Leverett B. Englesby
Leverett B. Englesby (February 20, 1827 - January 27, 1881) was a Vermont lawyer and politician who served as President of the Vermont State Senate.
Leverett Brush Englesby was born in Burlington, Vermont on February 20, 1827. The son of a local bank president, he graduated from the University of Vermont in 1845, studied at Harvard Law School for a year and in a local law office, and became an attorney in Burlington.[1][2]
From 1853 to 1854 Englesby served as Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs (chief assistant) to Governor John S. Robinson.[3]
A Republican, Englesby served in several local offices, including city alderman, assessor, auditor and attorney. In 1866 he was elected a trustee of the University of Vermont, a post he continued to hold until his death. Englesby was President of the 1866 Vermont Republican Convention.[4]
Englesby was an active Mason, and was Grand Master of Vermont from 1862 to 1868.[5]
In 1863 Englesby was elected to the Vermont Senate. He served until 1865, and was Senate President from 1864 to 1865.[6] From 1867 to 1869 he served as Chittenden County State's Attorney.[7]
Englesby died in Burlington on January 27, 1881 and was buried in Burlington's Lakeview Cemetery.[8]
References
- ^ Hiram Carleton, editor, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont, Volume 1, 1903, pages 264 to 265
- ^ Harvard Law School, Quinquennial Catalogue of the Law School of Harvard University, 1905, page 54
- ^ Vermont General Assembly, Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont, 1853, page 43
- ^ New York Times, Republican State Convention -- Nominations and Resolutions, June 21, 1866
- ^ Grand Lodge of Vermont, Memorial Service in Memory of Leverett B. Englesby, Past Grand Master, 1881, page 1
- ^ Vermont Secretary of State, List of Vermont Senate Presidents Pro Tempore, 2011
- ^ University of Vermont Alumni Association, University of Vermont Obituary Record, Volume 1, 1895, pages 89 to 90
- ^ Find A Grave, Leverett B. Englesby page, accessed April 30, 2012