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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Horace French Graham |
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Craftsbury, Vermont , United States |
| Email | None |
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February 07, 1862
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| Died | November 23, 1941
(79 years)
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| Contributor | Joshua L. |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | Born in Brooklyn, New York on February 7, 1862, Horace French Graham died at his home on Graham Hill, Craftsbury, on November 23, 1941. He was 79 years old.
Graham was educated at Craftsbury Academy. After completing his undergraduate degree (cum laude) at Columbia College in 1898, he continued his education through the study of Law. He opened a law office in Craftsbury after being admitted to the Vermont Bar.
Like Crafts many decades before him, Graham served as Moderator of the Town, serving from 1902-1932. Graham also presided over the Orleans Historical Society.
Horace F. Graham represented Craftsbury in the Vermont Legislature in 1892, 1900, and again in 1924. He was elected States Attorney for Orleans County in 1898 and again in 1900. Graham served as a Presidential Elector in 1900. He assisted in the revision of the Vermont Statutes published in 1933 as the Public Laws of the State.
Elected the Auditor of Accounts of the State of Vermont in 1902-1916, Graham was also a member of the State Educational Commission in 1913. From the position of Auditor, Graham was elected Governor of Vermont in 1917.
Graham was "considered a good Governor," but it was discovered that his last year as Auditor a large sum of money had disappeared. In 1918 he was charged with embezzlement, convicted, and sentenced to a long prison term. However, when he paid back the missing amount out of his own pocket, he received a full pardon. Graham always maintained his innocence in this matter, but asserted that, since the loss happened "on his watch," he was responsible for seeing that it was replaced. It is important to note his honorable attitude toward this smear on his term of office. Never did he express animosity toward his accusers.
In a historical address made at Craftsbury Common in remembrance of the One Hundredth anniversary of the Town of Craftsbury, on July 4, 1889, Horace F. Graham, was the featured speaker. He had this to say about his Masonic Lodge, Meridian Sun #20: "�It was fifth in the State, first in the county to receive its charter. From it have sprung most of the Lodges in this section of the country."
Graham continued," during the dark days of Masonry fifty years ago, William Hidden (another charter member) was accustomed to walk to Burlington to attend the meetings of the Grand Lodge and thus he preserved its charter. Before the division of the Lodge at Greensboro, it enjoyed a membership of 150, but the founding of this and other Lodges, and the misfortunes of the last ten years, have reduced it somewhat."
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