Carleton G. Howe (March 4, 1898 – September 21, 1993) was a Vermont

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and politician who served as President of the

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Biography

Carleton Gibson Howe was born in

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on March 4, 1898. He was raised in Chicago, Illinois and served in the United States Navy during World War I. In 1922 Howe graduated from the University of Illinois. Howe settled in Dorset, Vermont, where he owned and operated a successful apple growing business. A Republican, Howe served in the

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from 1945 to 1947. In 1946 he won election to the Vermont Senate, where he served from 1947 to 1959. From 1955 to 1957 Howe served as Senate President. Howe ran unsuccessfully for renomination to the State Senate in 1958. Howe was a Delegate to the

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, and he was an alternate delegate in

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. In the late 1950s he served as Chairman of the Vermont Republican Party. Howe died in Manchester on September 21, 1993. His remains were cremated.Social Security Death Index, entry for Carleton G. Howe, accessed May 30, 2012

References

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