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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Redfield Proctor |
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Proctor, Vermont , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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June 01, 1831 |
| Died |
March 04, 1908
(76 years) |
| Contributor | Joshua L. |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | PROCTOR, Redfield, a Senator from Vermont; born in Proctorsville, Windsor County, Vt., June 1, 1831; son of Jabez Proctor, a farmer, merchant, and manufacturer.
Graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1851 and from the Albany Law School in 1859; admitted to the bar and practiced in Boston MA with his cousin Isaac F. Redfield, 1860-1861; during the Civil War enlisted in the Union Army as a major, promoted to colonel, and was mustered out in 1863; returned to Vermont, engaged in the practice of law, and became interested in the development of the marble industry through investing heavily in the Sutherland Falls Marble Company; member, State house of representatives 1867-1868; member, State senate and president pro tempore 1874-1875; lieutenant governor of the State 1876-1878; Governor of Vermont 1878-1880; member, State house of representatives 1888
US Secretary of War 1889-1891
US Senator (R-VT) 1891-1908; chairman, Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Fifty-fourth through Sixtieth Congresses), Committee on Military Affairs (Fifty-ninth Congress)
In the 1890s, Proctor's ability to remain calm during US Senate debates earned him the nickname of the Tombstone Senator. During the Spanish-American War, employees of the War Department sometimes joked that his visits to their department were to order more tombstones (remember that he was partial owner of a marble business).
Proctor's most famous speech in the Senate was given on the Spanish government of Cuba. Proctor travelled to Cuba to investigate, and his report to the Senate was a major factor in leading the US into the Spanish-American War.
Died in his Champlain Apartment, Washington, D.C., at 4:50 p.m. on March 4, 1908; interment in the City Cemetery, Proctor, Rutland County, Vt.
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