Leighton P. Slack

Leighton P. Slack

Leighton P. Slack (June 18, 1867–March 31, 1938) was a Vermont attorney and judge. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1910 to 1912 and as a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1914 until his death.

Biography

Leighton Prosper Slack was born in Woodstock, Vermont on June 18, 1867.[1][2] He graduated from Ludlow's Black River Academy and taught school while studying law.[3]

Slack attained admission to the bar in 1892, and began to practice, first in Barre, and then in St. Johnsbury.[4]

A Republican, Slack served as St Johnsbury's Village President, Caledonia County State's Attorney from 1898 to 1900 and a member of the Vermont Senate from 1904 to 1905.[5]

In 1910 Slack won election as Lieutenant Governor, serving from 1910 to 1912.[6][7][8][9]

In 1914 he was appointed an Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, and he relocated to Montpelier. Slack served on the court until his death.[10][11][12]

During World War I Slack served as Chairman of Vermont's Committee on Public Safety, a board convened by the Governor to mobilize Vermont citizens and materiel for the war effort.[13][14][15]

Slack was active in the Vermont and American Bar Associations and the Vermont Historical Society.[16][17][18][19]

Justice Slack died in Montpelier on March 31, 1938.[20][21][22] He was buried at Durant Cemetery in Cabot.[23]

References

  1. ↑ The Fulham Genealogy, by Volney Sewall Fulham, 1910, page 56
  2. ↑ Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties, Vermont, by William Hartley Jeffrey, 1904, pages 50 to 52
  3. ↑ Manual of the Legislature of Vermont, published by Vermont Watchman Co., Montpelier, 1904, page 78
  4. ↑ Who's Who in New England, edited by A. N. Marquis, 1916, page 978
  5. ↑ Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography, edited by Prentiss Cutler Dodge, 1912, page 313
  6. ↑ Vermont, Its Government, by Walter J. Bigelow, 1919, page 14
  7. ↑ Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont, published by St. Albans Messenger Co., 1899, page 503
  8. ↑ Vermont Legislative Directory, published by Vermont Secretary of State, 1937, page 191
  9. ↑ Lieutenant Governors, Terms of Service, published by Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 2011, page 2
  10. ↑ Vermont Legislative Directory, published by Vermont Secretary of State, 1931, page 550
  11. ↑ Vermont Legislative Directory, published by Vermont Secretary of State, 1933, page 566
  12. ↑ Justices of the Vermont Supreme Court, 1778 to Present, Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 2011, pages 13 to 16
  13. ↑ Annual Report, published by United States Council of National Defense, Volume 3, 1919, page 132
  14. ↑ Newspaper article, Vermont Governor Heads Welcoming Delegation, Boston Globe, April 13, 1919
  15. ↑ Vermont in the World War, 1917-1919, edited by John T. Cushing and Harold Pearl Sheldon, 1928, page 468
  16. ↑ American Bar Association Journal, published by American Bar Association, Volume 4, 1918, page 544
  17. ↑ Report of Proceedings of the Annual Meeting], published by Vermont Bar Association, 1938, page 36
  18. ↑ Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society, published by the society, 1899, page 112
  19. ↑ Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society, published by the society, 1938, page C-61
  20. ↑ Newspaper article, Leighton P. Slack, Jurist, Dies at 70, New York Times, April 3, 1938
  21. ↑ Newspaper article, Leighton P. Slack Dies in Montpelier, North Adams Transcript, April 2, 1938
  22. ↑ Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, record for Leighton Prosper Slack, accessed December 29, 2011
  23. ↑ Gravestone photographs by contributor Bill McKern, Leighton P. Slack page, Find A Grave web site, September 4, 2010
Political offices
Preceded by
John A. Mead		 Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
1910–1912 		Succeeded by
Frank E. Howe