Ernest W. Dunklee

Ernest W. Dunklee (November 29, 1890 – October 25, 1974) was a Vermont farmer and politician who served as President of the Vermont State Senate.

Biography

Ernest Walter Dunklee was born in Vernon, Vermont on November 29, 1890.[1][2] He attended school in Vernon and graduated from Mount Hermon Boys' School, afterwards operating a farm in Vernon.[3] In 1904 he served as a page in the Vermont Senate.[4]

A Republican, Dunklee served in local offices including town lister.[5]

Dunklee served four terms in the Vermont House of Representatives: 1919 to 1921, 1923 to 1925, and 1933 to 1937.[6] From 1925 to 1927 Dunklee served in the Vermont Senate.[7]

Dunklee was again elected to the Vermont Senate in 1936. He served two terms, 1937 to 1941. From 1937 to 1939 he served as Senate President.[8][9]

Ernest W. Dunklee died in Vernon on October 25, 1974.[10] He is buried in Vernon's Tyler Cemetery.[11]

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References
  1. U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918, entry for Ernest Walter Dunklee, accessed July 5, 2012
  2. U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, entry for Ernest Walter Dunklee, accessed July 5, 2012
  3. Walter J. Bigelow, Vermont: Its Government, 1919, page 126
  4. Vermont Secretary of State, Legislative Directory, 1904, page 89
  5. Vermont Secretary of State, Legislative Directory, 1919, page 551
  6. Vermont Secretary of State, Legislative Directory, 1937, page 463
  7. Vermont Secretary of State, Legislative Directory, 1935, page 488
  8. Vermont State Archives and Records Administration Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Presidents Pro Tempore of the Vermont Senate Since 1870, 2011, page 5
  9. Associated Press, Vermont Legislature Opens Sessions Today, Lewiston Sun, January 6, 1937
  10. Social Security Death Index, entry for Ernest W. Dunklee, accessed July 5, 2012
  11. Vermont Death Records, 1909–2008, entry for Ernest W. Dunklee, accessed July 5, 2012
Political offices
Preceded by
William H. Wills		 President pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate
1937–1939		 Succeeded by
Mortimer R. Proctor
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