John L. Barstow

John Lester Barstow ( born February 21, 1832 in Shelburne, Vermont, † June 28, 1913 ) was an American politician and 1882-1884 Governor of the State of Vermont.

Early years

John Barstow attended the public schools of his home. The age of 15 he began to teach himself. After spending six years in Detroit, Michigan, he returned back to Vermont in 1857 to collaborate on his father's farm. He was also employed in the administration of the House of Representatives from Vermont. During the American Civil War he served until 1864 in the Union Army and rose to brigadier general. In 1864 he commanded a unit, the Confederate troops to Canada persecuted, after they had made ​​a raid on St. Albans. Such raids, far away from the front and deep in the hinterland of the Union, the Confederate troops of the Union wanted to bind there, which then were missing at the front.

Political rise

John Barstow was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1864 and 1865 Barstow deputy was in the House of Representatives of his State and from 1866 to 1867 he was a member of the State Senate. From 1870 to 1878 he was in Burlington employee of the Federal Government and as such with the settlement of pension rights entrusted ( Pension Agent). As preparations began for the 100-year celebration of the Battle of Yorktown in 1879, Barstow was an advocate from Vermont in the organizing committee. Between 1880 and 1882 Barstow was lieutenant governor of his state.

Governor of Vermont and other CV

In 1882, John Barstow was elected governor of his state. He joined his two-year term on 5 October 1882. Governor Barstow operational establishing an effective rail Committee for better control of the railway companies and fought for higher wages in the mining industry. Barstow was also curator of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College. After the end of his tenure, he was a director of the Burlington Savings Bank. In 1891 he became a member of a commission to negotiate a peace treaty with the Navajo Indians. In 1893 he was appointed to the nationwide anti -trust society. In 1910 he campaigned for the ratification of an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provided for the introduction of a federal income tax. This constitutional amendment occurred then in 1913, in the year of death of Barstow, nationwide in effect. Governor Barstow was married to Laura Meach, with whom he had two children.