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John Garibaldi Sargent (October 13, 1860March 5, 1939) was an American lawyer and government official. He served as United States Attorney General during the administration of President Calvin Coolidge. ==Biography== John G. Sargent was born in Ludlow, Vermont on October 13, 1860, the son of John Henmon Sargent and Ann Eliza Hanley.〔Volney Sewall Fulham, (The Fulham Genealogy ), 1910, page 260〕 He graduated from Black River Academy, and received his degree from Tufts College in 1887.〔E. Thompson Company, (Law Notes ), Volume 29, 1925, page 16〕〔Funk & Wagnalls, (The Literary Digest ), Volume 75, 1925, page 44〕 Sargent was married to the former Mary Lorraine Gordon on August 4, 1887.〔William Henry Smith, (History of the Cabinet of the United States of America ), 1925, pages 355-356〕 They had a daughter, Gladys Gordon Sargent.〔Robert I. Vexler, (The Vice-Presidents and Cabinet Members ), Volume 2, 1975, page 544〕 Sargent studied law at a firm in Ludlow, was admitted to the bar in 1890, and became a partner in the firm of William W. Stickney, a cousin of Calvin Coolidge.〔James Terry White, (The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography ), Volume 25, 1967, page 337〕 In addition to practicing law, Sargent was active in the insurance business, served as President of the Ludlow Savings Bank, and was a member of the board of directors of several railroads and other corporations.〔Vexler, The Vice-Presidents and Cabinet Members〕〔Standard Publishing, The Standard〕〔Boston and Maine Railroad, (Annual Report ), 1919, page 4〕 A Republican, he served as Windsor County State's Attorney from 1898 to 1900.〔William Richard Cutter, (American Biography: A New Cyclopedia ), Volume 24, 1926, page 137〕 Sargent was Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs (chief assistant) for Stickney during Stickney's term as Governor of Vermont from 1900 to 1902.〔Robert Sobel, (Biographical Directory of the United States Executive Branch, 1774-1989 ), 1990, page 320〕 From 1908 to 1912 Sargent was Vermont Attorney General.〔Vermont Attorney General, (Past Vermont Attorneys General ), retrieved January 31, 2014〕 In 1912, Sargent received an honorary master's degree from Tufts.〔Vermont Bar Association, (Report of Proceedings of the Annual Meeting ), Volume 33, 1939, page 39〕〔The Green Bag magazine, (The Academic Roll of Honor ), July 1912, page 375〕 In 1925, President Coolidge's nominee for Attorney General, Charles B. Warren, was rejected by the United States Senate.〔Joseph Pratt Harris, (The Advice and Consent of the Senate ), 1953, page 260〕 Coolidge then nominated Sargent, whom he had known since childhood.〔Federal Writers' Project, (Vermont; a Guide to the Green Mountain State ), 1934, page 255〕 Sargent was confirmed unanimously, and served until March 4, 1929.〔Meenekshi Bose, Rosanna Perotti, editors, (From Cold War to New World Order: The Foreign Policy of George H.W. Bush ), 2002, page 373〕〔Phyllis Raybin Emert, (Attorneys General: Enforcing the Law ), 2005, page 155〕 After the leaving office, Sargent returned to practicing law. He was also Chairman of the Vermont Commission on Uniform State Laws, and a trustee of the Black River Academy.〔Standard Publishing, (The Standard ), Volume 124, 1939, page 292〕〔U.S. Government Printing Office, (Congressional Record ), 1929, page 3817〕 Sargent died in Ludlow on March 5, 1939, and was buried at the Pleasant View Cemetery in Ludlow, Vermont.〔Newsweek magazine, (Deaths: John G. Sargent ), Volume 13, 1939, page 57〕〔, retrieved January 31, 2014〕 John G. Sargent's honors included honorary LL.D. degrees from Tufts, Norwich University, Middlebury College, and Dartmouth College.〔George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken, editors, (The American Mercury ), Volume 12, 1927, page 477〕 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「John G. Sargent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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