Mortimer R. Proctor

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Mortimer Robinson Proctor
Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office
1937–1939
Preceded byErnest E. Moore
Succeeded byOscar L. Shepard
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Proctor
In office
1933–1939
Preceded byGuy H. Boyce
Succeeded byWallace M. Fay
Personal details
Born(1889-05-30)May 30, 1889
Proctor, Vermont, U.S.
DiedApril 28, 1968(1968-04-28) (aged 78)
Proctor, Vermont, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Margaret Chisholm Proctor (1897-1964)
Dorothy Chisholm
Lillian Washburn Bryan Proctor (1905-1961)
Geraldine Gates Proctor (1937-2019)
ChildrenMortimer Robinson Proctor, Jr.
EducationYale University
ProfessionPresident and Chairman of the Board, Vermont Marble Company
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Years of service1917-1919
RankSecond Lieutenant
Unit71st Infantry Regiment
Battles/warsWorld War I

Mortimer Robinson Proctor (May 30, 1889 – April 28, 1968), known as Mortimer R. Proctor, 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]

Vermont State House portrait

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"

See also

References

  1. ^ "Finding Aids, Special Collections and University Archives - Finding Aids". cdi.uvm.edu.
  2. ^ a b c "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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Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for Governor of Vermont
1944 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives

1937 – 1939 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
President pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate

1939 – 1941 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
1941 – 1945 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Vermont
1945–1947 		Succeeded by
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