Background
Born in Newport on March 4, 1862, Prouty was the son of John Azro Prouty and Hannah Barker Lamb Prouty.
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George Herbert Prouty of Newport, Orleans County, Vermont was a Republican member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1896 to 1897; a member of Vermont State Senate from 1904 to 1906; the 44th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1906 to 1908; the 52nd Governor of Vermont from 1908 to 1910; and Delegate to the 1916 Republican National Convention.
Education
Educated in the public schools of Newport, Prouty attended Saint Johnsbury Academy, graduated from Boston"s Bryant & Stratton Commercial College, and was employed in the family business, Prouty and Miller, a sawmill and building supply company.
Career
William Robert Prouty was the father of Winston L. Prouty. Active in the Republican party, he served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1896 to 1897. Prouty served as Lieutenant Governor from 1906 to 1908.
Prouty was elected on the Republican ticket Governor of Vermont in 1908 and served from October 8, 1908 to October 5, 1910.
He favored employers" liability law, and during his administration, the state legislature adopted his suggestion to put the Vermont Railroad Commission under a Public Service Commission designed to supervise all public service corporations. In addition, a State Board of Education and a State Library Commission were founded.
Prouty made news when he posted bail for his chauffeur, who had been accused of striking and killing a Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec man in Burlington during celebrations for the Lake Champlain Tercentenary. During Prouty"s governorship his Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs (chief assistant) was Aaron H. Grout.
Aaron Grout was the son of former Governor Josiah Grout.
Prouty was killed in Waterville, Quebec on August 8, 1918 when his chauffeur driven car was hit by a train as he traveled from Newport to Lennoxville, Quebec to board a train he was going to take to a business meeting in Maine. He is interred at East Main Street Cemetery, Newport, Orleans County, Vermont. George Prouty"s home was commercially developed and operated for many years as the Governor Prouty Inn, and later turned into senior citizen housing called the Governor Prouty Apartments.
Membership
From 1904 to 1905 he was a member of the Vermont State Senate and served as Senate President.
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Political Party
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