Fred A. Howland

Fred A. Howland (November 10, 1864 -- March 30, 1953) was a Vermont attorney, businessman, and Republican politician. He served as Secretary of State of Vermont and president of the National Life Insurance Company.

Fred Arthur Howland was born in Franconia, New Hampshire on November 10, 1864. His father, Moses Nathan Howland (1833-1906) was a dentist, and his mother Sylvia Ann Shipman Howland (1841-1901) was a sister of Mary Ellen Shipman (1846—1893), the wife of William P. Dillingham. Fred Howland was educated in New Hampshire, and graduated from Phillips Andover Academy in 1883. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1887, studied law with Dillingham, and was admitted to the bar in 1890.

When Dillingham served as Governor of Vermont from 1888 to 1890, Howland was his Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs (chief assistant); Howland succeeded Fletcher D. Proctor, who had held this post during the administration of Ebenezer J. Ormsbee. Howland served as second assistant clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives during the 1890 legislative session.

After attaining admission to the bar, Howland practiced in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but he soon returned to New Hampshire to become the partner of Ossian Ray in Lancaster. After Ray died in January 1892, Howland joined the Montpelier, Vermont firm of Dillingham and Hiram A. Huse; when he became a partner, the firm was renamed Dillingham, Huse & Howland.

During the 1892 and 1894 legislative sessions, Howland was first assistant clerk of the Vermont House. During the 1896 session, he served as Clerk of the House, succeeding John H. Merrifield. He was succeeded as clerk by Thomas C. Cheney. In 1896 he was elected state's attorney of Washington County, succeeding Zed S. Stanton; he served until 1898.

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