John G. Sargent was born in Ludlow, Vermont on October 13, 1860, the son of John Henmon Sargent and Ann Eliza Hanley.[1] He graduated from Black River Academy, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts College in 1887.[2][3] Sargent was married to the former Mary Lorraine Gordon on August 4, 1887.[4] They had a daughter, Gladys Gordon Sargent.[5]
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.[9][10][11]
After the leaving office, Sargent returned to practicing law; he brought into the firm as a partner Paul A. Chase, who had served as his special assistant while he was U.S. Attorney General.[21] He was also Chairman of the Vermont Commission on Uniform State Laws, and a trustee of the Black River Academy.[22][23]
Sargent died in Ludlow on March 5, 1939, and was buried at the Pleasant View Cemetery in Ludlow, Vermont.[24]
^"Chase Leaves Office of Attorney General to Join Sargent Firm". Hartford Courant. Hartford, VT. Associated Press. July 2, 1930. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
^Standard Publishing, The Standard, Volume 124, 1939, page 292
^U.S. Government Printing Office, Congressional Record, 1929, page 3817
^Newsweek magazine, Deaths: John G. Sargent, Volume 13, 1939, page 57
^George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken, editors, The American Mercury, Volume 12, 1927, page 477
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For other people with the same name see John Sargent disambiguation John Garibaldi Sargent October 13 1860 March 5 1939 was an American lawyer and government official He served as United States Attorney General during the administration of President Calvin Coolidge John Sargent53rd United States Attorney GeneralIn office March 7 1925 March 4 1929PresidentCalvin CoolidgePreceded byHarlan StoneSucceeded byWilliam MitchellAttorney General of VermontIn office October 8 1908 October 3 1912GovernorGeorge H ProutyJohn A MeadPreceded byClarke C FittsSucceeded byRufus E BrownPersonal detailsBornJohn Garibaldi Sargent 1860 10 13 October 13 1860Ludlow Vermont U S DiedMarch 5 1939 1939 03 05 aged 78 Ludlow Vermont U S Political partyRepublicanSpouseMary GordonChildren1EducationTufts University BA Biography editJohn G Sargent was born in Ludlow Vermont on October 13 1860 the son of John Henmon Sargent and Ann Eliza Hanley 1 He graduated from Black River Academy and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts College in 1887 2 3 Sargent was married to the former Mary Lorraine Gordon on August 4 1887 4 They had a daughter Gladys Gordon Sargent 5 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 6 Among the prospective attorneys who studied under Sargent and Stickney were Julius A Willcox who later served as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court 7 and Joseph F Radigan who served as Vermont s United States Attorney from 1961 to 1969 8 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 9 10 11 A Republican he served as Windsor County State s Attorney from 1898 to 1900 12 Sargent was Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs chief assistant for Stickney during Stickney s term as Governor of Vermont from 1900 to 1902 13 From 1908 to 1912 Sargent was Vermont Attorney General 14 In 1912 Sargent received an honorary master s degree from Tufts 15 16 In 1925 President Coolidge s nominee for Attorney General Charles B Warren was rejected by the United States Senate 17 Coolidge then nominated Sargent whom he had known since childhood 18 Sargent was confirmed unanimously and served until March 4 1929 19 20 After the leaving office Sargent returned to practicing law he brought into the firm as a partner Paul A Chase who had served as his special assistant while he was U S Attorney General 21 He was also Chairman of the Vermont Commission on Uniform State Laws and a trustee of the Black River Academy 22 23 Sargent died in Ludlow on March 5 1939 and was buried at the Pleasant View Cemetery in Ludlow Vermont 24 John G Sargent s honors included honorary LL D degrees from Tufts Norwich University Middlebury College and Dartmouth College 25 References edit Volney Sewall Fulham The Fulham Genealogy 1910 page 260 E Thompson Company Law Notes Volume 29 1925 page 16 Funk amp Wagnalls The Literary Digest Volume 75 1925 page 44 William Henry Smith History of the Cabinet of the United States of America 1925 pages 355 356 Robert I Vexler The Vice Presidents and Cabinet Members Volume 2 1975 page 544 James Terry White The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography Volume 25 1967 page 337 Bigelow Walter J 1919 Vermont Its Government Montpelier VT Historical Publishing Company p 138 Radigan Out for House Rutland Herald Rutland VT July 25 1956 p 13 via Newspapers com Vexler The Vice Presidents and Cabinet Members Standard Publishing The Standard Boston and Maine Railroad Annual Report 1919 page 4 William Richard Cutter American Biography A New Cyclopedia Volume 24 1926 page 137 Robert Sobel Biographical Directory of the United States Executive Branch 1774 1989 1990 page 320 Vermont Attorney General Past Vermont Attorneys General Archived 2012 05 19 at the Wayback Machine retrieved January 31 2014 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 Joseph Pratt Harris The Advice and Consent of the Senate 1953 page 260 Federal Writers Project Vermont a Guide to the Green Mountain State 1934 page 255 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 Chase Leaves Office of Attorney General to Join Sargent Firm Hartford Courant Hartford VT Associated Press July 2 1930 p 24 via Newspapers com Standard Publishing The Standard Volume 124 1939 page 292 U S Government Printing Office Congressional Record 1929 page 3817 Newsweek magazine Deaths John G Sargent Volume 13 1939 page 57 George Jean Nathan Henry Louis Mencken editors The American Mercury Volume 12 1927 page 477External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to 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