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Hale Knight Darling (January 26, 1869 – September 18, 1940) was a Vermont attorney and politician who served as the state's 50th lieutenant governor from 1915 to 1917.

Biography

Hale Knight Darling was born in Corinth, Vermont on January 26, 1869.[1] He was employed in Massachusetts by the Fitchburg Railroad and worked as a reporter on the Fitchburg Daily Sentinel before studying law at the University of North Carolina. He was admitted to the bar in 1894, and established a practice in Chelsea, Vermont.[2]

A Republican, Darling was Orange County State's Attorney from 1896 to 1900, a member of the Vermont Board of Bar Examiners from 1901 to 1903, and Clerk of the Orange County Court from 1905 to 1921.[3][4]

Darling served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1904 to 1908. In 1905 he was appointed Chairman of the Vermont Library Commission, and from 1905 to 1907 he was a member of the Commission to revise Vermont's Statutes. He served in the Vermont Senate from 1912 to 1914.[5][6]

In 1914 he was elected Lieutenant Governor and served from 1915 to 1917, also serving again as a member of the Commission to Revise Vermont's Statutes.[7][8]

Darling served in the Vermont Senate again from 1919 to 1921. In 1937 he was Chairman of a commission that reviewed and recommended reforms of Vermont's court system.[9]

Darling died in Chelsea on September 18, 1940.[10] He was buried in Chelsea's Highland Cemetery.[11]

Family

In 1896, Darling married Maybelle Maud Hyde; they were the parents of four children who lived to adulthood.[12]

References

  1. ^ Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont, edited by Hiram Carleton, 1903, pages 466 to 467
  2. ^ Alumni History of the University of North Carolina, published by the university, 1924, page 152
  3. ^ Manual of the Legislature of Vermont, by Vermont General Assembly, 1904, page 123
  4. ^ Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography, edited by Prentiss Cutler Dodge, 1912, page 164
  5. ^ Biennial Report of the Board of Library Commissioners of Vermont, by Vermont Board of Library Commissioners, 1906, page 4
  6. ^ Who's Who in New England, published by A. N. Marquis, Chicago, Volume 1, 1909, page 282
  7. ^ The American Bar, by James Clark Fifield, 1918, page 671
  8. ^ Lieutenant Governors, Terms of Service Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine, Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 2011, page 2
  9. ^ Vermont Legislative Directory, published by Vermont Secretary of State, 1939, page 609
  10. ^ "Hale K. Darling Died Suddenly". The Barre Daily Times. Barre, VT. September 19, 1940. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Hale K. Darling's Funeral". The Barre Daily Times. Barre, VT. September 23, 1940. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Stone, Arthur F. (1929). The Vermont of Today. Vol. III. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 29.
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