Charles S. Dana
Charles S. Dana was a Vermont farmer, newspaper correspondent and politician who served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives.
Biography
Charles Summers Dana was born in New Haven, Vermont on September 13, 1862. A Republican, Dana served in local offices including town meeting moderator, lister, school board member, select board member and town clerk, and as a member of his town and county Republican committees. In addition to filing stories on Vermont current events for several daily and weekly newspapers, in partnership with his mother Dana owned a large and successful farm in New Haven.[1][2][3]
Dana worked as assistant doorkeeper and assistant secretary of the Vermont Senate in the 1880s and 1890s.[4][5][6]
In 1900 Dana was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives and served one term.[7] Dana was named chief clerk in the office of the Vermont Secretary of State in 1902.[8][9]
Dana served as Addison County Assistant Judge from 1908 to 1912.[10]
In 1917 Dana was again elected to the Vermont House. He was selected to serve as Speaker after Stanley C. Wilson resigned to accept a judgeship. Dana served as Speaker until 1921.[11][12]
Dana died at Porter Hospital in Middlebury on December 29, 1939.[13] He was buried in New Haven's Evergreen Cemetery.[14]
References
- ^ Magazine article, Charles S. Dana, published in The Vermonter magazine, Volume 23 Number 12 (1918), pages 246 to 248
- ^ Newspaper article, Vermonter Knows No Pie-less Days; Wife Names 108 Varieties She Bakes, by United Press International, Torrance (California) Herald, March 4, 1937
- ^ Let Me Show You Vermont, by Charles Edward Crane, 1937, page 24
- ^ Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont, edited by Hiram Carleton, 1903, pages 317 to 319
- ^ Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, published by Vermont General Assembly, 1881, page 283
- ^ Vermont Year Book, Formerly Walton's Register, published by E. P. Walton, Montpelier, 1891, page 199
- ^ Acts and Laws Passed by the Legislature of the State of Vermont, published by Vermont general Assembly, 1900, page 412
- ^ Vermont, Its Government, by Walter J. Bigelow, 1919, page 56
- ^ Vermont Legislative Directory, published by Vermont Secretary of State, 1902, pages 422 to 423
- ^ Vermont Legislative Directory, published by Vermont Secretary of State, 1919, page 511
- ^ Speakers of the Vermont House of Representatives since 1870, Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 2009, page 5
- ^ Notes on List of Speakers of the House, Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 2012
- ^ Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, record for Charles Summers Dana, accessed January 28, 2012
- ^ Gravestone photos by contributor Stephen Payne, Charles S. Dana page, Find A Grave web site, April 27, 2011