Leverett B. Englesby

Leverett B. Englesby (February 20, 1827 - January 27, 1881) was a Vermont lawyer and politician who served as President of the Vermont State Senate.

Leverett Brush Englesby was born in Burlington, Vermont on February 20, 1827. The son of a local bank president, he graduated from the University of Vermont in 1845, studied at Harvard Law School for a year and in a local law office, and became an attorney in Burlington.[1][2]

From 1853 to 1854 Englesby served as Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs (chief assistant) to Governor John S. Robinson.[3]

A Republican, Englesby served in several local offices, including city alderman, assessor, auditor and attorney. In 1866 he was elected a trustee of the University of Vermont, a post he continued to hold until his death. Englesby was President of the 1866 Vermont Republican Convention.[4]

Englesby was an active Mason, and was Grand Master of Vermont from 1862 to 1868.[5]

In 1863 Englesby was elected to the Vermont Senate. He served until 1865, and was Senate President from 1864 to 1865.[6] From 1867 to 1869 he served as Chittenden County State's Attorney.[7]

Englesby died in Burlington on January 27, 1881 and was buried in Burlington's Lakeview Cemetery.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Hiram Carleton, editor, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont, Volume 1, 1903, pages 264 to 265
  2. ↑ Harvard Law School, Quinquennial Catalogue of the Law School of Harvard University, 1905, page 54
  3. ↑ Vermont General Assembly, Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont, 1853, page 43
  4. ↑ New York Times, Republican State Convention -- Nominations and Resolutions, June 21, 1866
  5. ↑ Grand Lodge of Vermont, Memorial Service in Memory of Leverett B. Englesby, Past Grand Master, 1881, page 1
  6. ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, List of Vermont Senate Presidents Pro Tempore, 2011
  7. ↑ University of Vermont Alumni Association, University of Vermont Obituary Record, Volume 1, 1895, pages 89 to 90
  8. ↑ Find A Grave, Leverett B. Englesby page, accessed April 30, 2012
Political offices
Preceded by
Henry E. Stoughton		 President pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate
1864 – 1865 		Succeeded by
Worthington C. Smith
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