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  Proctor, Redfield
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NameRedfield Proctor
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Proctor, Vermont , United States
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Born June 01, 1831
DiedMarch 04, 1908 (76 years)
ContributorJoshua L.
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Aug 10, 2015 01:37am
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InfoPROCTOR, 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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Son Fletcher Dutland Proctor 1860-1911
Grandson Mortimer Robinson Proctor 1889-1968
Son Redfield Proctor 1879-1957

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