Hale K. Darling

Hale K. Darling
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
In office
1915–1917
Preceded byFrank E. Howe
Succeeded byRoger W. Hulburd
Member of the Vermont Senate from Orange County
In office
1919–1921
Preceded byFred W. Preston
Succeeded byJohn C. Sherburne
In office
1912–1914
Preceded byLewis M. Seaver, Benjamin B. Scribner
Succeeded byDavid S. Conant
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Chelsea
In office
1904–1908
Preceded byHiram N. Mattison
Succeeded byNo choice
State's Attorney of Orange County, Vermont
In office
1896–1900
Preceded byDaniel C. Hyde
Succeeded byDavid S. Conant
Personal details
Born(1869-01-26)January 26, 1869
Corinth, Vermont, US
DiedSeptember 18, 1940(1940-09-18) (aged 71)
Chelsea, Vermont, US
Resting placeHighland Cemetery, Chelsea, Vermont
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMaybelle Maud Hyde (m. 1896)
Children4
EducationUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
ProfessionAttorney

Hale Knight Darling (January 26, 1869 – September 18, 1940) was a Vermont attorney and politician who served as the state's 50th lieutenant governor from 1915 to 1917.

Biography

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Hale Knight Darling was born in Corinth, Vermont, on January 26, 1869.[1] He was employed in Massachusetts by the Fitchburg Railroad and worked as a reporter on the Fitchburg Daily Sentinel before studying law at the University of North Carolina. He was admitted to the bar in 1894, and established a practice in Chelsea, Vermont.[2]

A Republican, Darling was Orange County State's Attorney from 1896 to 1900, a member of the Vermont Board of Bar Examiners from 1901 to 1903, and Clerk of the Orange County Court from 1905 to 1921.[3][4]

Darling served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1904 to 1908. In 1905 he was appointed Chairman of the Vermont Library Commission, and from 1905 to 1907 he was a member of the Commission to revise Vermont's Statutes. He served in the Vermont Senate from 1912 to 1914.[5][6]

In 1914 he was elected Lieutenant Governor and served from 1915 to 1917, also serving again as a member of the Commission to Revise Vermont's Statutes.[7][8]

Darling served in the Vermont Senate again from 1919 to 1921. In 1937 he was Chairman of a commission that reviewed and recommended reforms of Vermont's court system.[9]

Darling died in Chelsea on September 18, 1940.[10] He was buried in Chelsea's Highland Cemetery.[11]

Family

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In 1896, Darling married Maybelle Maud Hyde; they were the parents of four children who lived to adulthood.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont, edited by Hiram Carleton, 1903, pages 466 to 467
  2. ^ Alumni History of the University of North Carolina, published by the university, 1924, page 152
  3. ^ Manual of the Legislature of Vermont, by Vermont General Assembly, 1904, page 123
  4. ^ Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography, edited by Prentiss Cutler Dodge, 1912, page 164
  5. ^ Biennial Report of the Board of Library Commissioners of Vermont, by Vermont Board of Library Commissioners, 1906, page 4
  6. ^ Who's Who in New England, published by A. N. Marquis, Chicago, Volume 1, 1909, page 282
  7. ^ The American Bar, by James Clark Fifield, 1918, page 671
  8. ^ Lieutenant Governors, Terms of Service Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine, Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 2011, page 2
  9. ^ Vermont Legislative Directory, published by Vermont Secretary of State, 1939, page 609
  10. ^ "Hale K. Darling Died Suddenly". The Barre Daily Times. Barre, VT. September 19, 1940. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Hale K. Darling's Funeral". The Barre Daily Times. Barre, VT. September 23, 1940. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Stone, Arthur F. (1929). The Vermont of Today. Vol. III. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 29.
Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
1914
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
1915–1917
Succeeded by