Russell S. Taft

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Russell S. Taft

Russell S. Taft (born January 28, 1835 in Williston , Vermont , † March 22, 1902 in Burlington , Vermont) was an American politician and lawyer , who was Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1872 to 1874 . He was also Chief Justice on the Vermont Supreme Court .

Life

Russell Smith Taft was born in Williston, Vermont. He attended school in Williston and Burlington. He studied law with George F. Edmunds and was admitted to the bar in 1856. He was the first president of the Vermont Life Insurance Company and later its vice president.

As a member of the Vermont sister party of the Republican Party , he was from 1861 to 1864 a member of the Board of Selectmen , the executive body of the government of the cities of New England. After Burlington became a city, Taft was a senior man there from 1865 to 1869.

From 1862 to 1865, Taft was District Attorney in Chittenden County and from 1863 to 1880 in charge of the county's estate registry. Taft served in the Vermont Senate from 1865 to 1866 and was the Municipal Attorney of Burlington from 1871 to 1872.

Taft ran successfully for the Republican Party in 1872 for the office of lieutenant governor , which he held until 1874. In 1874 he was the defeated Republican Party's candidate for governor . Governor was Asahel Peck selected. Taft was an MP for Burlington in the Vermont House of Representatives in 1880.

In 1880 he was elected Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court by the Vermont General Assembly. He held this office until 1899. Then he was appointed Chief Justice. He succeeded Jonathan Ross in office, who became a Senator in the United States Senate .

Taft held the office of Chief Justice until his death. He died in Burlington, Vermont on March 22, 1902. His grave is in Williston's Morse Cemetery.

Others

Chief Justice Taft received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Vermont , a Master of Arts degree in 1877, and a Doctor of Laws degree in 1899.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biography, Russell S. Taft , The Vermonter magazine, Feb.1899, 112
  2. ^ Legislative Documents and Official Reports , edited by the Vermont General Assembly, Issue 3, 1876, p. 321
  3. ^ The Insurance Year Book for 1879-80 , edited by The Spectator Company, New York, 189
  4. ^ Obituary, Russell Smith Taft , The Vermonter magazine, Apr. 1902, pp. 420-422
  5. ^ Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography , edited by Prentiss Cutler Dodge, 1912, 87
  6. ^ William Cornwall and his Descendants , by Edward Everett Cornwall, 1901, 83
  7. ↑ Andrew Warde and His Descendants, 1597-1910 , by George K. Ward (1910), 371
  8. ^ Vermont: The Green Mountain State , by Walter Hill Crockett, Volume 4, 1921, p. 51
  9. ↑ General Election Results, Vermont Lieutenant Governor, 1813-2011 ( September 27, 2007 memento on the Internet Archive ); Vermont Secretary of State , State Archives and Records Administration, 2011, 12
  10. ^ Newspaper article, Vermont Politics - The Coming Republican Convention, Boston Globe, June 12, 1874
  11. ^ Lamb's Biographical Dictionary , edited by John Howard Brown, Issue 7, 1903, p. 275
  12. ^ Who's Who in America , edited by AN Marquis, Issue 1, 1899, p. 711
  13. ^ Newspaper article, Republican to the Core: Vermont Gives the Largest Majority Since 1872 , New York Times, September 8, 1880
  14. ^ Memorial Paper on Russell Smith Taft , by John W. Rowell, Report of Proceedings of the Vermont Bar Association Annual Meeting, 1903, 44-56
  15. ↑ Justices of the Vermont Supreme Court, 1778 to Date ( Memento April 15, 2012 on the Internet Archive ), Vermont Secretary of State, State Archives and Records Administration, 2011, pp. 5-6
  16. ^ Russell Smith Taft, LL.D. , by Wendell P. Stafford, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, January 1903, pages 11-16
  17. ^ Death of Judge RS Taft , published in Kimball Family News, July 1902, pp. 97-101
  18. ^ Death Notice, Judge Russell Smith Taft , New York Times, March 23, 1902
  19. ^ General Catalog of the University of Vermont , edited by the university, 1901, p. 227

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personal data
SURNAME Taft, Russell S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Taft, Russell Smith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Williston , Vermont
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1902
Place of death Burlington , Vermont