The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-03-29
Our Senator's and Representatives.



He was born in Richmond, Vt, Feb.
/, 1928, received n common school
education and enjoyed the instruction
of a private tutor; he studied law and
came to the bar in 1S49, devoting him
self exclusively to the legal professions
In 1851 he settled in Burlington, and
in 1854 $3.50, he was ele cted TO the
Vermont Legislature, serving three
years as Speaker; in 1862 he was
elected to the State Senate, officiating
as President pro tenn. of that body dur
ing those years On the breaking out
Of the rebellion he was q member Of
the State Convention which met to
form a coalition between the Republi-
cans and the Democrats, and drew up
the resolutions which were adopted in
that Convention as the basis of union
for the country. On the death of
Solomon Foot he was appointed in his
place to the United States Senate, TAX
ing his scat in April, 1866, and the APP
pointment was confirmed by the Leg
islature. The committees upon which
he served were those OF Commerce
and Public Lands, Pensions and Re-
trenchment. He was also delegate
to the Philadelphia Loyalists' Conven-
ton of 1866.
HON. JUSTIN 5. MoRisIIL.
"He was born in STAFFORD, Vt,
April II, 1910, received an academic
education, and engaged in mercantile
pursuits until the year 1913, when he
turned his attention to agriculture.
He was elected Representative from
Vermont to the Thirty-fourth Con-
gress, and reelected to the Thirty
fifth, the Thirty sixth, the Thirty-sev-
enth and the Thirty eight Congresses,
serving on the special committee on
the sale of Fort Smelling, and on the
regular committee on Agriculture and
on Ways and Means. He was also a
member of the special committee of
thirty-three on the rebellious States in
the Thirty sixth Congress. Reelected
to the Thirty-seventh Congress-, serv-
ing as chairman of the Committee on
Ways and Means, and MS member of
those on the death of President Lin
coin and on Reconstruction. He was
delegate to the Philadelphia Loyal
lists Convention of 1866 and in Octo-
Der, 1866, he was elected Senator in
Congress from Vermont for the term
commencing in 1867 and ending in
1873"
HON. LUKE p. POLAND.
He was born in Westford, Chitten-
den county, Vt, Nov. l, 1915; received
n good common school and academic
education; commenced study of law
when eighteen years of age and was
admitted to the bar in 1886; was Reg
lister of Probate for Lamoille county
in 183940; was member of the State
constitutional convention in 1913;
Prosecuting Attorney for Lamoille
county in lS44-45, and in 194S he was
elected by the legislature one of the
Judges of the Supreme Court of YER
mont, which he continued to hold by
annual elections, until Nov. 1865, when
he was appointed to fill the vacancy
in the United States Senate caused by
the death of Jacob Collamer, whose
term would have expired in 1867 -
Just before his appointment to the
Senate he had been elected to the Su-
preme bench, upon which he held the
position of Chief Justice, to which he
was elected in 1860. The Committees
upon which he served in the Senate
were those on the judiciary and pa
tents and the Patent Office. His APP
pointment to the Senate was confirmed
by the legislature. He was dele
gate to the Philadelphia Loyalists Con-
vention of 1866, and was subsequently
elected n Representative to the For
tieth Congress.
HON. woRTHINGToN C. SMITH.
'He was born in st. Adams, VT,
April %, 1928; graduated at the Uni
versity of Vermont, in Burlington, in
1913; studied law, but abandoned the
profession, and became an iron mer-
chant and manufacturer; in 1863 he
was chosen to the Legislature of the
State; in 1864 and 1866 to The State
Senate; officiating during the last SEES
sion as President of the Senate, and
in 1866 he was elected Representa-
tive from Vermont to the Fortieth
Congress.
HON. FREDERICK L. WOODBRIDGE.
He was bornin Vergennes, Vermont,
August 20, 1918; graduated at the
University of Vermont in 1910; studied
law and came to the bar in 1912; SER
we'd three in the State Senate, three
years as State Auditor, and in 1868 he
was elected a Representative from
Vermont to the Thirtyeight Congress,
serving on the committee on the judi
ciary; reelected to the Thirty ninth
Congress, serving ON the committees
on the Judiciary and private land
claims. he was also delegate to the
Philadelphia Loyalists' Convention of
1866, and reelected to the Fortieth
Congress.