Johnson Gates. He attended Montpelier Seminary and studied law at the University of Michigan . He was admitted to the bar in 1903.
In the Spanish-American War he participated as a member of the First Regiment Connecticut Volunteers with the rank of private . He was stationed in Fort Knox , Maine and in Camp Alger , Virginia . He was honorably discharged from service in 1898.
A member of the Republican Party , Gates was Deputy Clerk of the Washington County Court from 1899 to 1901 and second assistant to the State Librarian from 1902 to 1903. He was a member of the City Grand Jury from 1904 to 1906 and was the District Attorney for Washington County from 1906 to 1910 He held the office of State Auditor from 1917 to 1941.
Benjamin Gates was a Methodist Church member, a member of the Modern Woodmen of America , Freemasons , Knights of Pythias , the Vermont Historical Society , the Montpelier Historical Societ, and the Vermont and Washington County Bar Associations.
Benjamin Gates married Bernice Maude Hunt in 1904. He died in Montpelier on October 3, 1943.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States Dodge. Burlington, Ullery (1912), 198
- ↑ List of State Auditors on the Vermont state website , accessed June 13, 2015.
- ^ Vermont Death Records, 1909–2008, entry for Benjamin B. Gates
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gates, Benjamin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American lawyer and politician, State Auditor from Vermont |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pittsford , Vermont |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 3, 1943 |
| Place of death | Montpelier , Vermont |