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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Other uses|Proctor (surname)}}
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|name= Mortimer Robinson Proctor
|name= Mortimer Robinson Proctor
|image=Mortimer Robinson Proctor.jpg
|image=Mortimer R. Proctor (Vermont governor).jpg
|caption=Vermont State House portrait
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|order1=66th
|order1=66th
|office1= Governor of Vermont
|office1= Governor of Vermont
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|lieutenant1= [[Lee E. Emerson|Lee Earl Emerson]]
|lieutenant1= [[Lee E. Emerson|Lee Earl Emerson]]
|predecessor1= [[William Henry Wills (politician)|William H. Wills]]
|predecessor1= [[William Henry Wills (politician)|William H. Wills]]
|successor1= [[Ernest William Gibson, Jr.]]
|successor1= [[Ernest William Gibson Jr.]]
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|office2=Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
|term_start2=January 9, 1941
|term_start2=January 9, 1941
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|predecessor2=[[William Henry Wills (politician)|William H. Wills]]
|predecessor2=[[William Henry Wills (politician)|William H. Wills]]
|successor2=[[Lee E. Emerson]]
|successor2=[[Lee E. Emerson]]
|office3=Member of the [[Vermont Senate]]
|office3=[[President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate|President pro tempore]] of the [[Vermont Senate]]
|term_start3=1939
|term3=1939–1941
|term_end3=1941
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|office4=Member of the [[Vermont House of Representatives]]
|predecessor3=[[Ernest W. Dunklee]]
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|term_start4=1939
|term_end4=1941
|alongside4=Henry H. Branchaud<br/>Henry B. Carpenter<br/>Willard H. Smith
|predecessor4=Ernest E. Aldrich<br/>William G. Gipson<br/>Leigh Hunt<br/>Richard T. Jones
|successor4=Henry B. Carpenter<br/>Paul F. Douglass<br/>Arthur C. Grover<br/>Hollis I. Loveland
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|successor5=[[Oscar L. Shepard]]
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|office6=Member of the [[Vermont House of Representatives]] from [[Proctor, Vermont|Proctor]]
|term_start6=1933
|term_end6=1939
|predecessor6=Guy H. Boyce
|successor6=[[Wallace M. Fay]]
|birth_date= {{Birth date|1889|5|30|mf=y}}
|birth_date= {{Birth date|1889|5|30|mf=y}}
|birth_place= [[Proctor, Vermont]]
|birth_place= [[Proctor, Vermont]], U.S.
|death_date= {{death date and age|1968|04|28|1889|05|30}}
|death_date= {{death date and age|1968|04|28|1889|05|30}}
|death_place= [[Proctor, Vermont]]
|death_place= Proctor, Vermont, U.S.
|spouse=Margaret Chisholm Proctor (1897-1964)<br/>Dorothy Chisholm<br/>Lillian Washburn Bryan Proctor (1905-1961)<br/>Geraldine Gates Proctor
|spouse=Margaret Chisholm Proctor (1897-1964)<br/>Dorothy Chisholm<br/>Lillian Washburn Bryan Proctor (1905-1961)<br/>Geraldine Gates Proctor (1937-2019)
|children=Mortimer Robinson Proctor, Jr.
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|education=[[Yale University]]
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|profession=President and Chairman of the Board, Vermont Marble Company
|party= [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|party= [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|allegiance = United States
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|branch = [[United States Army]]
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'''Mortimer Robinson Proctor''' (May 30, 1889 – April 28, 1968), known as Mortimer R. Proctor, was an American politician from [[Vermont]]. He served as the [[List of lieutenant governors of Vermont|60th Lieutenant Governor]] of Vermont from 1941 to 1945, and as the [[List of Governors of Vermont|66th]] [[Governor of Vermont]] from 1945 to 1947.
'''Mortimer Robinson Proctor''' (May 30, 1889 – April 28, 1968), known as Mortimer R. Proctor, was an American politician from [[Vermont]]. He served as the [[List of lieutenant governors of Vermont|62nd]] [[lieutenant governor of Vermont]] from 1941 to 1945, and as the [[List of Governors of Vermont|66th]] [[governor of Vermont]] from 1945 to 1947.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Proctor was born in [[Proctor, Vermont]], to [[Fletcher Dutton Proctor]], the fifty-first [[Governor of Vermont]], and Minnie Euretta Robinson Proctor. He graduated from [[Yale University]] in 1912.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mortimer R. Proctor|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_vermont/col2-content/main-content-list/title_proctor_mortimer.html|publisher=National Governors Association|accessdate=7 November 2012}}</ref> He married first Margaret Cynthia Chisholm on May 30, 1916 in Proctor. He married second Dorothy 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mortimer R. Proctor|url=http://www.treetreetree.org.uk/ProctorRedfieldsonofJabez.htm|publisher=Tree Tree Tree.org|accessdate=7 November 2012}}</ref>
Proctor was born in [[Proctor, Vermont]], to [[Fletcher Dutton Proctor]], the fifty-first [[Governor of Vermont]], and Minnie Euretta Robinson Proctor. He studied at [[The Hill School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cdi.uvm.edu/findingaids/viewEAD.xql?pid=proctormortimer.ead.xml|title=Finding Aids, Special Collections and University Archives - Finding Aids|website=cdi.uvm.edu}}</ref> He graduated from [[Yale University]] in 1912.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Mortimer R. Proctor|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_vermont/col2-content/main-content-list/title_proctor_mortimer.html|publisher=National Governors Association|access-date=7 November 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mortimer R. Proctor|url=http://www.treetreetree.org.uk/ProctorRedfieldsonofJabez.htm|publisher=Tree Tree Tree.org|access-date=7 November 2012}}</ref>


