Leverett B. Englesby Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=EmbLSJZgij4C&pg=PA264 Hiram Carleton, editor
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=-0sBAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA54 Harvard Law School
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=SSFFAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA262 Vermont General Assembly
4. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1866/06/21/79808740.pdf New York Times
5. Grand Lodge of Vermont, Memorial Service in Memory of Leverett B. Englesby, Past Grand Master, 1881, page 1
6. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/HouseClerk/History%20of%20Elected%20Officials%20Site/Vermont%20Senate%20Presidents%20Pro%20Tempore.htm Vermont Secretary of State
7. https://books.google.com/books?id=gIQfAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA89 University of Vermont Alumni Association
8. Book: 358. History of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons in New York, from the Earliest Date: Embracing the History of the Grand Lodge of the State, from Its Formation in 1781, and a Sketch of Each Lodge Under Its Jurisdiction; Preceded by a Brief Account of Early Masonry in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Several Continental Nations, Together with an Outline of the Origin of the Institution in the Thirteen Colonies of the Union, Volume 4. Charles Thompson McClenachan. 1894.