Hale K. Darling | |
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Lieutenant Governor of Vermont | |
In office 1915–1917 | |
Preceded by | Frank E. Howe |
Succeeded by | Roger W. Hulburd |
Member of the Vermont Senate from Orange County | |
In office 1919–1921 | |
Preceded by | Fred W. Preston |
Succeeded by | John C. Sherburne |
In office 1912–1914 | |
Preceded by | Lewis M. Seaver, Benjamin B. Scribner |
Succeeded by | David S. Conant |
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Chelsea | |
In office 1904–1908 | |
Preceded by | Hiram N. Mattison |
Succeeded by | No choice |
State's Attorney of Orange County, Vermont | |
In office 1896–1900 | |
Preceded by | Daniel C. Hyde |
Succeeded by | David S. Conant |
Personal details | |
Born | Corinth, Vermont | January 26, 1869
Died | September 18, 1940 Chelsea, Vermont | (aged 71)
Resting place | Highland Cemetery, Chelsea, Vermont |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Maybelle Maud Hyde (m. 1896) |
Children | 4 |
Education | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Profession | Attorney |
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.
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]
In 1896, Darling married Maybelle Maud Hyde; they were the parents of four children who lived to adulthood.[12]