Lee E. Emerson
Lee Earle Emerson ( born December 19, 1898 in Hardwick, Caledonia County, Vermont, † May 21, 1976 in Berlin, Vermont ) was an American politician and 1951-1955 Governor of the State of Vermont.
Early years
Lee Emerson attended until 1917, the Barton Academy. His education was interrupted by the First World War, in which he took part as a soldier. After the war he continued his education at Syracuse University, where he graduated in 1921. After a subsequent study of law at George Washington University, he was admitted to the bar in 1926. Then he started in Barton to work in his new profession.
Political rise
Emerson was a member of the Republican Party. In his home town of Barton, he held several local offices. Between 1933 and 1937 he was district attorney in Orleans County. Between 1939 and 1943 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Vermont. After that, he was for two years until 1945, the State Senate, which he became president. Between 1945, he served as Deputy Governor Deputy Governor Mortimer R. Proctor.
Governor of Vermont
In 1950, Emerson was elected governor of his state. After a re-election in 1952, he could remain in office between January 4, 1951, 6 January 1955. During his tenure, there was a controversy because a professor at the University of Vermont had been dismissed for alleged communist leanings. Governor Emerson was also a study on the feasibility of a pipeline that would supply its state with gas, in order. Another study should examine whether there was racial discrimination in Vermont. In the area of environmental protection has been helped by a law for afforestation municipalities in the application of new forests.
Further CV
After the end of his governorship Emerson was working as a lawyer again. In 1958 he applied unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Two years later, also failed an attempt to be elected to the House of Representatives of the United States. Governor Emerson died in May 1976. Together with his wife Dorcas ball he had two daughters.