Samuel E. Pingree

Samuel Everett Pingree ( born August 2, 1832 in Salisbury, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, † June 1, 1922 in Hartford, Vermont ) was an American politician and 1884-1886 Governor of the State of Vermont.

Early years and political rise

Samuel Pingree studied until 1857 at Dartmouth College. After a subsequent law school in Bethel, he was admitted in 1859 as a lawyer. Then he began to Hartford to work in his new profession. In this city he was over 34 years Town Clerk ( Town Clerk ). During the Civil War he served until 1864 in the Army of the Union. He took part in several battles and was wounded several times. Until his retirement from military service on 27 July 1864, he brought it up to the Lieutenant Colonel. After his return, he resumed his career as a lawyer again.

Pingree was a member of the Republican Party. In 1868 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, was nominated on the Ulysses S. Grant 's presidential candidate of the party. Between 1882 and 1884 Pingree was Lieutenant Governor of Vermont and thus representative of Governor John L. Barstow. He was nominated as his successor and also selected.

Governor of Vermont and other CV

Samuel Pingree took up his new post on October 2, 1884. During his tenure, the controls on the insurance companies and the banks have been improved. So the insurance companies were required to submit an annual final report now. Also, the business practices of the banks was better rayed. Governor Pingree declined in 1886 for reelection now and retired, on 7 October this year from his office of. He then became Chairman of the Railway Committee of his state. Between 1885 and 1910 he was also curator of the Vermont Academy. In 1891 he was awarded an Order of Merit for his work during the Civil War. In 1898 he was made an honorary Doctor of Norwich University. Samuel Pingree died in 1922, two months before his 90th birthday. Together with his wife Lydia Steele, with whom he had been married since 1869, he had a child.

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