lieutenant predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place imagesize profession party office birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
abram w. foote percival w. clement redfield proctor , jr. 2 february 1934 schenectady , new york springfield , vermont 119px machinist , governor , toolmaker , inventor , manager , entrepreneur republican governor of vermont 3 september 1861 58th january 6 , 1921 lena pond hartness.jpg james hartness
 january 4 , 1923 james hartness
james hartness

james hartness -lrb- september 3 , 1861 -- february 2 , 1934 -rrb- was an american inventor ; a mechanical engineer ; an entrepreneur who mentored other inventors to develop their machine tool products and create a thriving industrial center in southeastern vermont ; an amateur astronomer who fostered the construction of telescopes by amateurs in his town ; an early aviator who built one of vermont 's first airports ; and the 58th governor of vermont from 1921 to 1923 .
