Henry E. Stoughton

Henry Evander Stoughton (July 23, 1815 – June 19, 1873) was an American attorney and politician who served as President of the Vermont State Senate.

Biography

Henry Evander Stoughton was born in Weathersfield, Vermont on July 23, 1815. He was the son of Thomas Potwine Stoughton and the former Susan Bradley. Crippled as a boy, he worked as a cobbler while studying law, attained admission to the bar in 1841, and practiced first in Chester, and later in Bellows Falls.[1][2]

A Democrat who advocated preservation of the union in the years preceding the Civil War, Stoughton served in the Vermont House of Representatives in 1852, and was United States Attorney for the District of Vermont from 1857 to 1860.[3] He was a Delegate to the Democratic national conventions of 1852, 1856 and 1860.[4][5][6]

Stoughton subsequently became a Republican over the issues of preservation of the union and abolition of slavery. He served in the Vermont Senate from 1862 to 1864 and was Senate President from 1863 to 1864.[7][8]

He later relocated to New York City, where he practiced law in partnership with his brother Edwin.[9]

Stoughton died in New York City on June 19, 1873.[10] He was buried at Immanuel Cemetery in Bellows Falls.[11]

Family

Henry E. Stoughton was the father of Edwin Henry Stoughton and Charles Bradley Stoughton. He was the brother of Edwin Wallace Stoughton.[10]

References
  1. Lyman Simpson Hayes, History of the Town of Rockingham, Vermont, 1907, pages 762 to 763
  2. Lewis Cass Aldrich, Frank R. Holmes, History of Windsor County, Vermont, 1891, page 190
  3. Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont Legislative Directory, 1892, page 64
  4. Democratic National Committee, National Convention Proceedings, 1852, page 18
  5. New York Enquirer, Democratic Meeting in Vermont, February 27, 1856
  6. Democratic National Committee, National Convention Proceedings, 1860 page 242
  7. Vermont General Assembly, Journal of the Senate of Vermont, 1863, pages 4, 203
  8. Vermont Archives and Records Administration Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine, Senate Presidents Pro Tempore, 2012
  9. John F. Trow Publishing (New York City), New York City Directory, entry for Henry E. Stoughton, 1872, page 1114
  10. Hayes, History of the Town of Rockingham, Vermont
  11. Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908, Rockingham, Vermont Town Clerk burial record for Henry E. Stoughton, retrieved December 12, 2013
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