Frank C. Archibald (Vermont politician)
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Frank C. Archibald
|image = File:Frank C. Archibald (Vermont Attorney General).jpg
|order1 = 7th
|office1 = Vermont Attorney General
|term_start1 = 1918
|term_end1 = 1925
|predecessor1 = Herbert G. Barber
|successor1 = J. Ward Carver
|office2 = Member of the Vermont Senate from Bennington County
|term_start2 = 1932
|term_end2 = 1935
|alongside2 = Cebra Q. Graves
|predecessor2 = Richard M. Campbell
|successor2 = William Henry Wills
Harry C. Beebe
|term_start3 = 1910
|term_end3 = 1912
|alongside3 = Henry Theodore Cushman
|predecessor3 = Edward Church Orvis
Everett Eli Potter
|successor3 = James Kendrick Batchelder
Norman L. Mattison
|office4 = Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Manchester
|term_start4 = 1904
|term_end4 = 1908
|predecessor4 = Joseph W. Fowler
|successor4 = J. Henry Hicks
|birth_date = {{birth date|1857|12|31}}
|birth_place = Exeter, New Hampshire, US
|death_date = {{death date and age|1935|4|9|1857|12|31}}
|death_place = Manchester, Vermont, US
|resting_place = Greenwood Cemetery, Bristol, Vermont
|profession = Attorney
|party = Republican
|spouse = Elizabeth A. Phalen (? – 1908; her death]
Stella May Chase (m. 1912–1914; divorced)
}}
Frank C. Archibald (December 31, 1857 – April 9, 1935) was a Vermont attorney and politician who served as Vermont Attorney General for six years.
Biography
Frank Carey Archibald was born in Exeter, New Hampshire on December 31, 1857, the son of Reverend Thomas H. (1821-1900) and Susan W. (Tuck) Archibald (1823-1899).{{sfn|Vermont, Its Government}}{{sfn|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography}} He graduated from Middlebury Union High School in 1876, and later graduated from the Vermont Academy.{{sfn|Vermont, Its Government}}{{sfn|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography}} He subsequently studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1886, and became an attorney in Manchester, Vermont in 1886.{{sfn|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography}} He resided in Manchester for the rest of his life, and was the moderator of the Manchester town meeting for nearly 50 years.{{sfn|"Former Vermont Atty. Gen. Dies"}}
Active in politics as a Republican, Archibald served as state's attorney of Bennington County from 1892 to 1894.{{sfn|Vermont, Its Government}} He served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1904 to 1908, and the Vermont Senate from 1910 to 1912.{{sfn|Vermont, Its Government}} In 1912 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for attorney general.{{sfn|"Fletcher and Howe Republican Ticket"}} He served again as Bennington County's state's attorney from 1914 to 1918.{{sfn|"Former Vermont Atty. Gen. Dies"}}
In 1918, Archibald was elected Vermont Attorney General.{{sfn|"Vermont General Election Results"}} He was reelected in 1920, 1922, and 1924, and served from January 1919 until resigning in May 1925.{{sfn|"Vermont General Election Results"}}
In 1920, Archibald was the temporary chairman and keynote speaker at the Vermont Republican State Convention.{{sfn|"Republican State Convention Today"}}
After leaving office, Archibald resumed practicing law in Manchester, Vermont.{{sfn|"Former Vermont Atty. Gen. Dies"}} He served again in the Vermont Senate from 1933 to 1935.{{sfn|"Former Vermont Atty. Gen. Dies"}} He died in Manchester on April 9, 1935, and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Bristol, Vermont.{{sfn|"Archibald Buried"}}
Family
Archibald was married first to Elizabeth A "Lizzie" Phalen, who died in 1908. Archibald was the stepfather of his wife's two daughters, Eva and Olivia. On October 30, 1912, Archibald married Stella May Chase of Burlington, Vermont.{{sfn|"Archibald-Chase"}} They divorced in 1914, and had no children. Stella May Chase remarried in 1915.{{sfn|"Home Wedding"}}
References
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Sources
=Books=
- {{cite book |last=Bigelow |first=Walter J. |date=1919 |title=Vermont, Its Government 1919-1920 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x0kjAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA23 |location=Montpelier, VT |publisher=Historical Publishing Company |page=23 |ref={{sfnRef|Vermont, Its Government}}}}
- {{cite book |last=Dodge |first=Prentiss C. |date=1912 |title=Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography |url=https://archive.org/stream/encyclopediaverm00dodg#page/100/mode/2up |location=Brattleboro, VT |publisher=Ullery Publishing Company |page=101 |ref={{sfnRef|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography}}}}
=Internet=
- {{cite web |url=https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/681776/generalelection_stateofficers_attygen.pdf |title=Vermont General Election Results: Attorney General, 1906-2014 |last=Vermont Archives and Records Administration |date=2014 |website=www.sec.state.vt.us/ |publisher=Office of the Vermont Secretary of State |location=Montpelier, VT |pages=2–3 |ref={{sfnRef|"Vermont General Election Results"}} |access-date=2016-11-26 |archive-date=2015-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906175107/https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/681776/generalelection_stateofficers_attygen.pdf |url-status=dead }}
=Newspapers=
- {{cite news |date=July 4, 1912 |title=Fletcher and Howe Republican Ticket: Brown Defeats Archibald for Attorney General and Deavitt Wins from Scott for Treasurer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/145497813/ |newspaper=Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, VT |page=14 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Fletcher and Howe Republican Ticket"}}}}
- {{cite news |date=October 31, 1912 |title=Archibald-Chase: Manchester Lawyer Came to Burlington for Bride |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/197117921/ |newspaper=Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, VT |page=7 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Archibald-Chase"}}}}
- {{cite news |date=September 13, 1915 |title=Home Wedding: Charles E. Thompson and Miss Stella May Chase Married Saturday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/197385441/ |newspaper=Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, VT |page=8 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Home Wedding"}}}}
- {{cite news |date=September 28, 1920 |title=Republican State Convention Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/197968107/ |newspaper=Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, VT |page=9 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Republican State Convention Today"}}}}
- {{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=April 9, 1935 |title=Former Vermont Atty. Gen. Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/54724903/ |newspaper=North Adams Transcript |location=North Adams, MA |page=3 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Former Vermont Atty. Gen. Dies"}}}}
- {{cite news |date=April 12, 1935 |title=Frank Archibald Buried in Bristol |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78388588/archibald-buried/ |work=Bristol Herald |location=Bristol, VT |page=1 |via=newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"Archibald Buried"}}}}
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{{s-bef|before=Herbert G. Barber}}
{{s-ttl|title=Republican nominee for Vermont Attorney General|years=1918, 1920, 1922, 1924}}
{{s-aft|after=J. Ward Carver}}
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{{succession box | before=Herbert G. Barber |title=Vermont Attorney General | years=1919–1925 | after=J. Ward Carver}}
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Category:People from Manchester, Vermont
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Category:20th-century members of the Vermont General Assembly