Harold J. Arthur

Harold John Arthur ( born February 9, 1904 in Whitehall, New York, † July 19, 1971 in Plattsburgh, New York ) was an American politician and 1950-1951 Governor of the State of Vermont.

Early years

Harold Arthur attended until 1922, the Albany Business College. He then worked in Vermont as an employee at the Brandon National Bank and led a shop. He also served on the Board of the Chamber of Commerce of Brandon. Between 1927 and 1929 he served on the senior staff of Governor John E. Weeks. After that, he was until 1934 Head of the Federal Labour Office in Vermont (U.S. Employment Service ). Next, he was hired by the district attorney and later U.S. Senator Warren Austin as a stenographer. During this time he also studied at the La Salle Extension University in Chicago Jura. Arthur was also justice of the peace in Burlington.

Political career

Harold Arthur was a member of the Republican Party and chairman of the youth organization of the party in Vermont. Since 1928 he was a member of the National Guard of that State. During the Second World War, he was a Division of Vermont used in the Pacific. There he was a military prosecutor. From 1931 to 1939 Arthur was employed in the administration of the House of Representatives from Vermont. Between 1939 and 1949 he worked there as parliamentarians. This mandate, however, was interrupted by his military service during the war. In 1948, Harold Arthur was elected Lieutenant Governor of Vermont. Following the resignation of Governor Ernest Gibson, who had been appointed to a federal judgeship, Arthur had to end in accordance with the State Constitution whose term of office. He was almost a year long from 16 January 1950 and the January 4, 1951 Governor of Vermont. Arthur has not applied for its own term as governor; Instead, he ran in 1958 within his party unsuccessfully for the nomination for a seat in the U.S. Congress.

Further CV

In the following years, Harold Arthur was a member of various boards and associations. He died in July 1971 and was buried in Burlington. With his wife, Mary C. Alafat he had a child.