Mortimer Proctor
| Mortimer Robinson Proctor | |
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Vermont State House portrait
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| 66th Governor of Vermont | |
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In office January 4, 1945 – January 9, 1947 |
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| Lieutenant | Lee Earl Emerson |
| Preceded by | William H. Wills |
| Succeeded by | Ernest William Gibson, Jr. |
| 61st Lieutenant Governor of Vermont | |
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In office January 9, 1941 – January 4, 1945 |
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| Governor | William H. Wills |
| Preceded by | William H. Wills |
| Succeeded by | Lee E. Emerson |
| Member of the Vermont Senate | |
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In office 1939–1941 |
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| Member of the Vermont House of Representatives | |
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In office 1933–1939 |
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| Personal details | |
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May 30, 1889 Proctor, Vermont |
| Died | April 28, 1968 (aged 78) Proctor, Vermont |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Chisholm Proctor (1897-1964) Dorothy Chisholm Lillian Washburn Bryan Proctor (1905-1961) Geraldine Gates Proctor |
| Children | Mortimer Robinson Proctor, Jr. |
| Profession | President and Chairman of the Board, Vermont Marble Company |
Mortimer Robinson Proctor (May 30, 1889 – April 28, 1968), known as Mortimer R. Proctor, was an American politician from Vermont. He served as the 61st Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1941 to 1945, and as the 66th Governor of Vermont from 1945 to 1947.
Proctor was born in Proctor, Vermont, to Fletcher Dutton Proctor, the fifty-first Governor of Vermont, and Minnie Euretta Robinson Proctor. He studied at The Hill School.He graduated from Yale University in 1912. He married first Margaret Cynthia Chisholm on May 30, 1916 in Proctor. He married second Dorothy on March 8, 1924. They divorced. He married third Lillian Washburn Bryan on November 14, 1942 in Proctor. Lillian died in 1961. At the time of his death he was married to Geraldine Gates Proctor.
Proctor was President of the Village of Proctor in 1930, and Chairman of the Town of Proctor Republican Committee in 1932. He spent his entire career in the private sector as an executive of the Vermont Marble Company, the family-owned business. He was President from 1952 to 1958 and Chairman from 1958 to 1967.
Proctor enlisted in the US Army for World War I in 1917, completed officer training and was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the 71st Regiment, serving in France throughout the war.
Proctor represented the town of Proctor, Vermont in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1933 to 1939 and was Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1937 to 1939. He served in the Vermont State Senate from 1939 to 1941, and was Senate President for his entire term.
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