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thumb Orlando L. Martin (April 28, 1872 – May 2, 1951) was a Vermont farmer, teacher and politician who served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives. ==Biography== Orlando Lewis Martin was born in Plainfield, Vermont on April 28, 1872.〔(History of the Grange in Vermont ), by Guy Bertram Horton, 1926, page 75〕 He graduated from Goddard Seminary and became a teacher and principal in Plainfield.〔(Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography ), edited by Prentiss Cutler Dodge, 1912, page 262〕 He was superintendent of schools for several years as well as moderator, auditor and lister of Plainfield.〔 A Republican, Martin served in several town offices and was a longtime member of the Vermont State Fair Commission. From 1908 to 1909 he served in the Vermont House of Representatives.〔(Magazine article, "Let Us Get Acquainted" ), "The Vermonter" magazine, April, 1909〕〔Vermont Legislative Directory, published by Vermont Secretary of State, 1908, page 141〕 After his House term Martin served as Vermont's Commissioner of Agriculture.〔(Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont ), published by Vermont General Assembly, 1910, page 134〕 From 1915 to 1917 Martin served in the Vermont Senate.〔(Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont ), published by Vermont General Assembly, 1915, page 3〕〔American Legislative Leaders in the Northeast, 1911-1994, by James Roger Sharp and Nancy Weatherly Sharp, 2000, page 163〕 In 1923 Martin returned to the Vermont House and was elected Speaker, serving until 1925.〔Vermont Year Book, Formerly Walton's Register, by E. P. & G. S. Walton (Montpelier), 1925, page 371〕 In 1938 Martin was elected Washington County Assistant Judge, and he served from 1939 until his death.〔(Speakers of the Vermont House of Representatives since 1870 ), by Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 2009, page 5〕 Martin also served as Master of the National Grange and President of the National Grange Fire Insurance Company of Keene, New Hampshire.〔Cyclopedia of Insurance in the United States, 1952, page 957〕〔Best's Insurance Reports, by A.M. Best Company, 1951, page 382〕 In 1895, he married Alice Glee Kent of Calais, Vermont. They had one daughter, Fanny.〔Prentiss Cutler Dodge (1912) ''Vermont Biography'', Ullery Publishing Company, Burlington, Vermont〕 Martin was a Universalist.〔 Judge Martin died in Montpelier, Vermont on May 2, 1951.〔Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, record for Orlando Lewis Martin, accessed on Ancestry.com, February 15, 2012〕 He was buried at Plainmont Cemetery in North Montpelier.〔, retrieved January 2, 2014〕 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「Orlando L. Martin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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