Fred A. Howland

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Fred A. Howland

Fred Arthur Howland (born November 10, 1864 in Franconia , New Hampshire , † March 30, 1953 in Montpelier , Vermont ) was an American lawyer and politician who was Secretary of State of Vermont from 1898 to 1902 .

After the Great Flood caused by the New England Hurricane of 1927 , he was the right hand man of Governor John E. Weeks and Emergency Finance Commissioner of Vermont .

Life

Fred Arthur Howland was born in Franconia, New Hampshire, to Moses Nathan Howland and Sylvia Ann Shipman. He attended Phillips Andover Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1887. He was admitted to the bar by the Vermont Bar Association in October 1890. He opened a law practice in January 1891 in Minneapolis , Minnesota . In November of the same year he returned to Lancaster , New Hampshire and joined the Dillingham, Huse & Howland legal practice. He stayed there until von Huse's death in 1902.

As a member of the Vermont sister party of the Republican Party , he was Secretary for Civil and Military Affairs from 1888 to 1890, Clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1896 to 1898 and at the same time District Attorney of Washington County . He was Secretary of State from 1898 to 1902, from 1894 to 1902 he was a member of the State Board of Library Commissioners . He gave up his practice as a lawyer entirely in 1903 and became a legal advisor to the National Life Insurance Company . There he was appointed vice president in 1909. He was appointed chairman of the commission for the revision of banking laws in 1910. In 1916 he became the president of the insurance company. He held this position until his retirement in 1937.

After the 1927 New England Hurricane with its devastating floods, it became the right-hand man of Vermont Governor John E. Weeks' reconstruction. To raise funds, Howland spoke to JP Morgan and Company to raise $ 5 million in low-interest bonds, with Morgan's waiver of commission as a contribution to Vermont's welfare.

Fred A. Howland married Rena Forbush's first marriage in 1894. After her death in 1894, he married Margaret Luise Dewey in 1899. Margaret was the sister of Edward Dewey, President of National Life, and the granddaughter of Julius Y. Dewey, first President of National Life. Her uncle was the Admiral George Dewey . They had four daughters.

Fred A. Howland died on March 30, 1953 in Montpelier. His grave is in the Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Secretaries of State, located on the Vermont government homepage , accessed March 4, 2015
  2. ^ A b Deborah Pickman Clifford, Nicholas Rowland Clifford: The Troubled Roar of the Waters: Vermont in Flood and Recovery , 1927-1931 , accessed March 4, 2015
  3. ^ A b Encyclopedia Vermont: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Publishing Company, 1912, pages 230–231 ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 4, 2015  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rockvillemama.com
  4. ^ Bonnie Tocher Clause: Edward Hopper in Vermont , accessed March 4, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Howland, Fred A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Howland, Fred Arthur (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician, lawyer, and businessman
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Franconia , New Hampshire
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1953
Place of death Montpelier , Vermont