Ebenezer J. Ormsbee

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Ebenezer Jolls Ormsbee

Ebenezer Jolls Ormsbee (born June 8, 1834 in Shoreham , Vermont , † April 3, 1924 in Brandon , Vermont) was an American politician and governor of the state of Vermont from 1886 to 1888 .

Early years and political advancement

Ormsbee attended Brandon Academy and South Woodstock Academy . Afterwards he worked as a teacher himself to finance his law studies. In 1861 he was admitted to the bar. Between 1861 and 1863 he was involved in the American Civil War . He took part in several battles, including that of Gettysburg , and made it to the point of captain . He then worked in Brandon as a lawyer.

Ormsbee became a member of the Republican Party . Between 1868 and 1872 he was a federal clerk in Vermont. From 1870 to 1874 he was a district attorney in Rutland County . He was also a member of the Vermont House of Representatives between 1872 and 1873 and a member of the State Senate from 1878 to 1879 . At that time he was also the curator of the Vermont Reform School . Between 1884 and 1886, Ebenezer Ormsbee served as Lieutenant Governor, Deputy Governor Samuel E. Pingree .

Vermont governor

In 1886 Ormsbee was elected as the new governor of his state. The new governor was introduced to his two-year term on October 7th this year. One focus of his tenure was improving education policy. To this end, a committee was formed to revise the state's school laws. In addition, the governor controlled the work of the recently created railway committee. A health committee was also established during Ormsbee's tenure. In 1887, a proposal from President Grover Cleveland sparked a storm of protest in Vermont and other northern states. It was about the return of flags of the Army of the Confederate States , which during the Civil War by the Union Army had been conquered. Governor Ormsbee stood before the veterans of the war, who saw in this act an insult and denigration of their fallen comrades.

Another résumé

After the end of his governorship on October 4, 1888, Ebenezer Ormsbee worked again as a lawyer. He was also President of the Brandon National Bank . In 1891, President Benjamin Harrison appointed him to a commission to negotiate a peace treaty with the Nevada Indians . After that he was US representative in Samoa until 1893 , where he and his British and German colleagues were supposed to regulate territorial claims of these powers. Ormsbee supported William McKinley's successful presidential campaigns in 1896 and 1900 . In 1913, the former Brandon governor unveiled a memorial to Stephen A. Douglas , the city's most distinguished son. Ormsbee was a Freemason and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic , a veterans' association of civil war participants in the Union Army. He was married twice and had one child.

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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