Redfield Proctor (1 de junio de 1831 - 4 de marzo de 1908) fue un político estadounidense del Partido Republicano . Se desempeñó como 37 ° Gobernador de Vermont de 1878 a 1880, como Secretario de Guerra de 1889 a 1891 y como Senador de los Estados Unidos por Vermont de 1891 a 1908.
Proctor de Redfield | |
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Senador de los Estados Unidos por Vermont | |
En el cargo 2 de noviembre de 1891 - 4 de marzo de 1908 | |
Precedido por | George F. Edmunds |
Sucesor | John Stewart |
37 ° Secretario de Guerra de los Estados Unidos | |
En el cargo 5 de marzo de 1889-5 de noviembre de 1891 | |
presidente | Benjamin Harrison |
Precedido por | William Endicott |
Sucesor | Stephen Elkins |
37 ° gobernador de Vermont | |
En el cargo 3 de octubre de 1878 - 7 de octubre de 1880 | |
Teniente | Eben Colton |
Precedido por | Horace Fairbanks |
Sucesor | Roswell Farnham |
31º teniente gobernador de Vermont | |
En el cargo 5 de octubre de 1876-3 de octubre de 1878 | |
Gobernador | Horace Fairbanks |
Precedido por | Lyman G. Hinckley |
Sucesor | Eben Colton |
Detalles personales | |
Nació | Proctorsville, Vermont , EE. UU. | 1 de junio de 1831
Fallecido | 4 de marzo de 1908 Washington, DC , EE. UU. | (76 años)
Partido político | Republicano |
Esposos) | Emily Dutton |
Niños | 5, incluidos Fletcher y Redfield |
Educación | Dartmouth College ( BA , MA ) Facultad de Derecho de Albany ( LLB ) |
Servicio militar | |
Lealtad | Estados Unidos |
Sucursal / servicio | Armada de Estados Unidos |
Años de servicio | 1861–1863 |
Rango | Coronel |
Comandos | 15a infantería de Vermont |
Batallas / guerras | Guerra civil americana |
Biografía
Redfield Proctor nació el 1 de junio de 1831. nació en Proctorsville , un pueblo que lleva el nombre de su familia en la ciudad de Cavendish en el condado de Windsor, Vermont . Su padre, Jabez Proctor, era un granjero, comerciante y destacado político local Whig . Fue criado por su madre, Betsy Parker Proctor (1792–1871), desde los 8 años después de la repentina muerte de su padre. Los primos hermanos de Proctor por parte de su madre incluían a Isaac F. Redfield y Timothy P. Redfield , ambos jueces de la Corte Suprema de Vermont .
Después de graduarse de Dartmouth College en 1851, Proctor regresó a Proctorsville, donde se convirtió primero en hombre de negocios y luego en abogado. Obtuvo su maestría en Dartmouth College y se graduó de Albany Law School en 1859. [1] Se casó con Emily Jane Dutton en 1858 y se mudó a Boston , Massachusetts dos años después. Tuvieron cinco hijos; Arabella G. Proctor Holden (1859-1905), Fletcher Dutton (1860-1911), Fanny Proctor (1863-1883) Redfield Jr. (1879-1957) y Emily Dutton Proctor (1869-1948). Fue iniciado en la fraternidad Delta Upsilon como miembro honorario por el Capítulo de Middlebury College .
Guerra civil
Upon the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 Proctor returned to Vermont and enlisted in the 3rd Vermont Infantry, was commissioned as lieutenant and quartermaster, and repaired to the front. In July of the same year he was appointed on the staff of General William F. ("Baldy") Smith, and in October was promoted and transferred to the 5th Vermont Infantry, of which he was commissioned major. With this regiment he served nearly a year in the neighborhood of Washington and on the Peninsula. In October 1862, Major Proctor was promoted to colonel of the 15th Vermont Infantry,[2] and participated in the Gettysburg Campaign, but was stationed in the rear and did not participate in the battle.
Carrera profesional
After being mustered out of military service in 1863, Proctor initially returned to practicing law, this time in Rutland, Vermont. He entered into law partnership with Wheelock G. Veazey. In 1869, he entered business again, taking a job as a manager in the Sutherland Falls Marble Company. In 1880, this company merged with another to become the Vermont Marble Company, over which Proctor served as president. Six years later, the area containing the company's marble quarries, locally known as Sutherland Falls, was split into a separate town, called Proctor.
