Luke Poland
| Luke Potter Poland | |
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| Member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's 2nd district |
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In office March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1875 |
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| Preceded by | Justin Smith Morrill |
| Succeeded by | Dudley C. Denison |
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In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
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| Preceded by | James M. Tyler |
| Succeeded by | William W. Grout |
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United States Senator from Vermont |
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In office November 21, 1865 – March 3, 1867 |
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| Preceded by | Jacob Collamer |
| Succeeded by | Justin S. Morrill |
| Member of the Vermont House of Representatives | |
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In office 1878 |
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November 1, 1815 Westford, Vermont, US |
| Died | July 2, 1887 (aged 71) Waterville, Vermont, US |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Martha Smith Poland Adelia Henrietta Poland |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer, Judge, Teacher, Bank president |
Luke Potter Poland (November 1, 1815 – July 2, 1887) was a United States Senator and Representative from Vermont.
Poland was born in Westford son of Luther and Nancy Potter Poland. He attended the common schools and Jericho Academy. He worked as a clerk in Waterville, worked in his father's sawmill, taught at Morrisville schools, studied law in the office of Samuel A. Willard and was admitted to the bar in December 1836. He practiced in Morrisville. In 1838 he married Martha Smith Page and they had three children. Martha died in 1853 and he married her sister, Adelia H. With his first wife, Poland's children included: Susan E. (1840-1841); Martin Luther (1841-1878), a West Point graduate and captain in the United States Army who died while on duty at Fort Yuma on the California-Arizona border; Mary Frances (1843-1865); and Isabel Emma (1848-1927), the wife of first Andrew E. Rankin, and then Henry O. Cushman.
Poland was register of probate from 1839 to 1840 and was a member of the State constitutional convention of 1843. In 1844 and 1845 he was prosecuting attorney of Lamoille County, and in 1848 he succeeded Charles Davis as an Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, a position in which he served until 1849. He served as an associate justice again from 1857 to 1860, succeeding Pierpoint Isham. In 1860, he succeeded Isaac F. Redfield as chief justice; he served until 1866, and was succeeded by John Pierpoint.
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