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This collection contains the scrapbooks of Redfield Proctor (1831-1908), a prominent Vermont lawyer, marble executive, and politician in the end of the 19th century. The scrapbooks’ newspaper clippings reflect contemporary events Proctor, as a public figure and especially U.S. Secretary of War (1889-1891), was interested in following.
Redfield Proctor. Redfield Proctor ( Proctorsville, 1 de junio de 1831- Washington D. C., 4 de marzo de 1908) fue un político estadounidensedel Partido Republicano. Se desempeñó como el 37.° gobernador de Vermont de 1878 a 1880, como Secretario de Guerra de 1889 a 1891, y como senador de los Estados Unidos por Vermont de 1891 a 1908. 1 2 3 .
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Redfield Proctor. Excerpt from a speech to the U.S. Senate, March 17, 1898. Published in 1898. I n March 1898, U.S. president William McKinley (1843-1901; served 1897-1901; see entry in Biographies section) faced pressure to wage war against Spain in Cuba. The month before, on February 15, the U.S. warship Maine had exploded mysteriously in the ...
Vermont In The Spanish American War. While the autonomy plan was under trial, Senator Redfield Proctor, Senior United States Senator from Vermont, on his own initiative visited the Island of Cuba, and on his return delivered a speech in the U. S. Senate, Mar. 17, 1898, which made a profound impression not only on Congress, but on the whole ...
Nothing in Redfield Proctors early life suggested greatness. He almost died in the Civil War, squandered his inheritance and disliked farming and practicing law. But in 1869, a scheming woman enlisted his help in gaining control of a bankrupt marble mill. Proctor turned it into the largest marble operation in the world, creating his greatest ...
17. Okt. 2023 · A full-body white marble statue of Redfield Proctor now stands in downtown Rutland on Merchants’ Row. Officials with Rutland’s sculpture trail are unveiling their newest addition this week. The sculpture commemorates a man who was a civic and national leader — as well as a controversial divider. Redfield Proctor was born in 1831 and ...
