Charles Albert Plumley | |
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| Constituency | Northfield |
| Member of the United States House of Representatives fromVermont'sat-large district | |
| In office January 16, 1934 – January 3, 1951 | |
| Preceded by | Ernest Willard Gibson |
| Succeeded by | Winston L. Prouty |
| Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives | |
| In office 1912–1915 | |
| Preceded by | Frank E. Howe |
| Succeeded by | John E. Weeks |
| Member of theVermont House of Representatives | |
| In office 1912–1915 | |
| Preceded by | Frank N. Carpenter |
| Succeeded by | William B. Mayo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1875-04-14)April 14, 1875 |
| Died | October 31, 1964(1964-10-31) (aged 89) Barre, Vermont, US |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Emilie Adele Stevens Plumley |
| Children | Allan R. Plumley, Fletcher D.P. Plumley and Evelyn Stevens Plumley Adams |
| Profession | Politician,Lawyer |
Charles Albert Plumley (April 14, 1875 – October 31, 1964) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as aRepublicanU.S. Representative fromVermont, and was the son of U.S. RepresentativeFrank Plumley.[1]
Plumley was born inNorthfield, Washington County, Vermont, to Frank Plumley and Lavinia Fletcher Plumley.[2] He attended Northfield High School. In 1896 he graduated fromNorwich University in Northfield, Vermont with aBachelor of Arts, and he received hisMaster of Arts degree from Norwich in 1899. Plumley also received severalhonorary degrees, including anLL.D. (1921) andDoctor of Letters (1947) from Norwich, and LL.D. degrees fromMiddlebury College (1922),Boston University (1940), and theUniversity of Vermont (1941).[3]
Plumley served as an assistant secretary of theVermont State Senate in 1894.[4] He was principal and superintendent of the Northfield grade school and Northfield High School from 1896 to 1900.[5] He was acaptain in theVermont National Guard in 1901, and acolonel in the Officers’ Reserve Corps.[6]
He studied law and wasadmitted to the bar in 1903; beginning the practice of law in Nortfield. He served as Secretary of the French-Venezuela Mixed Commission in 1906. He was a member of theVermont House of Representatives from 1912 to 1915, serving asSpeaker of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1912 to 1915[7] and as Commissioner of Taxes for the State of Vermont from 1912 to 1919.
Plumley wasgeneral counsel and tax attorney for a rubber company inAkron, Ohio, from 1919 to 1920. He then practiced law in partnership with his father andMurdock A. Campbell.[8] He also served as president ofNorwich University from 1920 to 1934, and asreading clerk of theRepublican National Conventions in 1936 and 1940.[9] He was also involved in the banking industry.
In 1934 Plumley was elected as aRepublican to theSeventy-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofErnest W. Gibson. Plumley was reelected to theSeventy-fourth and to the seven succeeding Congresses, serving from January 16, 1934, to January 3, 1951, as U.S. Representative from Vermont (at-large).[10] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1950. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law inNorthfield, Vermont.
Plumley was married to Emilie Adele Stevens Plumley in 1900 and they had three children together, Allan R. Plumley, Fletcher D. P. Plumley (named forGovernorFletcher Dutton Proctor) and Evelyn Stevens Plumley Adams. Plumley's father was U.S. RepresentativeFrank Plumley.[11]
Plumley died on October 31, 1964, inBarre, Vermont. He is interred at Mount Hope Cemetery inNorthfield, Vermont.[12]
Plumley Armory on the campus ofNorwich University was named after Plumley in 1962. The armory houses military and athletic facilities, and was built in 1929.[13]
charles plumley assistant secretary of theVermont State Senate.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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