Charles W. Gates

Charles Winslow Gates (born January 12, 1856 in Franklin , Franklin County , Vermont , † July 1, 1927 ) was an American politician and governor of the state of Vermont from 1915 to 1917 .

Early years and political advancement

Charles Gates attended his home public schools and St. Johnsbury Academy . Afterwards he worked as a farmer as well as in the school service as a teacher. He became president of the Franklin County Fair Association and a director of Enosburg Falls Savings Bank . In 1895 he founded the Franklin Telephone Company .

Gates became a member of the Republican Party . Between 1899 and 1900 he was an MP in the Vermont House of Representatives and from 1901 to 1902 he was a member of the State Senate . He was then from 1904 to 1914 a member of the Highway Commission . In 1914 he was considered by his party to be a suitable candidate for the office of governor in order to overcome the rifts opened within the party in the 1912 presidential election . At that time, the Republicans split into two camps between the supporters of ex-presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft, thus enabling Democrat Woodrow Wilson to win the election.

Vermont governor

After his election victory, Charles Gates took up his new office on January 7, 1915. In his two-year tenure as governor, Vermont's pre-election principle was extended to include congressional elections. The state's educational system has also been improved. The default insurance for employees has been reorganized. Gates declined to run again and therefore resigned on January 4, 1917 from his office.

Another résumé

He had previously run unsuccessfully for a seat in the US Senate in the 1916 congressional elections . He had already failed in the preliminary round within his party. After the end of his governorship, he withdrew from politics. He spent his twilight years in his hometown of Franklin, where he pursued his private business. He died there in July 1927. Governor Gates was married to Mary E. Hayden, with whom he had five children.

literature

Robert Sobel and John Raimo (Eds.): Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. Volume 4, Meckler Books, Westport, 1978. 4 volumes.

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SURNAME	Gates, Charles W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gates, Charles Winslow (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 12, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH	Franklin , Vermont
DATE OF DEATH	July 1, 1927
Place of death	Franklin , Vermont