During these years, Proctor began his political career. In 1866 he became a selectman of the town of Rutland. In 1867 he represented his town in the Vermont House of Representatives, serving as chairman of the committee on elections. Again a member of the House in 1868, he served as a member of the committee on ways and means. Elected to the Vermont Senate in 1874, he was chosen president pro tempore.
In 1876 Proctor was elected lieutenant governor, and in 1878 was nominated by the Republicans and elected Governor of Vermont. He remained active in state politics after stepping down as governor. He was delegate-at-large to the Republican National Convention in 1884, and also in 1888. In the latter year he was chairman of the Vermont delegation, and seconded the presidential nomination of Benjamin Harrison.
In 1888 the Vermont legislature unanimously recommended him for a cabinet position, and in March 1889, President Benjamin Harrison chose Proctor to be his Secretary of War.[3] At the War Department, Proctor made a mark with his managerial skill and reforming zeal, with which he modernized the Army and improved the living conditions of enlisted soldiers.
From President Harrison State of the Union Address, Dec 1892:
The report of the Secretary of War exhibits the results of an intelligent, progressive, and businesslike administration of a Department which has been too much regarded as one of mere routine. The separation of Secretary Proctor from the Department by reason of his appointment as a Senator from the State of Vermont is a source of great regret to me and to his colleagues in the Cabinet, as I am sure it will be to all those who have had business with the Department while under his charge.
In the administration of army affairs some especially good work has been accomplished. The efforts of the Secretary to reduce the percentage of desertions by removing the causes that promoted it have been so successful as to enable him to report for the last year a lower percentage of desertion than has been before reached in the history of the Army. The resulting money saving is considerable, but the improvement in the morale of the enlisted men is the most valuable incident of the reforms which have brought about this result.[4]
Proctor left the War Department in November 1891 to become a United States Senator, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of George F. Edmunds. As a Senator he served as chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee to Establish a University of the United States from 1891 to 1893, the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (1895–1909), and the Committee on Military Affairs (1905–1907). He remained a Senator for the rest of his life,[5] and was an effective advocate in the Senate for high tariffs and the gold standard, as well as an influence on the military policies of the McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt administrations.
Muerte
Proctor died in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 1908. He is interred at South Street Cemetery, Proctor, Vermont. Two of Proctor's children, Fletcher D. Proctor and Redfield Proctor, Jr., served as Governors of Vermont, as did his grandson Mortimer R. Proctor. His 1867 Rutland residence is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Ver también
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
Referencias
- ^ "Redfield Proctor". United States Congress. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ "Redfield Proctor". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ "Redfield Proctor". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ "State of the Union Addresses by Benjamin Harrison" – via www.gutenberg.org.
- ^ "Redfield Proctor". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
enlaces externos
- Works by or about Redfield Proctor at Internet Archive
- Garraty, John A. and Mark C. Carnes. American National Biography, vol. 17, "Proctor, Redfield". New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
- Jacob G. Ullery, compiler, Men of Vermont: An Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont, (Transcript Publishing Company, Brattleboro, VT, 1894), Part II, pp. 327.
- Bell, William Gardner (1992). "Redfield Proctor". Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army. United States Army Center of Military History. CMH Pub 70-12.
- Wayne Soini. "The Cuban Speech: The United States Goes to War with Spain, 1898." Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, 2013.
- United States Congress. "Redfield Proctor (id: P000547)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-14
- Redfield Proctor at Find a Grave
- Govtrack US Congress
- Redfield Proctor, late a senator from Vermont, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate. 1909.
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Lyman G. Hinckley | Lieutenant Governor of Vermont 1876–1878 | Succeeded by Eben Colton |
Preceded by Horace Fairbanks | Governor of Vermont 1878–1880 | Succeeded by Roswell Farnham |
Preceded by William Endicott | United States Secretary of War 1889–1891 | Succeeded by Stephen Elkins |
Party political offices | ||
Preceded by Horace Fairbanks | Republican nominee for Governor of Vermont 1878 | Succeeded by Roswell Farnham |
U.S. Senate | ||
Preceded by George F. Edmunds | U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Vermont 1891–1908 Served alongside: Justin Morrill, Jonathan Ross, William P. Dillingham | Succeeded by John Stewart |
Preceded by James Z. George | Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee 1895–1908 | Succeeded by Henry C. Hansbrough |
Preceded by Joseph Hawley | Chair of the Senate Military Affairs Committee 1905 | Succeeded by Francis E. Warren |