Richard W. Mallary | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromVermont'sat-large district | |
| In office January 7, 1972 – January 3, 1975 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Stafford |
| Succeeded by | Jim Jeffords |
| VermontSecretary of Administration | |
| In office 1971–1971 | |
| Governor | Deane C. Davis |
| Preceded by | William J. French |
| Succeeded by | William J. French |
| In office 1977–1980 | |
| Governor | Richard A. Snelling |
| Preceded by | Ralph C. Peters |
| Succeeded by | William A. Gilbert |
| Member of theVermont Senate | |
| In office 1969–1971 | |
| Preceded by | Walter H. Wheatley |
| Succeeded by | Robert Simpson |
| Constituency | Orange County |
| Speaker of theVermont House of Representatives | |
| In office 1965–1969 | |
| Preceded by | Franklin S. Billings Jr. |
| Succeeded by | John S. Burgess |
| Member of theVermont House of Representatives | |
| In office 1961–1969 | |
| Preceded by | Reginald G. Munn |
| Succeeded by | Morris D. Perry |
| Constituency | Fairlee |
| In office 1999–2001 Serving with Philip A. Angell Jr. | |
| Preceded by | Ralph D. Baker |
| Succeeded by | Stephen W. Webster |
| Constituency | Randolph |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Richard Walker Mallary (1929-02-21)February 21, 1929 |
| Died | September 27, 2011(2011-09-27) (aged 82) Brookfield, Vermont, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Harper Coxe (m. 1955) Jeannie (Loud) Brownell (m. 1979) |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence(s) | Fairlee, Vermont Brookfield, Vermont |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
| Profession | Farmer Business executive |
Richard Walker Mallary (February 21, 1929 – September 27, 2011) was an American businessman and politician. He served for three years as aU.S. representative fromVermont and was theRepublican nominee for theUnited States Senate in1974, losing narrowly toPatrick Leahy. He died bysuicide on September 27, 2011 after being diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer.
Mallary was born inSpringfield, Massachusetts on February 21, 1929, and was the son of attorney R. DeWitt Mallary and Gertrude (Robinson) Mallary.[1] He was educated at Bradford Academy inBradford, Vermont, and received anA.B. degree fromDartmouth College in 1949.[2]
Mallary operated a dairy farm inFairlee, Vermont from 1950 to 1970, where he was subsequently elected chairman of the townBoard of Selectmen, serving from 1951 to 1953. His mother served terms in both theVermont House of Representatives andVermont Senate, and he followed her into state politics by running successfully for the state House in 1960.[3] He served from 1961 to 1969, advanced to chairman of the appropriations committee and held the position ofSpeaker from 1965 to 1969. In the House Mallary was recognized as one of the "Young Turks," the group of legislators who crossed party lines to advocate for progressive policies and the modernizing of Vermont's state government.[4][5]
He wasTrustee andTreasurer ofVermont State Colleges from 1962 to 1965. Mallary served asChairman of the Vermont Legislative Council from 1965 to 1967, and as a delegate to the 1968Republican National Convention which nominatedRichard M. Nixon for President. He served as vice chairman of the Vermont Governor's Committee on Administrative Coordination in 1969.[6]
He was a member of theVermont Senate from 1969 to 1971.[7] Mallary served as Vermont Secretary of Administration in 1971, in the cabinet of GovernorDeane C. Davis.[8]
Mallary was elected as aRepublican to theNinety-second Congress, filling the vacancy caused whenRobert T. Stafford resigned to accept appointment to theUnited States Senate. Mallary was re-elected to a full term in theNinety-third Congress, and thus served from January 7, 1972 to January 3, 1975. He was, as theRepublican nominee, an unsuccessful candidate for election to theUnited States Senate in1974, narrowly losing toPatrick Leahy by a margin of 49.5%–46.4%.[9]
Mallary was Vice President of the Farm Credit Bank inSpringfield, Massachusetts from 1975 to 1977. He was Vermont's Secretary of Administration again from 1977 to 1980, in the first administration of GovernorRichard A. Snelling. He served as vice president of the Central Vermont Public Service Corp. from 1980 to 1983, chairman of the board of a heating company from 1984 to 1985, and president of the Vermont Electric Power Company from 1986 to 1994.[10]
He later resided inBrookfield, Vermont. From 1999 to 2001 Mallary served again in the Vermont House of Representatives. He voted for Vermont'sCivil Unions law in 2000 even though he represented a conservative district which opposed the legislation. That fall he ran for reelection unsuccessfully as an independent. He ran again unsuccessfully in 2002.[11][12]
In 2003, Mallary served as Vermont's tax commissioner, an appointed sub-cabinet position, in the administration of Republican GovernorJim Douglas.[13]
In retirement Mallary continued to serve in local office including chairman of the town planning commission and town meeting moderator. He was also an advocate of "death with dignity" legislation. In his later years he was ill with incurable prostate cancer. He died in Brookfield on September 27, 2011. In 2012 members of his family made public the fact that Mallary had taken his life as a result of his illness.[14]
Mallary's first wife was Mary Harper Coxe. They had four children—Richard, Anne, Elizabeth and Sarah. They divorced in 1974, and in 1979 he married Jeannie (Loud) Brownell, with whom he had three stepchildren—Jonathan, Lydia and Hayden.[15]
His nephew Peter Mallary served in the Vermont House and as chairman of theVermont Democratic Party.[16]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Speaker of theVermont House of Representatives 1965 – 1969 | Succeeded by |
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromVermont's at-large congressional district January 7, 1972 – January 3, 1975 | Succeeded by |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Republican nominee for U.S. Senator fromVermont (Class 3) 1974 | Succeeded by Stewart M. Ledbetter |
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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