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23-517: Prouty may refer to: George H. Prouty (1862–1918), U.S. politician Olive Higgins Prouty (1882–1974), U.S. novelist Winston L. Prouty (1906–1971), U.S. politician L. Fletcher Prouty (1917–2001), USAF colonel and writer Nada Nadim Prouty (born c. 1970), former US Government Intelligence Agent See also [ edit ] Prouty Place State Park Prout (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
46-538: A State Library Commission were founded. In July 1909, Prouty made news when he posted bail for his chauffeur , who had been accused of striking and killing a St. Hyacinthe, Quebec , man in Burlington during celebrations for the Lake Champlain Tercentenary . During Prouty's governorship, his Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs (chief assistant) was Aaron H. Grout . Aaron Grout
69-472: Is no limit to the number of terms that a senator may serve. As in other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the U.S. Senate , the Vermont Senate has special functions, such as confirming or rejecting gubernatorial appointments to executive departments, the state cabinet , commissions, boards, and (for the first six-year term) the state's judiciary. The Vermont Senate meets at
92-513: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles George H. Prouty George Herbert Prouty (March 4, 1862 – August 18, 1918) of Newport, Vermont , was a Republican member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1896 to 1897; a member of Vermont State Senate from 1904 to 1906; the 46th lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1906 to 1908; the 52nd governor of Vermont from 1908 to 1910; and Delegate to
115-589: The "Mountain Rule" , which was created to ensure party unity, governors and lieutenant governors were from opposite sides of the Green Mountains , and were limited to two years in office. Candidates for governor and lieutenant governor were agreed upon by party leaders years in advance, and were often chosen for leadership positions in the House or Senate to groom them for statewide office. Governors who served in
138-461: The 1916 Republican National Convention . Born in Newport on March 4, 1862, Prouty was the son of John Azro Prouty and Hannah Barker Lamb Prouty. Besides his brother Charles, his siblings included brother Harley Hall Prouty and sister Nellie Barker Prouty, and two half-brothers, Edgar John Prouty and Willard Robert Prouty. Willard Robert Prouty was the father of Winston L. Prouty . Educated in
161-859: The United States Senate and United States House of Representatives also served in the Vermont Senate. U.S. senators include Samuel S. Phelps , George F. Edmunds , Jonathan Ross , Porter H. Dale , Frank C. Partridge , Ernest Willard Gibson , Jim Jeffords , and Peter Welch (incumbent). U.S. House members who served in the Vermont Senate include William Henry , Ahiman Louis Miner , George Tisdale Hodges , Frederick E. Woodbridge , H. Henry Powers , David J. Foster , William Hebard , Andrew Tracy , William W. Grout , Kittredge Haskins , Frank Plumley , Alvah Sabin , Homer Elihu Royce , Worthington Curtis Smith , Bradley Barlow , Augustus Young , Richard W. Mallary , Peter Plympton Smith , and Becca Balint (incumbent). Other notable members of
184-620: The Vermont State House in the state capital of Montpelier . The 30 senators are elected from 16 single and multi-member senate districts. The districts largely correspond to the boundaries of the state's 14 counties with adjustments to ensure equality of representation. Each district elects between 1 and 3 senators at-large depending on population. For the 2023–2033 districts, Seven districts elect one senator each, four districts elect two each, and five elect three. Senators in multi-member districts are elected at-large throughout
207-479: The governor and council . The state abolished the governor's council and added a senate by constitutional amendment. The longest-serving member of the Vermont Senate was William T. Doyle ; he was elected in 1968, reelected every two years until 2014, and defeated for reelection in 2016. Doyle served from January 1969 to January 2017; no other legislator in Vermont history—member of the Vermont House , member of
230-409: The surname Prouty . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prouty&oldid=1025151822 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
253-456: The Committee on Committees. This panel consists of the lieutenant governor, the president pro tempore and one member chosen by the full Senate. For several years the third member of the committee was Richard Mazza . The full Senate meets Tuesday and Friday mornings only for the first seven weeks of the annual session. The Vermont Senate is aided by a small administrative staff, including
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#1732782564416276-674: The Governor Prouty Inn, and later turned into senior citizen housing called the Governor Prouty Apartments. Vermont State Senate The Vermont Senate is the upper house of the Vermont General Assembly , the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont . The senate consists of 30 members elected from multi-member districts. Each senator represents at least 20,300 citizens. Senators are elected to two-year terms and there
