- Mortimer R. Proctor
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Mortimer Robinson Proctor 66th Governor of Vermont In office
1945–1947Lieutenant Lee Earl Emerson Preceded by William H. Wills Succeeded by Ernest William Gibson, Jr. Personal details Born May 30, 1889
Proctor, VermontDied April 28, 1968 (aged 78)
Proctor, VermontPolitical party Republican Mortimer Robinson Proctor (May 30, 1889 – April 28, 1968), known as Mortimer R. Proctor, was an American politician from Vermont. He served as the 66th Governor of Vermont from 1945 to 1947, and as the 60th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1941 to 1945. He represented the town of Proctor, Vermont in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1933 to 1939 and in the Vermont State Senate from 1939 to 1940.[1] He was speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1937 to 1939.[2] Proctor spent his entire career in the private sector as an executive of the Vermont Marble Company, including as President from 1952 to 1958 and chairman from 1958 tp 1967.[3]
He was the grandson of Redfield Proctor, the son of Fletcher D. Proctor, and the nephew of Redfield Proctor, Jr.. He had one son, Mortimer Robinson Proctor Jr.
Proctor graduated from Yale University in 1912.[4]
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- ^ MR Proctor, 78, Vermont Leader (Obituary), The New York Times May 1, 1968
- ^ MR Proctor, 78, Vermont Leader (Obituary), The New York Times May 1, 1968
- ^ MR Proctor, 78, Vermont Leader (Obituary), The New York Times May 1, 1968
- ^ MR Proctor, 78, Vermont Leader (Obituary), The New York Times May 1, 1968
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William Henry WillsLieutenant Governor of Vermont
1941–1945Succeeded by
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