Leighton P. Slack

Leighton P. Slack

Leighton P. Slack (born June 18, 1867 in Woodstock , Vermont , † March 31, 1938 in Montpelier , Vermont) was an American lawyer , judge and politician who was Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1910 to 1912 . He was a judge on the Vermont Supreme Court from 1914 until his death .

Life

Leighton Prosper Slack was born in Woodstock, Vermont. He graduated in Ludlow at the Black River Academy and was active during law school as a teacher.

Slack was admitted to the bar in 1892 and worked first in Barre and later in St. Johnsbury in the profession.

As a member of the Vermont Republican Party, he was Mayor of St. Johnsbury and from 1898 to 1900 District Attorney for Caledonia County . He was a member of the Vermont Senate from 1904 to 1905.

Slack won the election to lieutenant governor in 1910. He held this office until 1912.

In 1914 he was appointed Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and moved to Montpelier. Slack held this office until his death.

During World War I , Slack chaired the Public Security Committee, a committee convened by the governor to mobilize volunteers and supplies for the war.

He has served in the Vermonter and American Bar Associations and the Vermonter Historical Society.

Slack was married to Estelle H. Mears Slack (1871-1896) and her second marriage to Leah Elsie Mears Slack (1877-1966). The daughter Estelle Slack (1901–1986) comes from this marriage.

Slack died in Montpelier on March 31, 1938. His grave is in Durant Cemetery in Cabot .

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Fulham Genealogy , by Volney Sewall Fulham, 1910, p. 56
2. ^ Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties, Vermont , by William Hartley Jeffrey, 1904, pp. 50-52
3. ^ Manual of the Legislature of Vermont , edited by Vermont Watchman Co., Montpelier, 1904, p. 78
4. ^ Who's Who in New England , edited by AN Marquis, 1916, p. 978
5. ^ Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography , edited by Prentiss Cutler Dodge, 1912, 313
6. ^ Vermont, Its Government , by Walter J. Bigelow (1919), 14
7. ^ Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont , edited by St. Albans Messenger Co., 1899, p. 503
8. ^ Vermont Legislative Directory, edited by the Vermont Secretary of State , 1937, p. 191
9. ↑ 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. , edited by the Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 2011, page 2 
10. ^ Vermont Legislative Directory, edited by Vermont Secretary of State, 1931, p. 550
11. ^ Vermont Legislative Directory, edited by Vermont Secretary of State, 1933, p. 566
12. ↑ Justices of the Vermont Supreme Court, 1778 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. , Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 2011, 13-16 
13. ^ Annual Report , issued by the United States Council of National Defense, Issue 3, 1919, p. 132
14. ^ Newspaper article, Vermont Governor Heads Welcoming Delegation, Boston Globe, April 13, 1919
15. ^ Vermont in the World War, 1917-1919, edited by John T. Cushing and Harold Pearl Sheldon, 1928, p. 468
16. ↑ American Bar Association Journal , published by the American Bar Association, Issue 4, 1918, p. 544
17. ^ [Report of Proceedings of the Annual Meeting], edited by the Vermonter Bar Association, 1938, p. 36
18. ^ Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society, edited by the Society, 1899, 112
19. ^ Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society, edited by the Society in 1938, page C-61
20. ^ Page by Estelle H. Slack , Find A Grave Website, accessed September 23, 2014
21. ^ Page by Leah Elsie Slack , Find A Grave Website, accessed September 23, 2014
22. ^ Page from Estelle Slack , Find A Grave Website, accessed September 23, 2014
23. ^ Newspaper article, Leighton P. Slack, Jurist, Dies at 70 , New York Times, April 3, 1938
24. ^ Newspaper article, Leighton P. Slack Dies in Montpelier, North Adams Transcript, April 2, 1938
25. ^ Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, record for Leighton Prosper Slack, accessed December 29, 2011

Web links

• Leighton P. Slack in the database of Find a Grave (English)