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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Walton, Eliakim Persons
Walton, Eliakim Persons, a Representative from Vermont; born in Montpelier, Vt., February 17, 1812; attended the common schools; apprenticed to a printer; studied law, but did not practice; engaged in journalism and compiling; editor of "Walton’s Vermont Register"; organizer and first president of the Editors and Publishers’ Association, holding the office of president for more than twenty years; after the retirement of his father in 1853 was sole proprietor of the Watchman until 1868; served in the State house of representatives in 1853; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth, and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1863); declined to be a candidate for reelection and returned to his editorial and literary labors; delegate to the Republican National Convention at Baltimore in 1864; member of the State constitutional convention in 1870; served in the State senate in 1875 and 1877; trustee of the University of Vermont and of the State agricultural college 1875-1887; president of the Vermont Historical Society 1876-1890; died in Montpelier, Washington County, Vt., December 19, 1890; interment in Green Mount Cemetery.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Walton, Eliakim Persons," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1972 Original Sources, accessed October 7, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GLJ9EAPEQ94KMTD.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Walton, Eliakim Persons." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1972, Original Sources. 7 Oct. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GLJ9EAPEQ94KMTD.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Walton, Eliakim Persons' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1972. Original Sources, retrieved 7 October 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GLJ9EAPEQ94KMTD.
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