Luke P. Poland

Luke Potter Poland ( born 1 November 1815 in Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont; † July 2, 1887 in Waterville, Vermont) was an American lawyer and politician ( Republican) of the state of Vermont in both chambers of the U.S. Congress represented.

Luke Poland attended the public schools and a private school in Jericho. He then worked as a teacher and even studied law. After taking in the Bar Association in December 1836, he practiced first as a lawyer in Morrisville. From 1839 to 1840 he served as executor (Register of Probate ) operates; In 1843 he took part in the Constitutional Convention of Vermont. His legal career he sat from 1844 to 1845 as a prosecutor in Lamoille County continued before he sat as a judge on the Vermont Supreme Court from 1848. This he stood from 1860 to 1865 as Chief Justice in front.

He resigned as a judge after he had been appointed to succeed the late U.S. Senator Jacob Collamer. Poland took his seat in Congress on 21 November 1865 to March 3, 1867 to true. For re-election, he did not present himself; Instead, he applied for a seat in the House of Representatives of the United States. After successful selection and multiple confirmation in office, he could spend another eight years in Washington. In 1874, he however failed in the attempt to re-election and consequently had on March 3, 1875 Congress eliminated. After Luke Poland of Poland Act is named, one of introduced by him in the Senate bill to curb polygamy in Utah Territory, who transferred many legal competence of the territorial authorities to facilities and financial support of the federal government in the territory.

Poland remained politically active after his retirement from Congress in 1878 and moved into the House of Representatives from Vermont. During this time he was also curator of the University of Vermont; Moreover, he was the First National Bank of St. Johnsbury for 20 years as president before. Finally, he was again elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885. Then he sat down at his country house at Waterville to rest, where he died in July 1887.