Elbert S. Brigham

Elbert Sidney Brigham (* October 19, 1877 in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont; † July 5, 1962 ) was an American politician. Between 1925 and 1931 he represented the first electoral district of the state of Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

After primary school Elbert Brigham attended until 1898 the St. Albans High School and thereafter until 1903, the Middlebury College. For most of his life he focused on agricultural matters. His focus was on the milk production. In this field, he was very successful. In addition to that, he was also politically active.

Brigham was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1911 and 1912 he was auditor of the city of St. Albans, and from 1913 to 1924 he was Minister of Agriculture of Vermont (State Commissioner for Agriculture). During the First World War, he was also a member of the Federal Commission for the administration of food and a consultant -Commission of the Federal Government in the agricultural matters in 1918. Since 1922 to 1960 was Brigham curator of Middlebury College and in 1925 he became director of the National Life Insurance Co.

1924 Brigham was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded Frederick G. Fleetwood on 4 March 1925. After two re- elections he could implement his mandate in Congress until March 3, 1931. His last tenure was overshadowed by the events of the Great Depression. In 1930, Brigham waived another candidacy. After his time in Congress in 1932, he was a member of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Between 1933 and 1936 he sat in the Banking Committee of the State of Vermont. Between 1937 and 1948 he led the establishment of the National Insurance Co. in Montpelier. From 1944 to 1957 he was also president of the Franklin County Savings Bank & Trust Co., until 1962, then becoming Chairman. Elbert Brigham died in July 1962 in his birthplace of St. Albans, and was also buried there.