==Career==
==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 [[President]] from 1952 to 1958 and [[Chairman]] from 1958 to 1967.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mortimer R. Proctor|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13251781|publisher=Find A Grave|accessdate=7 November 2012}}</ref>
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 [[President (corporate title)|president]] from 1952 to 1958 and [[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#United States|Lieutenant]] in the [[71st Infantry Regiment (United States)|71st Regiment]], serving in [[France]] throughout the war.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mortimer R. Proctor|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_vermont/col2-content/main-content-list/title_proctor_mortimer.html|publisher=National Governors Association|accessdate=7 November 2012}}</ref>
Proctor enlisted in the [[US Army]] for [[World War I]] in 1917, completed officer training and was commissioned as a [[Second lieutenant#United States|second lieutenant]] in the [[71st Infantry Regiment (United States)|71st Regiment]], serving in [[France]] throughout the war.<ref name="auto"/>


Proctor represented the town of [[Proctor, Vermont]] in the [[Vermont House of Representatives]] from 1933 to 1939 and was [[Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives]] from 1937 to 1939. He served in the [[Vermont State Senate]] from 1939 to 1941, and was [[President pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate|Senate President]] for his entire term.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mortimer R. Proctor|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/proctor.html#082.47.03|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=7 November 2012}}</ref>
Proctor represented the town of [[Proctor, Vermont]] in the [[Vermont House of Representatives]] from 1933 to 1939 and was [[Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives]] from 1937 to 1939. He served in the [[Vermont State Senate]] from 1939 to 1941, and was [[President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate|Senate President]] for his entire term.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mortimer R. Proctor|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/proctor.html#082.47.03|publisher=The Political Graveyard|access-date=7 November 2012}}</ref>


[[File:Mortimer Robinson Proctor.jpg|thumb|left|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mortimer R. Proctor|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_vermont/col2-content/main-content-list/title_proctor_mortimer.html|publisher=National Governors Association|accessdate=7 November 2012}}</ref>
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.<ref name="auto"/>


