Frank E. Howe

Frank E. Howe
From the August 1905 edition of The Vermonter magazine
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
In office
1912–1915
Preceded byLeighton P. Slack
Succeeded byHale K. Darling
Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office
1910–1912
Preceded byThomas C. Cheney
Succeeded byCharles Albert Plumley
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Bennington
In office
1908–1912
Preceded byRobert Shields Drysdale
Succeeded byFred C. Martin
Personal details
Born(1870-10-02)October 2, 1870
Heath, Massachusetts, US
DiedJuly 20, 1956(1956-07-20) (aged 85)
Bennington, Vermont, US
Resting placePark Lawn Cemetery, Bennington, Vermont
Political partyRepublican
SpouseFlora May Cummings (m. 1895)
Children2
OccupationNewspaper publisher

Frank Edmund Howe (October 2, 1870 – July 20, 1956) was a Vermont newspaperman and politician who served as the 49th lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1912 to 1915.

Biography

Frank Edmund Howe, nicknamed "Ginger" was born in Heath, Massachusetts on October 2, 1870 to Edmund Perry Howe and Laura A. (Worden) Howe. He was the great grandson of Gardner Howe, an early settler in Vermont and soldier in the Revolution, and he was a direct descendant of John Howe (1602-1680) who arrived in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 from Brinklow, Warwickshire, England. Howe was also a descendant of Edmund Rice another early immigrant to Massachusetts.[1][2][3]

From 1912's Encyclopedia, Vermont Biography

He was raised and educated in Brattleboro, Vermont, attended West Brattleboro Academy, and trained as a printer.[4] On October 2, 1895, he married Flora May Cummings.[2] Howe worked as a reporter for newspapers in Vermont, New York and Florida before buying two Bennington, Vermont weeklies in 1902 and merging them to form the daily Bennington Banner, of which he was publisher and editor.[5]

A Republican, Howe served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1908 to 1912, and was Speaker from 1910 to 1912. He was a Republican presidential elector in 1908.[4][6][7][8]

In 1912 Howe was elected lieutenant governor, serving until 1915. The end of Howe's term was extended from October, 1914 to January, 1915 in order for his successor's term to start in January. This extension was in keeping with a law changing the start date of Vermont's state legislative sessions and the start of the terms for all statewide office holders to January.[9] He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for governor in 1914 and 1918, afterwards resuming management of his newspaper.[10]

Howe died in Bennington on July 20, 1956.[11][12][13] He is buried at Park Lawn Cemetery in Bennington.[14][15][16]

References

  1. ^ Newspaper editorial, Frank E. Howe, Bennington Banner, July 28, 1956
  2. ^ a b "Frank E. Howe in Howe Family of Massachusetts". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  3. ^ Edmund Rice (1638) Association, 2011. Descendants of Edmund Rice: The First Nine Generations, Edmund Rice (1638) Association. (CD-ROM)
  4. ^ a b Newspaper article, Frank E. Howe, Banner Owner, Esteemed Vermonter, Dies, Bennington Banner, 1912, July 20, 1956
  5. ^ Who's Who in New England, published by A. N. Marquis, Volume 1, 1909, page 506
  6. ^ Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography, edited by Prentiss Cutler Dodge, page 229
  7. ^ Herringshaw's American Statesman and Public Official Yearbook, compiled by Thomas William Herringshaw, 1914, page 530
  8. ^ General Election Results, Vermont Lieutenant Governor Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 2011, page 17
  9. ^ The Geography, History, Constitution and Civil Government of Vermont, by Edward Conant and Mason Sereno Stone, 1915, page 321
  10. ^ 1918 Primary Election results Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine, Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont State Archives, June 9, 2006, page 1
  11. ^ Newspaper article, Frank Howe Dies; Vermont News Dean, Troy Record, July 21, 1956
  12. ^ Newspaper article, Frank E. Howe, 85; Bennington Editor Served State, by United Press International, published in Berkshire Eagle, July 21, 1956
  13. ^ Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, entry for Frank Edmund Howe, accessed December 27, 2011
  14. ^ Newspaper article, Services for Frank E. Howe Are Sunday, Bennington Banner, July 21, 1956
  15. ^ Newspaper article, Services Held Sunday for Frank E. Howe, Bennington Banner, July 23, 1956
  16. ^ Newspaper article, Conduct Service at Bennington for Frank Howe, Troy Record, July 23, 1956
Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
1912 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
1910–1912 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
1912–1915 		Succeeded by