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for that town, and was continued in office
fifteen years. E...g - 4t.,.
In 1898 he was chosen delegate from
the town of Craftsbury to the Constitu-
tional Convention which assembled that
year, and was the only member from that
portion of the State which now constitutes
Orleans County. He was, also, the
youngest member Of that body, being
twenty-four or twenty-five years of age,
and, during the last three years of his
life, was the only surviving member.
He was, also, delegate from the same
town to the Constitutional Convention of
1923, and its President No material al
teration of the Constitution was made by
either of these Conventions
He represented the town of Craftsbury
in the General Assembly of Vermont in
1896, 1900, OIL and 03, and again in
1905, and was Clerk of the House of Rep
resentatives in 1898 and 1899.
In 1909 he became member of the
Council and was reelected in 1910, IL
and H. He also received majority of
the votes polled for that office at the an
nual election in 1918, but was figured out
by the rejection of the votes from Col
chester, mentioned in another article.
Vide: "Martin Chittemdem." He was
again elected Councillor in 1925, and con-
tinued as such till his election to the
Office of Governor.
He was appointed Register Of the Pro-
bate Court for the district of orleans ia
1896, and held this office nineteen years
In October, 1900, being then 7oacu
Clerk and Justice Of the Peace for the
toaOn Of Crattsbury, Register Of Probate
for The Orleans District and Representa-
tive IN the General assembly from the
toa0m Of Crattsbury, he was elected first
Assistant Judge of the Orleans County
Court, and held that position till October,
1910, when he was elected Chief Judge,
and was annually reelected to this latter
Office in 1910, IL, 12.l II and Is. In
825, upon the reorganization of the Ju-
dietary system in this State--the Supreme
Court furnishing a Presiding Judge-he
was again elected first Assistant Judge of
the County Court, and held this Office, al
so, till he was elected Governor. He
was subsequently-in 1886, 81 and 39-
Clerk of the Supreme and County Courts
for Orleans County.
Judge Crafts was chosen Member of
Congress from Vermont in 1917 and was
reelected in 1919, 81 and 23. This was
probably the emost important period in the
history of the American Congress, not
only from the immediate importance of
measures then adopted, as from subsequent
events, as it was during this time that the
celebrated Missouri Compromise" was
passed
Judge Crafts voted with the majority of
the Representatives of the North in every
instance except one when the bill for the
admission of Maine and Missouri, having
passed the Senate, without the clause pro-
hibiting Slavery in Missouri, but with an
amendment, now SO well known as the
:" Missouri Restriction came to the
House for concurrence--upon the ques-
ton of prohibiting Slavery North of
thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north
latitude Judge Crafts was at first, one of
only eighteen who voted in its favor--
those in favor of establishing Slavery in
Missouri, as we'll as those in favor of its
entire prohibition. uniting to defeat it.
Juage Crafts was elected Governor Of
Vermont, by a majority of the popular
vote, in 1928 and again in 1929. In 1880
he received plurality vote, and was elec-
ted, by small majority, in joint assem-
bly,, on the thirty second ballot.
During his administration an important
step was taken toward the abolition Of
, Imprisonment for debt. A law was passed,
providing that on all judgments rendered
: upon debts contracting after January lst,
1918, the debtor may. within two hours
after Judgment, submit himself to an cx-
animation on oath, before said court,
, touching his property, &C., and may be
entitled to the benefit of the poor debtors