Mortimer R. Proctor

Mortimer R. Proctor
Mortimer R. Proctor
	Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
	In office; 1937–1939
Preceded by	Ernest E. Moore
Succeeded by	Oscar L. Shepard
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Proctor
	In office; 1933–1939
Preceded by	Guy H. Boyce
Succeeded by	Wallace M. Fay
Personal details
Born	May 30, 1889; Proctor, Vermont, U.S.
Died	April 28, 1968 (aged 78); Proctor, Vermont, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Margaret Chisholm (m. 1917; ann. 1924); Dorothy Chisholm (m. 1924; div. 1931); Lillian Washburn Bryan (m. 1942; died 1961); Geraldine Gates (m. 1966)
Children	Mortimer Robinson Proctor, Jr.
Education	Yale University
Profession	President and Chairman of the Board, Vermont Marble Company
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1917-1919
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Unit	71st Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars	World War I

Mortimer Robinson Proctor (May 30, 1889 – April 28, 1968) was an American politician from

66th governor of Vermont

from 1945 to 1947.

Biography

Proctor was born in

Fletcher Dutton Proctor, the fifty-first Governor of Vermont, and Minnie Euretta Robinson Proctor. He studied at The Hill School.^[1] He graduated from Yale University in 1912.^[2] He married first Margaret Cynthia Chisholm on May 30, 1916, in Proctor. He married second Dorothy Chisholm, the sister of his first wife, on March 8, 1924. They divorced. He married third Lillian Washburn Bryan on November 14, 1942, in Proctor. Lillian died in 1961. At the time of his death he was married to Geraldine Gates Proctor.^[3]

Career

Proctor was president of the Village of Proctor in 1930, and chairman of the Town of Proctor Republican Committee in 1932. He spent his entire career in the private sector as an executive of the Vermont Marble Company, the family-owned business. He was

chairman

from 1958 to 1967.

Proctor enlisted in the

US Army for World War I in 1917, completed officer training and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 71st Regiment, serving in France throughout the war.^[2]

Proctor represented the town of

Vermont State Senate from 1939 to 1941, and was Senate President for his entire term.^[4]

Proctor was

Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1941 to 1945. He was elected Governor of Vermont in 1944 and served from 1945 to 1947. During his tenure, the state debt was reduced, state aid to education, old age assistance payments, and teacher's minimum salaries were increased.^[2]

Proctor ran for reelection in 1946 but lost the Republican Primary to Ernest W. Gibson Jr., the first governor of Vermont to be denied renomination.^[5] He returned to private business and established the Mortimer R. Proctor Trust which supports non profit activities in arts, culture, education, and religion in Proctor, Vermont.

Death and legacy

Proctor died on April 28, 1968, and is interred at South Street Cemetery, Proctor, Vermont.

Proctor was the grandson of Redfield Proctor, the son of Fletcher D. Proctor, and the nephew of Redfield Proctor Jr., who all previously served as Governor of Vermont. He had one son, Mortimer Robinson Proctor Jr. (1916–1977). He was a president of the Green Mountain Club which built and maintains the Long Trail, America's first long-distance hiking trail.

He provided funds for the state of Vermont to build a steel Aermotor LS-40 fire tower on the summit of Pico Peak.

Published works

"Pleasant Memories From Public Life, 1932-1952"
"Vermont, The Unspoiled Land"

References

^ "Finding Aids, Special Collections and University Archives - Finding Aids". cdi.uvm.edu.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mortimer R. Proctor". National Governors Association. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
^ "Mortimer R. Proctor". Tree Tree Tree.org. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
^ "Mortimer R. Proctor". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
^ "Mortimer R. Proctor". House of Proctor. Retrieved November 7, 2012.

External links

Party political offices
Preceded by William Henry Wills	Lieutenant Governor of Vermont 1940, 1942	Succeeded by Lee E. Emerson
Preceded by William Henry Wills	Republican nominee for Governor of Vermont 1944	Succeeded by Ernest W. Gibson Jr.
Political offices
Preceded by Ernest E. Moore	Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives 1937 – 1939	Succeeded by Oscar L. Shepard
Preceded by Ernest W. Dunklee	President pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate 1939 – 1941	Succeeded by Joseph H. Denny
Preceded by William H. Wills	Lieutenant Governor of Vermont 1941 – 1945	Succeeded by Lee E. Emerson
Preceded by William H. Wills	Governor of Vermont 1945–1947	Succeeded by Ernest W. Gibson Jr.

[1] "Finding Aids, Special Collections and University Archives - Finding Aids". cdi.uvm.edu.

[auto-2] "Mortimer R. Proctor". National Governors Association. Retrieved November 7, 2012.

[3] "Mortimer R. Proctor". Tree Tree Tree.org. Retrieved November 7, 2012.

[4] "Mortimer R. Proctor". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved November 7, 2012.

[5] "Mortimer R. Proctor". House of Proctor. Retrieved November 7, 2012.

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v t e Governors of Vermont
Vermont Republic (1777–1791)	Chittenden Robinson Chittenden
State of Vermont (since 1791)	Chittenden Brigham Tichenor I. Smith Tichenor Galusha M. Chittenden Galusha Skinner Van Ness Butler Crafts Palmer Jennison Paine Mattocks Slade Eaton Coolidge Williams E. Fairbanks Robinson Royce Fletcher Hall E. Fairbanks Holbrook G. Smith P. Dillingham Page Washburn Hendee Stewart Converse Peck H. Fairbanks R. Proctor Sr. Farnham Barstow Pingree Ormsbee W.P. Dillingham Page Fuller Woodbury Grout E. Smith Stickney McCullough Bell F. Proctor Prouty Mead Fletcher Gates Graham Clement Hartness R. Proctor Jr. Billings Weeks Wilson C. Smith Aiken Wills M. Proctor Gibson Arthur Emerson Johnson Stafford Keyser Hoff Davis Salmon Snelling Kunin Snelling Dean Douglas Shumlin Scott
Italics indicate acting governor

v t e Lieutenant governors of Vermont
Vermont Republic (1777–1791)	Marsh Carpenter Payne Spooner Marsh Olcott
State of Vermont (since 1791)	Hunt Brigham Chamberlain Brigham Cahoon Leland Olin Richards Egerton Jennison Camp Ranney Eaton Sargeant Pierpoint Converse Kittredge Kidder Fletcher Slade Martin Underwood Dillingham Gardner Thomas Hendee Dale Taft Hinckley R. Proctor Colton Barstow Pingree Ormsbee Fuller Woodbury Fletcher Stranahan Mansur Fisk Bates Allen Stanton Stearns Prouty Mead Slack Howe Darling Hulburd Stone A. Foote Billings Farnsworth Jackson Wilson Williams C. Smith Aiken Wills M. Proctor Emerson Arthur Johnson Bailey Stafford Babcock R. Foote Daley Hayes Burgess Burns Buckley Kunin P. Smith Dean Snelling Racine Dubie Scott Zuckerman Gray Zuckerman Rodgers
Italics indicate acting governor

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