29 Facts About Frederick Holbrook

Frederick Holbrook was an American farmer, businessman, and Governor of the State of Vermont.

Frederick Holbrook was raised in Vermont and educated at the Berkshire Gymnasium in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, then embarked on careers in farming and business as a resident of Brattleboro.

Frederick Holbrook served briefly in the militia, and became active in local government as Register of Probate for the Marlboro District, an office he held from 1848 to 1861.

Frederick Holbrook represented Windham County in the Vermont Senate from 1849 to 1850.

Frederick Holbrook became a Republican when the party was founded in the mid-1850s.

Frederick Holbrook was reelected in 1862 and served from October 1861 to October 1863.

In keeping with the Republican "Mountain Rule", Frederick Holbrook was not a candidate for reelection in 1863.

Frederick Holbrook was raised in Brattleboro, Vermont, attended Berkshire Gymnasium in Pittsfield, Massachusetts for two years, then moved to Boston, where he remained for two years as a partner in the Richardson, Lord and Holbrook bookstore.

In 1833, Frederick Holbrook embarked on an extended visit to Europe.

Frederick Holbrook became a member of Brattleboro's contingent of the Vermont State Militia, the Brattleboro Floodwood Company.

Frederick Holbrook was elected to lead the unit with the rank of captain, and he commanded for several years in the mid-1830s.

Frederick Holbrook took advantage of the farming knowledge he gained in Europe to prepare newspaper and magazine articles advocating for improved agricultural methods.

Frederick Holbrook became active in politics, first as a Whig, and later as a Republican.

Frederick Holbrook was elected register of probate for the district of Marlboro in 1847 and served until 1861.

Frederick Holbrook represented Windham County in the Vermont Senate in 1849 and 1850, where, as chairman of a special committee on agriculture, he proposed to Congress the establishment of a national bureau of agriculture, the forerunner of the United States Department of Agriculture.

Frederick Holbrook was a founder of the Vermont State Agricultural Society in 1851, and served as its president from 1851 to 1859.

Frederick Holbrook was elected by a large majority, 33,152 votes to 5,722 for his nearest competitor, Andrew Tracy.

Frederick Holbrook was reelected in 1862, receiving 29,543 votes; his nearest competitor, Benjamin H Smalley, received 3,772.

Frederick Holbrook served as governor during what many consider the darkest days of the American Civil War.

Frederick Holbrook's administration saw the recruitment of ten infantry regiments, two light artillery batteries, and three sharpshooter companies.

Frederick Holbrook resumed his farm and business interests, including serving as president of the Vermont Savings Bank.

Frederick Holbrook was president of the board of trustees of the Vermont Asylum for the Insane for more than 40 years.

When Cornell University created its College of Agriculture in 1868, Frederick Holbrook was appointed nonresident professor of Mechanics Applied to Agriculture, with a requirement to provide twenty lectures per academic year.

Frederick Holbrook died at his home in Brattleboro on April 28,1909.

Frederick Holbrook was buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Brattleboro.

On January 13,1835, Frederick Holbrook married to Harriet Goodhue, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Goodhue of Brattleboro.

Franklin F Holbrook was Vermont's military agent and liaison to the United States Department of War with the rank of colonel during his father's governorship.

William C Holbrook served in the 4th and 7th Vermont Infantry Regiments during the Civil War.

In 1851, Frederick Holbrook received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from the University of Vermont.