Proctor ran for reelection in 1946 but lost the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Primary to [[Ernest W. Gibson, Jr.]], the first Governor of Vermont to be denied renomination.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mortimer R. Proctor|url=http://www.houseofproctor.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I14602&tree=hop|publisher=House of Proctor|accessdate=7 November 2012}}</ref> He returned to private business and established the Mortimer R. Proctor Trust which supported non profit activities in arts, culture, education, and religion in [[Proctor, Vermont]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mortimer R. Proctor|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13251781|publisher=Find A Grave|accessdate=7 November 2012}}</ref>
Proctor ran for reelection in 1946 but lost the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Primary to [[Ernest W. Gibson Jr.]], the first governor of Vermont to be denied renomination.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mortimer R. Proctor|url=http://www.houseofproctor.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I14602&tree=hop|publisher=House of Proctor|access-date=7 November 2012}}</ref> 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==
==Death and legacy==
Proctor died on April 28, 1968, and is interred at South Street Cemetery, [[Proctor]], [[Rutland County, Vermont]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mortimer R. Proctor|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13251781|publisher=Find A Grave|accessdate=7 November 2012}}</ref>
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.]]. He had one son, Mortimer Robinson Proctor Jr. He was the only two-time president of the [[Green Mountain Club]] which built and maintains the [[Long Trail]], America's first long distance hiking trail.
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==
==Published works==
*"Pleasant Memories From Public Life, 1932-1952"
*"Pleasant Memories From Public Life, 1932-1952"
*"Vermont, The Unspoiled Land"
*"Vermont, The Unspoiled Land"

==See also==
* [[List of members of the American Legion]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://cdi.uvm.edu/findingaids/collection/proctormortimer.ead.xml Inventory of the Mortimer R. Proctor Papers, Special Collections, University of Vermont Library]
*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/proctor.html#RI110ZIMD The Political Graveyard]
*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/proctor.html#RI110ZIMD The Political Graveyard]
*[http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_vermont/col2-content/main-content-list/title_proctor_mortimer.html National Governors Association]
*[http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_vermont/col2-content/main-content-list/title_proctor_mortimer.html National Governors Association]
*[http://www.houseofproctor.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I14602&tree=hop House of Proctor]
*[http://www.houseofproctor.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I14602&tree=hop House of Proctor]
*{{Find a Grave|13251781}}
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13251781 Find A Grave]
*[http://www.treetreetree.org.uk/ProctorRedfieldsonofJabez.htm Tree Tree Tree.org]
*[http://www.treetreetree.org.uk/ProctorRedfieldsonofJabez.htm Tree Tree Tree.org]
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For other uses, see Proctor (surname).

Mortimer Robinson Proctor
66th Governor of Vermont
In office
January 4, 1945 – January 9, 1947
LieutenantLee Earl Emerson
Preceded byWilliam H. Wills
Succeeded byErnest William Gibson Jr.
62nd Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
In office
January 9, 1941 – January 4, 1945
GovernorWilliam H. Wills
Preceded byWilliam H. Wills
Succeeded byLee E. Emerson
President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
In office
1939–1941
Preceded byErnest W. Dunklee
Succeeded byJoseph H. Denny
Member of the Vermont Senate from Rutland County
In office
1939–1941
Serving with Henry H. Branchaud
Henry B. Carpenter
Willard H. Smith
Preceded byErnest E. Aldrich
William G. Gipson
Leigh Hunt
Richard T. Jones
Succeeded byHenry B. Carpenter
Paul F. Douglass
Arthur C. Grover
Hollis I. Loveland
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.
BildungYale University
ProfessionPresident and Chairman of the Board, Vermont Marble Company
Military service
AllegianceVereinigte Staaten
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 Vermont. He served as the 62nd lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1941 to 1945, and as the 66th governor of Vermont from 1945 to 1947.

Biography

Proctor was born in Proctor, Vermont, to 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 president from 1952 to 1958 and 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 Proctor, Vermont in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1933 to 1939 and was Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1937 to 1939. He served in the 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.
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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