Charles Albert Plumley

Charles Albert Plumley (right) laying a wreath on the occasion of the 200th birthday of Ethan Allen with the two US Senators from Vermont, Ernest Gibson (left) and Warren Austin on January 11, 1937.

Charles Albert Plumley (born April 14, 1875 in Northfield , Washington County , Vermont , † October 31, 1964 in Barre , Vermont) was an American politician . Between 1934 and 1951 he represented the state of Vermont in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Plumley was the son of Frank Plumley (1844-1924), who was also a congressman from Vermont between 1909 and 1915. He attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1896 Norwich University in Northfield. In 1894 he was assistant secretary to the Vermont Senate . Between 1896 and 1900, Plumley was a teacher and school councilor in his native Northfield. He was then employed from 1900 to 1910 in the administration of the House of Representatives from Vermont . In 1901 he was an active member of the state's National Guard , after which he was a colonel in its reserve.

After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1903, Plumley began practicing his new profession in Northfield. In 1906 he was also secretary of a mixed commission with American, French and Venezuelan members. Plumley was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1912 and 1915 he was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives and also its president. From 1912 to 1919 he was the tax representative of his state. In 1919 and 1920 he worked for a rubber company in Akron ( Ohio ). Upon his return to Vermont, Plumley served as President of Norwich University between 1920 and 1934. In 1936 and 1940 he worked in the administration as Reading Clerk of the respective Republican National Conventions . At that time he also got into the banking industry.

After the resignation of Congressman Ernest Gibson , who moved to the US Senate , Plumley was elected his successor in the US House of Representatives in the by-election. After he was confirmed in his mandate in the eight following regular congressional elections, he could remain in Congress between January 16, 1934 and January 3, 1951 . There he experienced the overcoming of the global economic crisis and the Second World War . In 1950, Plumley declined to run again.

After his tenure in Congress, Charles Plumley retired from politics and returned to work as a lawyer. He died in Barre in 1964 and was buried in Northfield.

Web links

• Charles Albert Plumley in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles Albert Plumley in the database of Find a Grave (English)