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Roger William Hulburd

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Roger William Hulburd

Birth
Waterville, Lamoille County, Vermont, USA
Death
20 Nov 1944 (aged 88)
Hyde Park, Lamoille County, Vermont, USA
Burial
Hyde Park, Lamoille County, Vermont, USA Add to Map
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Vermont Lieutenant Governor. He was educated at People's Academy in Morrisville, graduated from the University of Vermont in 1882, and attended Albany Law School. Hulburd taught school and served as Principal of Lamoille Central Academy in Hyde Park before attaining admission to the bar in 1887, afterwards becoming an attorney in Hyde Park. He was also active in several businesses, including serving as a Trustee of the Lamoille County Savings Bank and President of the Hyde Park Warehouse Company. In the 1890s he also served as Hyde Park's Postmaster. A Republican, he served as Lamoille County State's Attorney from 1894 to 1896, and served in the Vermont Senate from 1896 to 1897. From 1896 to 1906 he was Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Vermont Industrial School. Hulburd served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1906 to 1908, and from 1906 to 1910 he served on the Vermont Penal Board. He was a Delegate to the Republican national conventions of 1904 and 1908. In 1916 he was elected Lieutenant Governor and served from 1917 to 1919. Hulburd was active in the Vermont Bar Association and served for several years as Chairman of the state Board of Bar Examiners. His son Benjamin N. Hulburd was also an attorney who served as Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.
Vermont Lieutenant Governor. He was educated at People's Academy in Morrisville, graduated from the University of Vermont in 1882, and attended Albany Law School. Hulburd taught school and served as Principal of Lamoille Central Academy in Hyde Park before attaining admission to the bar in 1887, afterwards becoming an attorney in Hyde Park. He was also active in several businesses, including serving as a Trustee of the Lamoille County Savings Bank and President of the Hyde Park Warehouse Company. In the 1890s he also served as Hyde Park's Postmaster. A Republican, he served as Lamoille County State's Attorney from 1894 to 1896, and served in the Vermont Senate from 1896 to 1897. From 1896 to 1906 he was Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Vermont Industrial School. Hulburd served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1906 to 1908, and from 1906 to 1910 he served on the Vermont Penal Board. He was a Delegate to the Republican national conventions of 1904 and 1908. In 1916 he was elected Lieutenant Governor and served from 1917 to 1919. Hulburd was active in the Vermont Bar Association and served for several years as Chairman of the state Board of Bar Examiners. His son Benjamin N. Hulburd was also an attorney who served as Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.


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