John S. Burgess

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John S. Burgess

John S. Burgess (born May 10, 1920 in New York City , † September 20, 2007 in Keene , New Hampshire ) was an American politician and lawyer who was lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1971 to 1975 .

Life

John Stuart "Jack" Burgess was born in New York City. During World War II he was a navigator in the United States Army Air Corps . He returned to active service and took part in the Korean War. He reached the rank of major in the Air Force Reserve Command .

Burgess graduated from the University of Vermont and also earned a law degree from Northeastern University in 1949. He then went to practice as a lawyer in Brattleboro . He served as District Attorney for Windham County from 1952 to 1957. He also held various offices in Brattleboro. He was a town agent, town attorney and justice of the peace.

As a member of the Republican Party of Vermont, Burgess was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1966 . He was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee before becoming Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Burgess won the election to lieutenant governor in 1970 and held this post for two terms, from 1971 to 1975.

He lost the election for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 1974 to Jim Jeffords .

After his tenure as lieutenant governor he worked again as a lawyer and in other positions in the city council of Brattleboro. Burgess died in Keene, New Hampshire on September 20, 2007. His grave is in Brattleboro's Meeting House Hill Cemetery.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Newspaper Article: Jack Burgess, Former Vermont Lawmaker, Lieutenant Governor, Dies at 87 , South Coast Today, Sep 25, 2007
  2. ^ American Legislative Leaders in the Northeast, 1911-1994, by James Roger Sharp and Nancy Weatherly Sharp, 2000, 66
  3. ↑ In Memoriam ( Memento of November 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ House Concurrent Resolution 23 , Vermont House of Representatives, 2007-2008
  5. ↑ Speakers of the Vermont House of Representatives, 1870 to present ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2012 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. , edited by the Vermont Secretary of State , accessed December 25, 2011, page 9 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / vermont-archives.org
  6. ↑ Newspaper article: Burgess to Seek No. 2 GOP spot, United Press International, Bennington Banner, March 25, 1970
  7. ↑ Lieutenant Governors, Terms of Service ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2012 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. , Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, accessed December 25, 2011, page 2 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / vermont-archives.org
  8. ^ Newspaper article: Primary Results for US House, Bennington Banner, September 11, 1974
  9. ↑ An Independent Man: Adventures of a Public Servant , by James M. Jeffords, Yvonne Daley, and Howard Coffin, 2003, pp. 134-137
  10. ↑ John Burgess, 87, former Vt. Official ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2011) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Associated Press, Boston.com website, September 25, 2007 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / articles.boston.com
personal data
SURNAME Burgess, John S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Burgess, John Stuart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH September 20, 2007
Place of death Keene , New Hampshire