Mason Sereno Stone (December 14, 1857 – July 13, 1940) was a Vermont educator who served as state Superintendent of Education. From 1919 to 1921 he was the 52nd lieutenant governor of Vermont.
Biography Mason Sereno Stone was born in Waterbury Center, Vermont on December 14, 1857.New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, by William Richard Cutter, Volume 4, 1914, pages 2084 to 2085U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, record for Mason Sereno Stone, accessed December 26, 2011 He worked as a teacher, principal and school superintendent, and received a bachelor's degree in 1883 and a master's degree in 1909, both from the University of Vermont.Men of Vermont: An Illustrated, compiled by Jacob G. Ullery, 1894, pages 385 to 386
He served as Vermont's Superintendent of Education from 1892 to 1900. He also served as a member of the Norwich University Board of Visitors, and received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Norwich in 1909.Norwich University, 1819-1911; Her History, Her Graduates, Her Roll of Honor, compiled by William Arba Ellis, 1911, page 581Who's Who in New England, published by A. N. Marquis, Volume 2, 1915, page 1030Who's Who in America, published by A. N. Marquis, Volume 2, 1915, page 1850
Stone was Superintendent of Education in Manila, Philippines from 1900 to 1905.One Thousand Men, by Dorman Bridgman Eaton Kent, published by Vermont Historical Society, 1914, page 113The Philippines -- An Opportunity, An Address by Mason S. Stone, published in Annual Report of Thirty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Lake Mohonk Conference, published by the conference, 1908, page 84Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography, compiled by Prentiss Cutler Dodge, 1912, page 326
In 1905 he returned to the office of Vermont Education Superintendent, and served until 1916.Vermont, Its Government, 1919-1920, published by Historical Publishing Company, Montpelier, 1919, page 20The American Blue Book of Biography: Men of 1912, published by American Publishers' Association, 1913, page 575
Stone won election to the Lieutenant Governor's office as a Republican in 1918 and served one term, 1919 to 1921., Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont State Archives, June 9, 2006, page 1Vermont Legislative Directory, published by Vermont Secretary of State, 1919, page 447Vermont: The Green Mountain State, by Walter Hill Crockett, Volume 4, 1921, page 531Who's Who in American Education, by Robert Cecil Cook, Volume 2, 1930, page 628, by Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 2011, page 2
In 1923 Stone was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, losing the Republican primary to Ernest W. Gibson, who went on to win the general election., Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont State Archives, June 9, 2006, page 1
Stone died in Montpelier, Vermont on July 13, 1940.Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators, by Frederik Ohles, Shirley M. Ohles and John G. Ramsay, 1997, pages 308 to 309Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, record for Mason Sereno Stone, accessed December 27, 2011Newspaper article, Mason S. Stone Dead, New York Times, July 14, 1940 He was buried in Montpelier's Green Mount Cemetery.
Published works Stone also authored several books, including a history of education in Vermont. The Geography, History, Constitution and Civil Government of Vermont, by Edward Conant and Mason Sereno Stone, 1915 History of Education in the State of Vermont, by Mason Sereno Stone, 1930
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