Vintage “Vermont Senator" Winston L. Prouty Hand Signed TLS Dated 1961 For Sale

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Vintage “Vermont Senator" Winston L. Prouty Hand Signed TLS Dated 1961:
$34.99

Up for sale "Vermont Senator" Winston L. Prouty Signed TLS Dated 1961. There is residual glue on the

reverse of the document not affecting the signature. 

ES-6131

 Winston

Lewis Prouty (September 1,

1906 – September 10, 1971) was an American politician.

A member of the Republican Party,

he served as a United States Senator from Vermont from

1959 until his death. He was previously a member of the United

States House of Representatives, serving Vermont's At-large congressional district,

from 1951 to 1959. Winston Prouty was born in Newport, Vermont, to Willard Robert and Margaret (née Lockhart) Prouty.

His family owned Prouty & Miller Lumber Company, a lumber and building

material business. His family was also involved in politics; his father and

grandfather both served as state legislators. His uncle Charles A. Prouty was a member of the Interstate Commerce

Commission, and another uncle, George H. Prouty served as Governor of Vermont from

1908 to 1910.

Prouty received his early education at public schools in Newport, and

attended St. Paul's School in Garden City, New York and Bordentown Military

Institute in New Jersey. He then studied at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, from which he received his Bachelor of Science degree

in 1930.[6] During college, he was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity. Prouty returned to Newport and

joined his family's business, Prouty & Miller. He also served as a director

of the National Bank of Newport and Associated Industries of Vermont.Though described as shy and reticent, in part because

he was self-conscious about the loss of his right thumb in an accident at his

family's business, Prouty decided on a career in politics. A Republican, he

was a member of the Newport City Council from 1933 to 1937. He served as mayor of

Newport from 1938 to 1941. He was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1940, and served from

1941 to 1949. During his last two years in the legislature,

he served as Speaker

of the House.[5] He was an unsuccessful candidate for the

Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont in 1948, losing to Harold J. Arthur. From 1949 to 1950, he served as chairman of

the state Water Conservation Board. He was elected to the United States Senate in

1958; he reelected in 1964 and 1970 and served from January 3, 1959 until his

death. In the Senate, Prouty's committee assignments

included District of Columbia, Rules, Labor and Public Welfare, and Commerce,

in addition to the Special Committee on Aging and the Select Committee on Small

Business. Issues with which he was identified included federal aid for school

construction, federal funding of courses for students with special needs, arts

and music education, and senior citizen needs to include health care and

expansion of Social Security eligibility. In addition, he was a longtime

advocate for returning passenger rail service to Vermont. As the ranking

Republican on the District of Columbia Committee, Prouty sponsored the

legislation that created the district's Delegate to Congress. During his tenure

in the Senate, Prouty voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1960, 1964, and 1968, s well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and

the confirmation of Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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