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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Alfred Harris Heininger |
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Burlington, Vermont , United States |
| Email | None |
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August 29, 1886
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| Died | February 15, 1970
(83 years)
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| Contributor | Joshua L. |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
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| Info | Alfred Harris Heininger (1887-1970) a prominent lawyer and businessman was also known as "the father of Vermont's State Social Welfare System." As a Democrat from Chittenden County he served as a State Senator from 1935 to 1941. He ran for govenor in 1936 and lost the race to George D. Aiken.
Heininger attended Burlington schools, the University of Vermont (1908) and Northeastern Law School (1915). He helped organize and became a partner in the Kieslich Construction Company, whose projects included the original DeGoesbriand Hospital building, Burlington school facilities, the UVM baseball and football grandstands and the first Burlington airport administrative building.
His many activities included memberships on the Rutland Railroad Crisis Committee, a successful effort to save the failing company, and the St. Lawrence Seaway Board, for increased power to Vermont. He was very involved with Vermont's Social Welfare System and from 1935 to 1959, he was Old Age Assistance Commissioner. Heininger was active in Burlington City affairs and was a charter member of the Burlington Boys Club and the community center. He participated in many other clubs and organizations.
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