Ernest W. Dunklee
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2017}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name = Ernest W. Dunklee
|image = Ernest W. Dunklee.jpg
|birth_date = November 29, 1890
|birth_place = Vernon, Vermont, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|October 25, 1974|November 29, 1890}}
|death_place = Vernon, Vermont
|party = Republican
|title1 = Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
|term_start1 = 1919
|term_end1 = 1921
|term_start2 = 1923
|term_end2 = 1925
|term_start3 = 1933
|term_end3 = 1937
|occupation = Farmer, politician
|title4 = Member of the Vermont State Senate
|term_start4 = 1925
|term_end4 = 1927
|term_start5 = 1939
|term_end5 = 1941
|title6 = President of the Vermont State Senate
|term_start6 = 1937
|term_end6 = 1939
|resting_place = Tyler Cemetery, Vernon
}}
Ernest W. Dunklee (November 29, 1890 – October 25, 1974) was a Vermont farmer and politician who served as President of the Vermont State Senate.
Biography
Ernest Walter Dunklee was born in Vernon, Vermont on November 29, 1890.U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918, entry for Ernest Walter Dunklee, accessed July 5, 2012U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, entry for Ernest Walter Dunklee, accessed July 5, 2012 He attended school in Vernon and graduated from Mount Hermon Boys' School, afterwards operating a farm in Vernon.[https://books.google.com/books?id=x0kjAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Ernest+W.+Dunklee%22&pg=PA126 Walter J. Bigelow], Vermont: Its Government, 1919, page 126 In 1904 he served as a page in the Vermont Senate.[https://books.google.com/books?id=rc-iAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Ernest+W.+Dunklee%22&pg=PA89 Vermont Secretary of State], Legislative Directory, 1904, page 89
A Republican, Dunklee served in local offices including town lister.[https://books.google.com/books?id=YDtAAAAAYAAJ&q=%22ernest+walter+dunklee%22 Vermont Secretary of State], Legislative Directory, 1919, page 551
Dunklee served four terms in the Vermont House of Representatives: 1919 to 1921, 1923 to 1925, and 1933 to 1937.Vermont Secretary of State, Legislative Directory, 1937, page 463 From 1925 to 1927 Dunklee served in the Vermont Senate.Vermont Secretary of State, Legislative Directory, 1935, page 488
Dunklee was again elected to the Vermont Senate in 1936. He served two terms, 1937 to 1941. From 1937 to 1939 he served as Senate President.[http://vermont-archives.org/govhistory/Officials/PDF/PresProTempore.pdf Vermont State Archives and Records Administration] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415001559/http://vermont-archives.org/govhistory/Officials/PDF/PresProTempore.pdf |date=April 15, 2012 }}, Presidents Pro Tempore of the Vermont Senate Since 1870, 2011, page 5[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19370106&id=sMYgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=omoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3769,304078 Associated Press], Vermont Legislature Opens Sessions Today, Lewiston Sun, January 6, 1937
Ernest W. Dunklee died in Vernon on October 25, 1974.Social Security Death Index, entry for Ernest W. Dunklee, accessed July 5, 2012 He is buried in Vernon's Tyler Cemetery.Vermont Death Records, 1909–2008, entry for Ernest W. Dunklee, accessed July 5, 2012
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Category:People from Vernon, Vermont
Category:Republican Party members of the Vermont House of Representatives
Category:Republican Party Vermont state senators
Category:Presidents pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
Category:20th-century members of the Vermont General Assembly