Proctor, Redfield
soldier, state senator, governor, United States senator, was born June 1, 1831, in Cavendish, Vt.
He served as lieutenant and quartermaster of the third regiment of Vermont volunteers, and was major of the fifth and colonel of the fifteenth Vermont regiments. He was a member of the Vermont house of representatives in 1867, 1868, and 1888; was member of the ご a state senate and president pro tempore of that body in 1874 and 1875; and was lieutenant-governor from 1876 to 1878 and governor from 1878 to 1880. He was a delegate to the republican national conventions of 1884 and 1888, and was appointed secretary of war by President Harrison in 1889. In 1891 he resigned from the cabinet to accept the appointment as United States senator, and was elected by the Vermont legislature to fill both the unexpired and the full terms.
His term of service will expire in 1899.
During 1869-89 he was actively engaged in the marble business; organized and was president of the Vermont Marble company, which became the largest producer and manufacturer of marble in the world.