Porter Hinman Dale | |
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United States Senator from Vermont |
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In office November 7, 1923 – October 6, 1933 |
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Preceded by | William P. Dillingham |
Succeeded by | Ernest W. Gibson, Sr. |
Member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's 2nd district |
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In office March 4, 1915 – August 11, 1923 |
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Preceded by | Frank Plumley |
Succeeded by | Ernest W. Gibson |
Member of the Vermont Senate | |
In office 1910–1914 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Island Pond, Vermont |
March 1, 1867
Died | October 6, 1933 Westmore, Vermont |
(aged 66)
Political party | Republican |
Porter Hinman Dale (March 1, 1867 – October 6, 1933) was a member of both the United States House of Representatives and later the United States Senate from Vermont.
The son of Lieutenant Governor George N. Dale, Porter Dale was born in Island Pond, Vermont on March 1, 1867.
Dale attended public schools in his hometown and went on to study at Eastman Business College. Later he studied in Philadelphia and Boston, and he spent two years studying elocution and oratory with James Edward Murdoch, a Shakespearean scholar and actor.
Upon completion of his education, he taught school at the Green Mountain Seminary in Waterbury, Vermont, and at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Dale then studied law with his father, was admitted to the bar in 1896, and practiced in Island Pond.
Dale served as chief deputy collector of customs at Island Pond from 1897 to 1910, when he resigned and was appointed judge of the Brighton municipal court. He later served in the state militia as colonel on the staff Governor Josiah Grout, and he was also involved in the lumber, electric, and banking businesses.