| 词条 | Winston L. Prouty |
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|name= Winston L. Prouty |image name= WinstonProuty.jpg |state= Vermont |jr/sr= United States Senator |party= Republican | term_start=January 3, 1959 | term_end=September 10, 1971 | preceded=Ralph Flanders | succeeded=Robert Stafford | order2= Member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's At-large district | term_start2=January 3, 1951 | term_end2=January 3, 1959 | predecessor2=Charles Albert Plumley | successor2=William H. Meyer |office3=Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives |term_start3=1947 |term_end3=1949 |preceded3=Joseph H. Denny |succeeded3=J. Harold Stacey |office4=Member of the Vermont House of Representatives |term4=1941–1949 |office5= Mayor of Newport, Vermont |term_start5=1938 |term_end5=1941 |preceded5=John M. Bradley |succeeded5=Ona S. Searles |birth_name=Winston Lewis Prouty |birth_date= {{birth date|1906|9|1}} |birth_place= Newport, Vermont, U.S. |death_date={{nowrap|{{death date and age|1971|9|10|1906|9|1}} }} |death_place=Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |spouse={{Marriage|Frances C. Hearle Backus|1939|1960|end=died}} {{Marriage|Jennette Herbert Hall|1962}} |children=3 |profession=Businessman }} Winston Lewis Prouty (September 1, 1906{{spaced ndash}}September 10, 1971) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Vermont from 1959 until his death from gastric cancer in Boston, Massachusetts on September 10, 1971. He was previously a member of the United States House of Representatives, serving Vermont's At-large congressional district, from 1951 to 1959. Early life and educationWinston Prouty was born in Newport, Vermont, to Willard Robert and Margaret (née Lockhart) Prouty.[1] His family owned Prouty & Miller Lumber Company, a lumber and building material business.[2] His family was also involved in politics; his father and grandfather both served as state legislators, his uncle Charles A. Prouty was a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and his other uncle George H. Prouty served as Governor of Vermont (1908–1910).[1] He received his early education at public schools in Newport, and attended the Bordentown Military Institute in New Jersey.[3] He graduated from The Hill School in 1924. He then studied at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.[4] During college, he was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity.[5] Early careerProuty returned to Newport and joined his family's business, Prouty & Miller.[2] He also served as director of the National Bank of Newport and of Associated Industries of Vermont.[3] A Republican, he was mayor of Newport from 1938 to 1941.[4] He was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1940, serving from 1941 to 1949.[4] During his last two years in the legislature, he served as Speaker of the House.[3] He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont in 1948, losing to state Senator and future Governor Harold J. Arthur.[3] From 1949 to 1950, he served as chairman of the state Water Conservation Board.[4] Congressional careerIn 1950, after longtime incumbent Charles Albert Plumley decided not to run again, Prouty announced his candidacy for the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's At-large congressional district.[2] He won the Republican nomination in a four-way race that included Governor Arthur.[3] In the general election, he defeated his Democratic opponent, Herbert B. Comings, by a margin of 73%-26%.[6] He was subsequently re-elected to three more terms, never receiving less than 61% of the vote.[7] During his tenure in the House, Prouty served as a member of the Veterans Affairs Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1958; reelected in 1964 and 1970 and served from January 3, 1959, until his death from gastric cancer in Boston, Massachusetts.[8] He was interred in Pine Grove Cemetery, Newport, Vermont. He was eulogized by President Richard Nixon. See also
References1. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Pope|first1=Charles Henry|title=Prouty (Proute) Genealogy|year=1910|location=Boston}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite news|date=1971-09-11|work=The New York Times|title=Hard-Bitten Republican}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book|title=Current Biography|volume=XXI|year=1960|publisher=H.W. Wilson Company}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|title=PROUTY, Winston Lewis, (1906 - 1971)|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=p000552}} 5. ^{{cite news|work=Delta Upsilon Michigan Tech Chapter|title=Politics and Government|url=http://www.mtudu.org/delta_upsilon/famous_alumni/Politics%20and%20Gov}} 6. ^{{cite news|work=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives|title=Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1952|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1950election.pdf}} 7. ^{{cite news|work=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives|title=Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1954|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1954election.pdf}} 8. ^https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19710911&id=I0UaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aCkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7182,37007 External links
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