Leverett_B._Englesby
Leverett B. Englesby
American politician
Leverett Brush Englesby (February 20, 1827 - January 27, 1881) was a Vermont lawyer and politician who served as President of the Vermont State Senate.
Englesby was born in Burlington, Vermont on February 20, 1827. The son of a local bank president, he graduated from the University of Vermont in 1845, studied at Harvard Law School for a year and in a local law office, and became an attorney in Burlington.[1][2]
From 1853 to 1854 Englesby served as Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs (chief assistant) to Governor John S. Robinson.[3] A Republican, Englesby served in several local offices, including city alderman, assessor, auditor and attorney. In 1866 he was elected a trustee of the University of Vermont, a post he continued to hold until his death. Englesby was President of the 1866 Vermont Republican Convention.[4]
Englesby was an active Mason, and was Grand Master of Vermont from 1862 to 1868.[5]
In 1863, Englesby was elected to the Vermont Senate. He served until 1865, and was Senate President from 1864 to 1865.[6] From 1867 to 1869 he served as Chittenden County State's Attorney.[7]
Englesby died in Burlington on January 27, 1881.[8]