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Walter K. Farnsworth
Farnsworth as Secretary of the Vermont Senate, 1903
55th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
In office
January 8, 1925 – January 6, 1927
GovernorFranklin S. Billings
Preceded byFranklin S. Billings
Succeeded byHollister Jackson
President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
In office
1923–1925
Preceded byHarvey R. Kingsley
Succeeded byEdward H. Edgerton
Member of the Vermont Senate from Chittenden County, Vermont
In office
1923–1925

Serving with Irving Smith Coburn (died January 20, 1923), Frank S. Ransom (appointed January 24, 1923), Harry M. Fay, William B. McKillip, Martin S. Vilas

Preceded byIrving Smith Coburn, William B. McKillip, Martin S. Vilas, Moses Sheldon
Succeeded byMalcolm D. Dimick, Dan Marshall Johnson, Levi P. Smith, Martin S. Vilas
Personal details
Born(1870-11-17)November 17, 1870
Windsor, Vermont
DiedAugust 2, 1929(1929-08-02) (aged 58)
Rutland, Vermont
Resting placeAscutney Cemetery, Windsor, Vermont
ProfessionAttorney

Walter Kellogg Farnsworth (November 17, 1870 – August 2, 1929) was a Vermont attorney and politician who served as the 55th lieutenant governor of Vermont.

Life and career[edit]

Farnsworth was born in Windsor, Vermont on November 17, 1870. He attended high school in Chester and Woodstock, and then studied law. He attained admission to the bar and established a practice in Rutland. Farnsworth was also a horse breeder and an active member of the Rutland County Agricultural Society.[1][2][3]

ARepublican, Farnsworth began his involvement in politics and government by serving as a Justice of the Peace and as Assistant Secretary and Secretary of the Vermont Senate in the late 1890s and early 1900s.[4][5]

Farnsworth was Judge of the Rutland City Court from 1907 to 1909. In 1908 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Secretary of State.[6][7]

In 1912 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for a seat in the United States House of Representatives.[8] Farnsworth also became involved with the Progressive Party, but later returned to the Republican fold.[9]

In 1918 he ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for Vermont Secretary of State.[10][11]

Farnsworth subsequently moved to Burlington.[12] He was elected to the Vermont Senate in 1922 and served one term, also serving as Senate President.[13][14]

In 1924 Farnsworth won election as Lieutenant Governor, and served one term, 1925 to 1927.[15][16]

Farnsworth ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1926, losing the Republican primary to John E. Weeks.[17][18][19]

Farnsworth died in Rutland on August 2, 1929.[20] He was interred at Ascutney Cemetery in Windsor, Vermont.[citation needed]

Family[edit]

Farnsworth was the son of attorney Jonathan Brewer Farnsworth and Maria Augusta (Hatch) Farnsworth.[21] Farnsworth's siblings included brothers George Henry (b. 1860), James Slayton (b. 1866), and Arthur White (b. 1872).[22] Farnsworth never married, and had no children.[23]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Manual of the Legislature of Vermont, published by Vermont General Assembly, 1904, p. 88
  • ^ Who's Who in New England, published by A. N. Marquis, Chicago, Volume 1, p. 351
  • ^ Newspaper article, Horse Shows to Aid Trotting Meetings, New York Times, November 12, 1908
  • ^ Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont, published by Vermont General Assembly, 1899, p. 6
  • ^ List of Secretaries of the Senate, published by Vermont Secretary of State, 2011
  • ^ The University of Vermont: The First Two Hundred Years, by Robert Vincent Daniels, 1991, p. 209
  • ^ Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography, compiled by Prentiss Cutler Dodge, 1912, pp. 185–186
  • ^ Vermont: The Green Mountain State, by Walter Hill Crockett, Volume 4, 1921, p. 430
  • ^ Newspaper article, Third Ticket in Vermont, New York Times, July 24, 1912
  • ^ 1918 Primary Election Results, Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont State Archives, June 9, 2006, p. 1
  • ^ Newspaper article, Clement Wins in Vermont Primaries, Boston Globe, September 11, 1918
  • ^ Vermont Year Book, Formerly Walton's Register, published by E. P. & G. S. Walton, Montpelier, 1925, p. 371
  • ^ Vermont Legislative Directory, published by Vermont General Assembly, 1923, p. 408
  • ^ List of Senate Presidents Pro Tempore, Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont State Archives, updated June 28, 2011, accessed December 26, 2011
  • ^ 1924 Primary Election Results, Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont State Archives, June 9, 2006, p. 1
  • ^ List of Lieutenant Governors, published by Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont State Archives, as of January, 2011
  • ^ 1926 Primary Election Results, Office of the Vermont Secretary of State Vermont State Archives, June 9, 2006, p. 1
  • ^ The History of Woodstock, Vermont, 1890–1983, by Peter S. Jennison, 1985, p. 103
  • ^ Newspaper article, Official Vermont Vote Tabulated, by Associated Press, Bridgeport Telegram, September 22, 1926
  • ^ Vermont Death Records, 1909–2008, Record for Walter Kellogg Farnsworth, accessed December 26, 2011
  • ^ Cutter, William Richard (1913). New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial. Vol. II. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp. 770–771.
  • ^ New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, pp. 770–771.
  • ^ "Former Lieut.-Gov. Farnsworth Dies". Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT. August 3, 1929. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Political offices
    Preceded by

    Harvey R. Kingsley

    President pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate
    1923 – 1925
    Succeeded by

    Edward H. Edgerton

    Preceded by

    Franklin S. Billings

    Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
    1925–1927
    Succeeded by

    Hollister Jackson


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