Henry Evander Stoughton was an American attorney and politician who served as President of the Vermont State Senate.
Occupation
lawyer, politician
Position held
member of the Vermont House of Representatives, member of the State Senate of Vermont
Citizenship
United States
Born
July 23, 1815
Died
June 19, 1873
Overview
Henry Evander Stoughton (July 23, 1815 – June 19, 1873) was an American attorney and politician who served as President of the Vermont State Senate.
Biography
Henry Evander Stoughton was born in Weathersfield, Vermont on July 23, 1815. He was the son of Thomas Potwine Stoughton and the former Susan Bradley. Crippled as a boy, he worked as a cobbler while studying law, attained admission to the bar in 1841, and practiced first in Chester, and later in Bellows Falls.
A Democrat who advocated preservation of the union in the years preceding the Civil War, Stoughton served in the Vermont House of Representatives in 1852, and was United States Attorney for the District of Vermont from 1857 to 1860. He was a Delegate to the Democratic national conventions of 1852, 1856 and 1860.
Stoughton subsequently became a Republican over the issues of preservation of the union and abolition of slavery. He served in the Vermont Senate from 1862 to 1864 and was Senate President from 1863 to 1864.
