Walter K. Farnsworth

Walter K. Farnsworth

Walter Kellogg Farnsworth (born November 17, 1870 in Windsor , Vermont , † August 2, 1929 in Rutland (City) , Vermont) was an American lawyer and politician who was Vice-Governor of Vermont from 1925 to 1927 .

Life

Farnsworth was born in Windsor, Vermont. He studied law and when he was admitted to the bar, he worked in Rutland City. Farnsworth was also a horse breeder and an active member of Rutland County's Agricultural Society .

As a member of the Republican Party of Vermont, Farnsworth began his political career as Assistant Secretary and Secretary of the Vermont Senate .

Farnsworth was a judge of the Rutland City Court from 1907 to 1909. In 1908 he was the losing candidate for the Republican Party's nomination for Secretary of State.

In 1912 he ran, also unsuccessfully, for the Republican Party for a seat in the House of Representatives of the United States . He became a member of the Progressive Party , but later returned to the Republican Party.

He lost an election for the Republican Party candidate for the office of Secretary of State in Vermont in 1918. Then Farnsworth moved to Burlington . He was elected to the Vermont Senate in 1922 and served a term during which he was also the President pro tempore of the Senate.

Farnsworth won the election to lieutenant governor in 1924 and his term in office lasted from 1915 to 1927.

He lost the election as governor of Vermont in 1926 to John E. Weeks .

Farnsworth died in Rutland on August 2, 1929. He was buried in Rutland's Evergreen Cemetery.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Manual of the Legislature of Vermont , edited by the Vermont General Assembly, 1904, 88
2. ^ Who's Who in New England , edited by AN Marquis, Chicago, Issue 1, page 351
3. ^ Newspaper article, Horse Shows to Aid Trotting Meetings , New York Times, November 12, 1908
4. ^ Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont , edited by the Vermont General Assembly, 1899, 6
5. ^ List of Secretaries of the Senate , edited by the Vermont Secretary of State , 2011
6. ^ The University of Vermont: The First Two Hundred Years, by Robert Vincent Daniels, 1991, p. 209
7. ^ Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography , compiled by Prentiss Cutler Dodge, 1912, pages 185-186
8. ^ Vermont: The Green Mountain State , by Walter Hill Crockett, Volume 4, 1921, p. 430
9. ^ Newspaper article, Third Ticket in Vermont , New York Times, July 24, 1912
10. ↑ 1918 Primary Election Results ( Memento April 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont State Archives, June 9, 2006, p. 1
11. ^ Newspaper article, Clement Wins in Vermont Primaries, Boston Globe, September 11, 1918
12. ^ Vermont Year Book, Formerly Walton's Register, edited by EP & GS Walton, Montpelier, 1925, p. 371
13. ^ Vermont Legislative Directory, edited by the Vermont General Assembly, 1923, p. 408
14. ↑ List of Senate Presidents Pro Tempore ( April 15, 2012 memento on the Internet Archive ), Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont State Archives, updated June 28, 2011, accessed December 26, 2011
15. ^ 1924 Primary Election Results ( Memento April 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont State Archives, June 9, 2006, p. 1
16. ^ List of Lieutenant Governors , published by the Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont State Archives, January 2011
17. ↑ 1926 Primary Election Results ( Memento April 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont State Archives, June 9, 2006, p. 1
18. ^ The History of Woodstock, Vermont, 1890-1983, by Peter S. Jennison, 1985, 103
19. ^ Newspaper article, Official Vermont Vote Tabulated, by Associated Press, Bridgeport Telegram, September 22, 1926
20. ^ Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, recorded for Walter Kellogg Farnsworth, accessed December 26, 2011
21. ^ Walter Kellogg Farnsworth , Political Graveyard Website, accessed December 26, 2011

Web links

• Walter K. Farnsworth in the database of Find a Grave (English)