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Allen Miller Fletcher (September 25, 1853 – May 11, 1922) was an American politician who served as the 54th Governor of the U.S. state of Vermont from 1912 to 1915. ==Biography== Fletcher was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on September 25, 1853.〔A. N. Marquis, (Who's Who in New England ), 1915, page 412〕 The son of a successful banker whose family was originally from Proctorsville, Vermont, he was educated at Willston Seminary in East Hampton, Massachusetts and became a banker and businessman with homes in Indianapolis and New York City. In 1881 he built a summer home in Proctorsville.〔William Richard Cutter, (New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial ), Volume 3, 1914, page 1456〕 He married Mary E. Bence and they had three children.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_vermont/col2-content/main-content-list/title_fletcher_allen.html )〕 In 1899 he moved to New York City and became a member of the Stock Exchange. Six years later he retired to spend more time in Vermont. A Republican, Fletcher was a Proctorsville Village Trustee and served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1902 to 1903, the Vermont State Senate from 1904 to 1905, and the Vermont House again from 1906 to 1911.〔Vermont Historical Society, (Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society ), 1921, pages 284 to 285〕〔Chas. R. Cummings, (Allen M. Fletcher ), The Vermonter magazine, January, 1916, pages 151 to 152〕〔Prentiss Cutler Dodge, (Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography ), 1912, page 192〕〔Boston Globe, Fletcher on First Ballot, October 3, 1912〕〔Boston Globe, The Vermont Election, October 4, 1912〕 He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1908.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fletcher.html#814.19.99 )〕 In 1912, Fletcher was elected Governor, serving from 1912 to 1915. Fletcher was selected by the Vermont General Assembly after a three way race including a Progressive party nominee prevented any candidate from obtaining the popular vote majority required by the Vermont Constitution.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13149915 )〕 While in office the end of Fletcher's term was extended from October, 1914 to January, 1915 as part of changing the start and end dates of all statewide offices to January.〔Robert Sobel, John Raimo, Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Volume 4, 1978〕 After leaving the Governor's office, Fletcher returned to his business interests, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in 1916, losing to incumbent Carroll S. Page.〔Vermont State Archives, (Primary Election Results, 1916 Republican Party ), 2006, page 1〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Allen M. Fletcher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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