Mortimer R. Proctor

Mortimer Robinson Proctor
66th Governor of Vermont
In office 1945–1947
Lieutenant	Lee Earl Emerson
Preceded by	William H. Wills
Succeeded by	Ernest William Gibson, Jr.
Personal details
Born	May 30, 1889(1889-05-30) Proctor, Vermont
Died	April 28, 1968(1968-04-28) (aged 78) Proctor, Vermont
Political party	Republican

Mortimer Robinson Proctor (May 30, 1889 – April 28, 1968), known as Mortimer R. Proctor, was an American politician from Vermont. He served as the 66th Governor of Vermont from 1945 to 1947, and as the 60th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1941 to 1945. He represented the town of Proctor, Vermont in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1933 to 1939 and in the Vermont State Senate from 1939 to 1940.^[1] He was speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1937 to 1939.^[2] Proctor spent his entire career in the private sector as an executive of the Vermont Marble Company, including as President from 1952 to 1958 and chairman from 1958 tp 1967.^[3]

He was the grandson of Redfield Proctor, the son of Fletcher D. Proctor, and the nephew of Redfield Proctor, Jr.. He had one son, Mortimer Robinson Proctor Jr.

Proctor graduated from Yale University in 1912.^[4]

Notes

1. ^ MR Proctor, 78, Vermont Leader (Obituary), The New York Times May 1, 1968
2. ^ MR Proctor, 78, Vermont Leader (Obituary), The New York Times May 1, 1968
3. ^ MR Proctor, 78, Vermont Leader (Obituary), The New York Times May 1, 1968
4. ^ MR Proctor, 78, Vermont Leader (Obituary), The New York Times May 1, 1968

Sources

• The Political Graveyard

External links

• Inventory of the Mortimer R. Proctor Papers, Special Collections, University of Vermont Library

Political offices
Preceded by William Henry Wills	Lieutenant Governor of Vermont 1941–1945	Succeeded by Lee Earl Emerson

Persondata
Name	Proctor, Mortimer R.
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	May 30, 1889
Place of birth	Proctor, Vermont
Date of death	April 28, 1968
Place of death	Proctor, Vermont