Zed S. Stanton

Zed S. Stanton

Zedekiah Silloway Stanton (born May 1, 1848 in Roxbury , Vermont , † August 15, 1921 ibid), was an American lawyer , judge and politician who was lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1902 to 1904 .

Life

Zed S. Stanton was born in Roxbury, Vermont to George B. Stanton and Lucretia Silloway. He was named after his maternal grandfather. He attended school in Roxbury and earned his high school degree in Northfield . Stanton worked for the Central Vermont Railway and taught at a school for several years. He studied law with Frank Plumley and two other local lawyers . He was admitted to the bar and worked as such in Roxbury.

Stanton was active in the Vermont Republican Party and held several public offices. He was justice of the peace , moderator of the city assembly, city ​​clerk , treasurer , school councilor and member of the school committee. He was also from 1884 to 1888 Side Judge in Washington County .

He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1884 and again in 1886. From 1890 to 1896 he held the office of Attorney General of Washington County. As the state railroad commissioner, he worked from 1896 to 1898 and was chairman of this commission from 1897 to 1898. The election to the Vermont Senate won Stanton in 1900 and 1902 the election to lieutenant governor of Vermont. His tenure ended in 1904. Since this election was a three-way race due to local elections, Stanton did not get the majority of the vote with 47.2%, as required by the Vermont Constitution . Therefore, he was officially elected by the Vermont legislature.

In 1908 Stanton had to admit defeat to George H. Prouty in the election for governor .

He was then elected by the Vermont General Assembly to serve as a judge on the Washington County Superior Court. He held this office until his death.

Stanton died in Roxbury on August 15, 1921. His grave is in Roxbury Cemetery.

Others

In 1895 Stanton received an honorary doctorate from Norwich University .

Individual evidence

1. ^ William Adams, Gazetteer of Washington County, Vt., 1783-1889 , 1889, pp. 456-457
2. ^ Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont , edited by Hiram Carleton, 1903, pp. 436 to 438
3. ^ Gazetteer of Washington County, Vt., 1783-1889 , edited by William Adams, 1889, 457
4. ^ Men of Vermont: An Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont , compiled by Jacob G. Ullery, 1903, 373
5. ^ Biennial Report of the Railroad Commission of the State of Vermont , edited by the commission, 1898, p. 7
6. ↑ Vermont: The Green Mountain State , by Walter Hill Crockett, Volume 4, 1921, p. 365
7. ^ Newspaper article, Vermont High License Republicans Bolt , New York Times, June 20, 1902
8. ↑ General Election results, Vermont Lieutenant Governor, 1813–1908 ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 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 , State Archives and Records Administration, 2008, 15 
9. ^ Norwich University, 1819-1911; Her History, Her Graduates, Her Roll of Honor , edited by William Arba Ellis, 1911, pp. 549-550
10. ^ Newspaper article, Prouty Nominated for Governor of Vermont, Boston Globe, July 1, 1908
11. ^ Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography , edited by Prentiss Cutler Dodge, 1912, 90
12. ^ Necrology entry, Zed Silloway Stanton , edited in the Annual Meeting Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society, 1921, pp. 288-289
13. ^ Death notice, Zed S. Stanton , New York Times, August 16, 1921
14. ↑ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, edited by James T. White, Issue 19, 1967, p. 120
15. ^ Death notice, Zed S. Stanton , Edited Law Notes, by Edward Thompson Company, Northport, New York, Issue 25 Oct. 1921, p. 135
16. ^ Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, Record for Zed S. Stanton, accessed December 31, 2008
17. ^ Who's Who in New England , by Albert Nelson Marquis, Issue 1, 1909, p. 879

Web links

• Zed S. Stanton in the database of Find a Grave (English)