Charles Albert Plumley
Member of the
United States House of Representatives
from Vermont's At-large district
In office
January 16, 1934 – January 3, 1951
Preceded byErnest Willard Gibson
Succeeded byWinston L. Prouty
Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office
1912–1915
Preceded byFrank E. Howe
Succeeded byJohn E. Weeks
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office
1912–1915
Personal details
Born(1875-04-14)April 14, 1875
Northfield, Vermont, US
DiedOctober 31, 1964(1964-10-31) (aged 89)
Barre, Vermont, US
Political partyRepublican
SpouseEmilie Adele Stevens Plumley
ChildrenAllan R. Plumley, Fletcher D.P. Plumley and Evelyn Stevens Plumley Adams
ProfessionPolitician, Lawyer

Charles Albert Plumley (April 14, 1875 – October 31, 1964) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a Republican U.S. Representative from Vermont, and was the son of U.S. Representative Frank Plumley.[1]

Biography

Plumley was born in Northfield, Washington County, Vermont, to Frank Plumley and Lavinia Fletcher Plumley.[2] He attended Northfield High School. In 1896 he graduated from Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont with a Bachelor of Arts, and he received his Master of Arts degree from Norwich in 1899. Plumley also received several honorary degrees, including an LL.D. (1921) and Doctor of Letters (1947) from Norwich, and LL.D. degrees from Middlebury College (1922), Boston University (1940), and the University of Vermont (1941).[3]

Plumley served as an assistant secretary of the Vermont State Senate in 1894.[4] He was principal and superintendent of the Northfield grade school and Northfield High School from 1896 to 1900.[5] He was a captain in the Vermont National Guard in 1901, and a colonel in the Officers’ Reserve Corps.[6]

He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1903; beginning the practice of law in Nortfield. He served as Secretary of the French-Venezuela Mixed Commission in 1906. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1912 to 1915, serving as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1912 to 1915[7] and as Commissioner of Taxes for the State of Vermont from 1912 to 1919.

Plumley was general counsel and tax attorney for a rubber company in Akron, Ohio, from 1919 to 1920. He then practiced law in partnership with his father and Murdock A. Campbell.[8] He also served as president of Norwich University from 1920 to 1934, and as reading clerk of the Republican National Conventions in 1936 and 1940.[9] He was also involved in the banking industry.

In 1934 Plumley was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Ernest W. Gibson. Plumley was reelected to the Seventy-fourth and to the seven succeeding Congresses, serving from January 16, 1934, to January 3, 1951, as U.S. Representative from Vermont (at-large).[10] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1950. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law in Northfield, Vermont.

Family life

Plumley was married to Emilie Adele Stevens Plumley in 1900 and they had three children together, Allan R. Plumley, Fletcher D. P. Plumley (named for Governor Fletcher Dutton Proctor) and Evelyn Stevens Plumley Adams. Plumley's father was U.S. Representative Frank Plumley.[11]

Death and legacy

Plumley died on October 31, 1964, in Barre, Vermont. He is interred at Mount Hope Cemetery in Northfield, Vermont.[12]

Plumley Armory on the campus of Norwich University was named after Plumley in 1962. The armory houses military and athletic facilities, and was built in 1929.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Plumley, Frank (1844-1924)". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  2. ^ "Plumley, Charles Albert (1875-1964)". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "Building Information". Norwich University. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  4. ^ Vermont. General Assembly. Senate (1895). Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont. Vermont. General Assembly. Senate. pp. 5. charles plumley assistant secretary of the Vermont State Senate.
  5. ^ "Plumley, Charles A., 1875-1964". Norwich University Archives & Special Collections. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  6. ^ "Building Information". Norwich University. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  7. ^ "Speakers of the House". Vermont Office of the Secretary of the State. Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  8. ^ Vermont Historical Society, Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society, 1926, page 267
  9. ^ "PLUMLEY, Charles Albert, (1875 - 1964)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  10. ^ "Rep. Charles Plumley". govtrack.us. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  11. ^ "Plumley, Frank (1844-1924)". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  12. ^ US House of Representatives
  13. ^ "Building Information". Norwich University. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.

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U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byErnest W. Gibson Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's at-large congressional district January 16, 1934 – January 3, 1951 Succeeded byWinston L. Prouty
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