Thomas L. Hayes

Thomas L. Hayes

Thomas L. Hayes (born May 30, 1926 in Fair Haven , Vermont , † May 6, 1987 in Boston , Massachusetts ) was an American politician and judge of the Vermont Supreme Court , who was lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1969 to 1971 .

Life

Thomas Lawlor Hayes was born in Fair Haven, Vermont. He served in the United States Army from 1944 to 1946 as an infantryman in the United States Army Signal Corps with the rank of non-commissioned officer during the Pacific War .

He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1950 and spent fifteen years in the office of Senator Winston L. Prouty . In 1955 he earned a law degree from Georgetown University .

A candidacy for governor of Vermont failed in 1966. Hayes was a successful candidate for the Republican Party of Vermont in 1968 when he ran for the office of lieutenant governor of Vermont. His tenure lasted from 1969 to 1971. He was active in the opposition to the Vietnam War . He made national headlines in 1970 when he ordered that Vermont's flags be hoisted to half-mast following the Kent State massacre in which four students at Kent State University were killed by members of the Ohio Army National Guard and nine students were injured. In response, Governor Deane C. Davis returned to Vermont from a conference and revoked Hayes' order.

That same year, Hayes lost the governor election to Davis. He later served as legal advisor to Governor Thomas P. Salmon and was appointed Justice to the Vermont Supreme Court in 1985. He held this office until his death.

He was very familiar with the Vermont Constitution and wrote precedents based on that document. At the time of his death, Heyes had to appear before the Judicial Conduct Board along with Judges William C. Hill and Ernest W. Gibson III for alleged misconduct. be responsible.

He was married to Jenny Hayes. The couple had three children.

Web links

• Thomas L. Hayes in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Obituary in the NY Times

Individual evidence

1. ^ New York Times, May 6, 1987