32 Facts About Seneca Haselton

Seneca Haselton was a Vermont educator, attorney and politician.

In 1894, Seneca Haselton was appointed US Minister to Venezuela, and he served until 1895, when President Grover Cleveland requested his resignation as part of resolving a dispute between Seneca Haselton and the commander of the US Navy's North Atlantic Squadron.

Seneca Haselton served until 1906, when the size of the Supreme Court was reduced.

In 1908, Seneca Haselton was reappointed to the Vermont Supreme Court.

In December 1914, he was one of the justices who were not reappointed as part of a court reorganization plan; public outcry led to the plan being revoked in January 1915, and Seneca Haselton maintained his place as an associate justice until retiring in 1919.

Seneca Haselton died in Burlington in 1921, and was buried at Lakeview Cemetery in Burlington.

Seneca Haselton was born in Westford, Vermont on February 26,1848, the son of Reverend Amos Haselton and Amelia Haselton.

Seneca Haselton was educated in Jericho and Underhill, and attended academies in Underhill and Barre in preparation for enrollment at the University of Vermont.

Seneca Haselton graduated from UVM with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1871, and received a Master of Arts degree in 1874.

Seneca Haselton taught school in several Vermont towns from 1871 to 1873, and was an instructor in mathematics at the University of Michigan while attending law school.

Seneca Haselton studied briefly at a Burlington law firm in 1873, and then attended the University of Michigan Law School.

Seneca Haselton was a student from 1874 to 1875, and received his ll.

Seneca Haselton was admitted to the bar the same year, and commenced practice in Burlington.

Seneca Haselton was a Democrat, and became active in Vermont politics at a time when the Republican Party was in control of every major office and every facet of state government.

Seneca Haselton served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1886 to 1887, and was mayor of Burlington from 1891 to 1894.

Seneca Haselton served from July 1894 to May 1895, when he returned to Vermont after Cleveland requested his resignation.

Seneca Haselton was asked to leave his post following a dispute with Admiral Richard Worsam Meade, the commander of the US Navy's North Atlantic Squadron.

In Meade's version, Seneca Haselton was ineffective in Caracas because he was drinking to excess during the workday.

From 1900 to 1902, Seneca Haselton was the Reporter of Decisions for the Vermont Supreme Court.

In 1902, Associate Justice John W Rowell was appointed as Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, and Haselton was appointed to fill the Associate Justice vacancy that resulted.

Seneca Haselton served until 1906, when a newly passed law reduced the size of the Supreme Court from seven justices to four.

From 1906 to 1908, Seneca Haselton was the chief judge of the Vermont Superior Court.

In 1908, Associate Justice James Manning Tyler retired from the state Supreme Court, and Seneca Haselton was named to fill the vacancy.

Seneca Haselton served until he was not reappointed in late 1914.

Seneca Haselton's retirement lasted less than a month, because public outcry led to Associate Justice Robert E Healy withdrawing his request for confirmation by the Vermont General Assembly, enabling the legislature to reappoint Haselton in January 1915.

Seneca Haselton was a member of the Selden Society and the American Society of International Law.

Seneca Haselton belonged to the Vermont Historical Society and the Algonquin Club of Burlington.

Seneca Haselton was a founder and the first vice president of the Green Mountain Club, the creators of Vermont's Long Trail.

Seneca Haselton was a member of the Vermont State Library's board of trustees, and served on the Vermont Board of Bar Examiners.

Seneca Haselton died there on July 21,1921, and was buried at Lakeview Cemetery in Burlington.

The Green Mountain Club's Seneca Haselton Trail is a hiking route from Smugglers Notch to the summit of Mount Mansfield.

Seneca Haselton was a noted hiker and outdoorsman, and performed most of the labor that created the trail.