page_title: Horace W. Bailey
section_title: US Marshal
hierarchical_section_title: Horace W. Bailey / US Marshal
caption_attribution_description: English: Horace W. Bailey (US Marshal for Vermont) 2.
context_page_description: Horace W. Bailey was a Vermont politician and government official. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as a member of the Vermont Senate from Orange County, a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Newbury, and the United States Marshal for the District of Vermont from 1903 until his death.
context_section_description: In October 1903, Bailey was appointed U.S. Marshal for Vermont, and he served in this position until his death.  He received the appointment following the October 15, 1903 termination of Marshal Fred A. Field's commission.  Field was accused of dereliction and neglect after three prisoners he was transporting in June 1903 effected an escape.  Federal district court judge Hoyt Henry Wheeler then appointed Field's chief deputy Frank H. Chapman to temporarily fill the vacancy.
  Following Field's removal, President Theodore Roosevelt asked Vermont's Congressional delegation for recommendations.  The two US Senators and two US Representatives quickly agreed to suggest Bailey.  Roosevelt appointed him a few days after Chapman's interim appointment, and Bailey then reappointed Chapman as chief deputy.  For most of his term as marshal, Bailey lived and worked in Rutland, Vermont.
  For many years, Bailey's girth and ongoing health problems required him to walk with the aid of a cane.  Over time, he amassed a notable collection of canes and walking sticks.  This collection was covered in newspapers nationwide in 1904, after Bailey received a carved bamboo cane from a friend in the U.S. Army who had recently returned from a trip to Japan.  According to contemporary press accounts, Bailey's collection included a lignum vitae cane from the Philippines which was a  gift from Mason S. Stone, and one made of pine recovered from the floor of the Confederacy's Civil War-era Libby Prison.
caption: Bailey in his later years
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