Frank Plumley
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| Member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's 2nd district |
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In office March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915 |
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| Preceded by | Kittredge Haskins |
| Succeeded by | Porter H. Dale |
| Chief Judge of the Vermont Court of Claims | |
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In office 1904–1908 |
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| Preceded by | Horace F. Graham |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Judge of the Vermont Court of Claims | |
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In office 1902–1904 |
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| Preceded by | Newly created |
| Succeeded by | Linus Leavens |
| President pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate | |
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In office 1894–1896 |
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| Preceded by | Alfred A. Hall |
| Succeeded by | Ashbel A. Dean |
| United States Attorney for the District of Vermont | |
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In office 1889–1894 |
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| Preceded by | Clarence H. Pitkin |
| Succeeded by | John H. Senter |
| Member of the Vermont House of Representatives | |
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In office 1882–1882 |
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| State's Attorney for Washington County, Vermont | |
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In office 1876–1880 |
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| Preceded by | William P. Dillingham |
| Succeeded by | Clarence H. Pitkin |
| Personal details | |
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December 17, 1844 Eden, Vermont |
| Died | April 30, 1924 (aged 79) Northfield, Vermont |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lavinia Lucretia Smith Fletcher Plumley |
| Children | Charles Albert Plumley and Theodora May Plumley |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan Law School |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
| Religion | Methodist |
Frank Plumley (December 17, 1844 – April 30, 1924) was an American politician and lawyer from Vermont. He served as United States district attorney and U.S. Representative from Vermont.
Plumley was born in Eden, Vermont, son of John E. Plumley and Sarah Zobeda Hough. He attended the public schools and People's Academy in Morrisville, Vermont. Plumley taught school and studied law in Morrisville. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School and was admitted to the bar in Lamoille County in May 1869. He began the practice of law in Northfield.
Plumley held many positions in state and federal government. He served as the state's attorney of Washington County from 1876 to 1880. He served in the Vermont House of Representatives (1882), and was chairman of the Republican State convention in 1886. In 1888 Plumley was a delegate to the Republican National Convention.
He was appointed lecturer of constitutional law at Norwich University in 1884, and was named a trustee of the university in 1888. In 1892 Norwich awarded Plumley the honorary degree of Master of Arts.
He served as the United States district attorney for the district of Vermont from 1889 to 1894. In 1894 he served in the Vermont State Senate and was elected President pro tempore. Plumley was a member of the Vermont Court of Claims from 1902 to 1904 and chief justice from 1904 to 1908.
In 1903 President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him as umpire of the mixed commissions of Great Britain and Venezuela, and the Netherlands and Venezuela, sitting in Caracas, Venezuela. In 1905 he was selected by France and Venezuela as umpire in the French-Venezuela mixed commission, which sat in Northfield, Vermont. This is the only instance where an American not serving in a high official office was chosen by these countries to arbitrate the differences between them. Plumley was again a trustee of Norwich University in 1905. Plumley received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Norwich in 1905, and from the University of Vermont in 1909.
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