Stoddard B. Colby
{{short description|American civil servant}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Stoddard Benham Colby
|image = Stoddard B. Colby (Register of the U.S. Treasury).jpg
|office = 2nd Register of the Treasury
|president = Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
|term_start = August 11, 1864
|term_end = September 21, 1867
|predecessor = Lucius E. Chittenden
|successor = Noah L. Jeffries
|office2 = Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
|term_start2 = 1842
|term_end2 = 1843
|predecessor2 = John G. Chandler
|successor2 = Abel Wilder
|constituency2 = Derby
|birth_date = {{birth date|1816|2|3}}
|birth_place = Derby, Vermont, US
|death_date = {{death date and age|1867|9|21|1816|2|3}}
|death_place = Haverhill, New Hampshire, US
|restingplace = Proctor Cemetery, Proctorsville, Vermont, US
|spouse = Harriet Elizabeth Proctor (m. 1840)
Ellen Cornelia Hunt (m. 1855)
|children = 6 (including Frank Moore Colby)
|education = Dartmouth College
|occupation = Lawyer
}}
Stoddard Benham Colby (February 3, 1816 – September 21, 1867){{Citation |title=The New England Historical and Genealogical Register |volume= 23 |date=1869 |publisher= Heritage Books |isbn=9780788400704 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F5yrNq-zNjgC&q=stoddard+b.+colby+register&pg=PA85 |accessdate=27 December 2012}} was an American lawyer and political figure. He is notable for his service as Register of the United States Treasury during the American Civil War.
Biography
Colby was born in Derby, Vermont on February 3, 1816, the son of Judge Nehemiah Colby and Malinda (Larrabee) Colby.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ancestoryarchives.com/2015/04/stoddard-benham-colby-and-family-lines.html |title=Stoddard Benham Colby and Family Lines |last=Berry |first=Melissa Davenport |date=April 11, 2015 |website=AncestoryArchives.com |publisher=AnceStory Archives |access-date=December 7, 2024}} He was educated in Derby, and prepared for college by studying in the office of attorney Timothy P. Redfield.{{cite magazine |last=Redfield |first=Timothy P. |editor-last=Hemenway |editor-first=Abby Maria |editor-link=Abby Maria Hemenway |date=1882 |title=Biography, Stoddard Benham Colby |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YSxDIrDewrYC&pg=PA468 |magazine=The History of Washington County In the Vermont Historical Gazetteer |location=Montpelier, Vermont |publisher=Vermont Watchman and State Journal |pages=468–469 |via=Google Books}} He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1836, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He studied law with William Upham, was admitted to the bar in 1838, and practiced law in Derby. Among the prospective attorneys who studied in Colby's office was John L. Edwards.{{cite magazine |last=Dale |first=George N. |author-link=George N. Dale |editor-last=Baldwin |editor-first=Frederick W. |editor-link=Frederick W. Baldwin |date=1886 |title=Biography, John L. Edwards |url=https://archive.org/details/biographyofbarof01bald/page/158/mode/1up?view=theater |magazine=Biography of the Bar of Orleans County, Vermont |location=Montpelier, VT |publisher=Vermont Watchman and State Journal Press |pages=158–162 |via=Internet Archive |ref={{sfnRef|Dale}}}} In 1842 he was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives, and served from 1842 to 1842. In 1846 he began to practice in Montpelier as the partner of Lucius B. Peck.
In 1855, Colby was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Lieutenant governor of Vermont.{{Cite web |url=https://electionarchive.vermont.gov/candidates/view/Stoddard-B-Colby |title=Candidate Profile, Stoddard B. Colby |author=Elections Division |website=ElectionArchive.Vermont.Gov |publisher=Vermont Secretary of State |location=Montpelier, Vermont |access-date=December 7, 2024}} In 1856, he was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for the United States House of Representatives.
Colby was appointed Register of the Treasury and assumed office on August 12, 1864.{{Citation |title=Associated Press News Dispatches |date=August 12, 1864 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1864/08/12/news/dispatches-associated-press-decision-respecting-seven-thirty-treasury-notes.html |work=The New York Times |accessdate=27 December 2012}}
Family
He was married to Harriet Elizabeth Proctor, sister of Redfield Proctor. She was one of the victims of the 1852 Henry Clay (steamboat) disaster. They had four children.{{cite web |url=https://sibertancestry.org/Alphabet/Cary/C/Cary/AsaBaconCarey.html |title=Brigadier General Asa Bacon Carey (1835–1912) |date=May 12, 2023 |website=Sibert Ancestry.org |access-date=November 19, 2023}} In 1855, he married Ellen Cornelia Hunt of Haverhill, New Hampshire. They were the parents of two children.
=Children=
With Harriet Elizabeth Proctor:
- Jabez Proctor Colby
- Laura Melinda Colby, the wife of Brigadier General Asa B. Carey
- Edward P. Colby
- Lucien Redfield Colby
- Ellen Rebecca Colby, the wife of Frederick Abbott Stokes
- Frank Moore Colby, publisher
Death and burial
Colby died in Haverhill following a five-week illness.{{Citation |title=Decease of Hon. Stoddard B. Colby, Register of the United States Treasury |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1867/09/24/79367189.pdf |accessdate=27 December 2012}} He was buried at Proctor Cemetery in Proctorsville, Vermont.
Awards and honors
References
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External links
- [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=950DE6D8103AEF34BC4C51DFBF66838C679FDE NY Times obituary]
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{{s-bef|before=William Mattocks}}
{{s-ttl|title=Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont|years=1855}}
{{s-aft|after=Wyllys Lyman}}
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Category:American civil servants
Category:People from Derby, Vermont
Category:19th-century members of the Vermont General Assembly
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