Ernest W. Dunklee
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Ernest W. Dunklee (November 29, 1890 – October 25, 1974) was a Vermont farmer and politician who served as President of the Vermont State Senate.
Biography
[edit]Ernest Walter Dunklee was born in Vernon, Vermont on November 29, 1890.[1][2] He attended school in Vernon and graduated from Mount Hermon Boys' School, afterwards operating a farm in Vernon.[3] In 1904 he served as a page in the Vermont Senate.[4]
A Republican, Dunklee served in local offices including town lister.[5]
Dunklee served four terms in the Vermont House of Representatives: 1919 to 1921, 1923 to 1925, and 1933 to 1937.[6] From 1925 to 1927 Dunklee served in the Vermont Senate.[7]
Dunklee was again elected to the Vermont Senate in 1936. He served two terms, 1937 to 1941. From 1937 to 1939 he served as Senate President.[8][9]
Ernest W. Dunklee died in Vernon on October 25, 1974.[10] He is buried in Vernon's Tyler Cemetery.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918, entry for Ernest Walter Dunklee, accessed July 5, 2012
- ^ U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, entry for Ernest Walter Dunklee, accessed July 5, 2012
- ^ Walter J. Bigelow, Vermont: Its Government, 1919, page 126
- ^ Vermont Secretary of State, Legislative Directory, 1904, page 89
- ^ Vermont Secretary of State, Legislative Directory, 1919, page 551
- ^ Vermont Secretary of State, Legislative Directory, 1937, page 463
- ^ Vermont Secretary of State, Legislative Directory, 1935, page 488
- ^ Vermont State Archives and Records Administration Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Presidents Pro Tempore of the Vermont Senate Since 1870, 2011, page 5
- ^ Associated Press, Vermont Legislature Opens Sessions Today, Lewiston Sun, January 6, 1937
- ^ Social Security Death Index, entry for Ernest W. Dunklee, accessed July 5, 2012
- ^ Vermont Death Records, 1909–2008, entry for Ernest W. Dunklee, accessed July 5, 2012