299-914: The Vermont Senate include: William A. Palmer (post-governorship); Horace Eaton ; Carlos Coolidge (post-governorship); John S. Robinson ; Ryland Fletcher ; Frederick Holbrook ; Paul Dillingham ; George Whitman Hendee ; John Wolcott Stewart ; Julius Converse ; Horace Fairbanks ; Redfield Proctor ; Roswell Farnham ; John L. Barstow ; Ebenezer J. Ormsbee ; William P. Dillingham ; Carroll S. Page ; Levi K. Fuller ; Josiah Grout ; John G. McCullough ; Charles J. Bell ; Fletcher D. Proctor ; George H. Prouty ; John A. Mead ; Allen M. Fletcher ; Charles W. Gates ; Percival W. Clement ; Redfield Proctor Jr. ; John E. Weeks ; Stanley C. Wilson ; Charles Manley Smith ; William H. Wills ; Mortimer R. Proctor ; Lee E. Emerson ; Joseph B. Johnson ; Philip H. Hoff (post-governorship); Peter Shumlin ; and Phil Scott (incumbent). Vermont's lieutenant governors who served in
322-639: The Vermont Senate, or member of both the House and Senate—has served longer than Doyle. The following is from the Vermont Secretary of State. Most individuals who have served as governor or lieutenant governor had experience in the Vermont legislature; many served in the State Senate. For more than 100 years from the 1850s to the 1960s, the Vermont Republican Party won every election for statewide office. In keeping with
345-496: The boundaries of the state's 14 counties, and the districts are named after the county or counties in which the bulk of the district is located. However, due to equal representation requirements of the federal and state constitutions, most districts do not have precisely the same boundaries as their respective counties, containing either one or more towns from neighboring counties or not containing one or more from their own county (or both). The lieutenant governor of Vermont serves as
368-695: The brother of Charles A. Prouty , Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Progressive candidate for US Senator from Vermont in 1914. Active in the Republican party , he served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1896 to 1898. From 1904 to 1906 he was a member of the Vermont State Senate and served as Senate President . Prouty served as Lieutenant Governor from 1906 to 1908. Prouty
391-433: The district. Vermont is the only state to have any senate districts represented by more than two senators each, as well as the only state to employ bloc voting for senate elections. Vermont is one of the 14 states where the upper house of its state legislature serves at a two-year cycle, rather than the more common four-year term in the majority of states. Senate district lines are drawn with an eye toward adhering to
414-548: The president of the Senate, but casts a vote only if required to break a tie. In the absence of the lieutenant governor, the president pro tempore presides over the Senate. The president pro tempore is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation from the entire body through a Senate resolution, and is the Senate's chief leadership position. The majority and minority leaders are elected by their respective party caucuses. Committee assignments are determined by
437-404: The public schools of Newport , Prouty attended St. Johnsbury Academy , graduated from Boston's Bryant & Stratton Commercial College , and was employed in the family business, Prouty and Miller, a sawmill and building supply company . He married Henrietta "Nettie" Allen of Rockville, Connecticut , on December 1, 1890. He was the uncle of United States Senator Winston Prouty , and
460-410: The secretary of the Vermont Senate and several assistants. Since 2011, the Senate secretary has been John H. Bloomer, a former member of the Senate. Previous secretaries include Ernest W. Gibson Jr. , Murdock A. Campbell , and Franklin S. Billings Jr. Vermont had a unicameral legislature until 1836; most of the functions normally performed by an upper legislative house were the responsibility of
483-719: The state senate include: Waitstill R. Ranney , Leonard Sargeant , William C. Kittredge , Jefferson P. Kidder , Burnham Martin , Levi Underwood , Abraham B. Gardner , Stephen Thomas , George N. Dale , Russell S. Taft , Lyman G. Hinckley , Eben Pomeroy Colton , Henry A. Fletcher , Farrand Stewart Stranahan , Zophar Mansur , Nelson W. Fisk , Henry C. Bates , Martin F. Allen , Zed S. Stanton , Charles H. Stearns , Leighton P. Slack , Hale K. Darling , Roger W. Hulburd , Abram W. Foote , Walter K. Farnsworth , Consuelo N. Bailey , Robert S. Babcock , T. Garry Buckley , Barbara Snelling (post-lieutenant governorship), Doug Racine , and David Zuckerman . Many of Vermont's members of
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#1732782564416506-552: Was elected on the Republican ticket Governor of Vermont in 1908 and served from October 8, 1908, to October 5, 1910. He favored employers' liability law, and during his administration, the state legislature adopted his suggestion to put the Vermont Railroad Commission under a Public Service Commission designed to supervise all public service corporations. In addition, a State Board of Education and
529-616: Was the son of former Governor Josiah Grout . Prouty was killed in Waterville, Quebec , on August 8, 1918, when his chauffeur-driven car was hit by a train as he traveled from Newport to Lennoxville, Quebec , to board a train he was going to take to a business meeting in Maine . He is interred at East Main Street Cemetery, Newport, Vermont . George Prouty's home was commercially developed and operated for many years as
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