Carleton G. Howe Explained

Carleton G. Howe
Office1:President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
Term Start1:1953
Term End1:1955
Predecessor1:Merrill W. Harris
Successor1:Asa S. Bloomer
Office2:Member of the Vermont Senate
Term Start2:1947
Term End2:1959
Predecessor2:Norton Barber, Walter Hard
Successor2:John B. Harte, George Van Santvoord
Alongside2:Melford D. Bibens (1946), James B. Gibney (1948), Waldo C. Holden (1950), George M. Hawks (1952), T. Garry Buckley (1954, 1956)
Constituency2:Bennington County
Office3:Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
Term Start3:1945
Term End3:1947
Predecessor3:Harry Warner
Successor3:Robert Warner
Constituency3:Dorset
Birth Date:4 April 1898
Birth Place:Cañon City, Colorado, US
Death Place:Manchester, Vermont, US
Resting Place:Maple Hill Cemetery, Dorset, Vermont, US
Party:Republican
Spouse:Mary Louise Bacon
Dorothy Batchelder
Children:2
Occupation:Orchardist
Branch:United States Navy
Branch Label:Service
Serviceyears:1917–1919
Rank:Ensign
Unit:USS Pocahontas
Battles:World War I
Battles Label:Wars

Carleton G. Howe (March 4, 1898  - September 21, 1993) was a Vermont orchardist and politician who served as President of the Vermont State Senate.

Biography

Carleton Gibson Howe was born in Cañon City, Colorado on March 4, 1898. He was raised and educated in the Chicago area and served in the United States Navy during World War I, attaining the rank of ensign while serving aboard the transport ship USS Pocahontas.[1] [2] [3]

In 1922 Howe graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.[4] [5] [6] Howe settled in Dorset, Vermont, where he owned and operated a successful apple growing business.[7]

A Republican, Howe served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1945 to 1947.[8] In 1946 he won election to the Vermont Senate, where he served from 1947 to 1959. From 1955 to 1957 Howe served as Senate President.[9] Howe ran unsuccessfully for renomination to the State Senate in 1958.[10]

Howe was a Delegate to the 1952 Republican National Convention, and he was an alternate delegate in 1956. In the late 1950s he served as Chairman of the Vermont Republican Party.[11] [12] [13]

Howe died in Manchester on September 21, 1993.[14] [15] He was buried at Maple Hill Cemetery in Dorset.[16]

Notes and References

  1. Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont Legislative Directory, 1955, page 714
  2. Book: United States Department of the Navy . 1919 . U.S. Navy Directory . Washington, DC . US Government Printing Office . 112 . subscription . November 28, 2024.
  3. Book: United States Department of the Navy . 1920 . U.S. Navy Directory . Washington, DC . US Government Printing Office . 455 . subscription . November 28, 2024.
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=MjtOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA358 University of Illinois
  5. https://books.google.com/books?id=1y0XAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA502 University of Illinois
  6. https://books.google.com/books?id=8DxOAAAAMAAJ&q=%22carleton+g+howe%22 University of Illinois
  7. Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont Legislative Directory, 1951, page 690
  8. Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont Legislative Directory, 1947, page 410
  9. http://vermont-archives.org/govhistory/Officials/PDF/PresProTempore.pdf Vermont Archives and Records Administration
  10. Phil Savory, Harte-Hewitt Beat Howe for Senate, Bennington Banner, September 10, 1958
  11. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yxNGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=juUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5218,1118489&dq=carleton-howe&hl=en Washington Afro-American
  12. https://archive.today/20130131174613/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/2066835132.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+20,+1957&author=&pub=Daily+Boston+Globe+(1928-1960)&desc=Vermont+G.O.P.+Defies+Critics+At+State+Parley&pqatl=google Boston Globe
  13. https://www.nytimes.com/1958/05/02/archives/state-chairmen-map-gop-drives-leaders-in-northeastern-area-meet.html New York Times
  14. Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, record for Carleton Gibson Howe, accessed May 30, 2012
  15. Social Security Death Index, entry for Carleton G. Howe, accessed May 30, 2012
  16. News: September 23, 1993 . Former Legislator, Carlton G. Howe, Dies at 95 . . Rutland, Vermont . 8 . Newspapers.com.