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Biography [ edit ]
Thomas E. Powers was born in Woodstock, Vermont on November 14, 1808. He attended Castleton Medical College for two years before continuing to study at Dartmouth College , from which he graduated in 1827.[1]
Powers practiced in Hartland and Woodstock before abandoning medicine for other pursuits. Active in politics as a Whig and an advocate of the Temperance movement, Powers edited newspapers dedicated to both causes.[2]
From 1846 to 1849, Powers served as Assistant Secretary of the Vermont Senate .[3]
Powers served several terms in the Vermont House of Representatives in the 1850s, and was Speaker from 1850 to 1853.[4]
In 1857, Powers was appointed superintendent of the construction of the Vermont State House , erecting the current building to replace one destroyed by fire.[5]
Powers served in the Vermont Senate during the American Civil War , and was appointed President pro tempore in 1861.[6]
In 1862, Powers was appointed federal revenue assessor for southern Vermont, and he served until 1871.[7]
Powers died in Woodstock on December 27, 1876. He was buried in Woodstock's River Street Cemetery.[8]
The Thomas E. Powers House at 2 Church Street in Woodstock was built in 1825. As of 2011 the St. James Episcopal Church of Woodstock was considering purchasing it for use as a rectory .[9]
References [ edit ]
^ Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windsor County, Vt., for 1883-84 , by Hamilton Child, Volume 1, 1884, page 50
^ Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont , published by Vermont General Assembly, 1848, page 4
^ List of Speakers of the Vermont House of Representatives Archived 2012-07-20 at archive.today , published by Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 2012
^ Journal of the House of the State of Vermont , published by Vermont General Assembly, 1867, page 46
^ Clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives (2011). "List of Presidents pro tempore of the Vermont Senate" . leg.state.vt.us . Montpelier, VT: Vermont General Assembly. Retrieved March 31, 2018 .
^ Reports of Committees of the House of Representatives , published by U.S. Government Printing Office, 1868, page 216
^ History of Woodstock, Vt. , by Henry Swan Dana, 1889, pages 359 to 360
^ Profile, St. James Episcopal Church , published by the church, 2011, page 17
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