Julius Converse

Julius Converse (* December 17, 1798 in Stafford, Connecticut, † August 16 1885 in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire ) was an American politician and 1872-1874 Governor of the State of Vermont.

Early years and political rise

Julius Converse attended the common schools and Randolph Academy in Vermont. After studying law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began in 1826 in the town of Bethel, and later to practice in Woodstock.

In 1833 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Vermont. Between 1836 and 1840 he was a member of the State Senate. Between 1844 and 1847 he was district attorney in Windsor County. From 1847 to 1849 he was again a member of the House of Representatives of his State and from 1850 to 1851 he served as Lieutenant Governor of Vermont. He then retired for 20 years from politics and devoted himself to his private interests.

Governor of Vermont

In 1872, Converse was nominated despite his age of 73 years now by the Republican Party top candidate for the gubernatorial election. The reason was mainly the prevention of candidacy of railroad magnate Frederick Billings, who had recently returned from California to Vermont. The subsequent election was only a formality in Vermont. Between 1854 and 1961, only candidates of the Republican Party were elected Governor in that State. Julius Converse took up his new post on October 3, 1872. The regulations were reformed in terms of railway law and the militia in his two-year tenure. Converse also called for public libraries in every city in the state a.

Further CV

After the expiration of his term as governor on 8 October 1874, Converse withdrew into retirement, which he spent in Woodstock. He died in August 1885 in New Hampshire and was buried in Woodstock. Julius Converse was married twice and had with his second wife, Jane Martin, a daughter.

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