Charles S. Dana (September 13, 1862 – December 29, 1939) was a Vermont farmer, newspaper correspondent and politician who served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives.
Biography Charles Summers Dana was born in New Haven, Vermont on September 13, 1862. A Republican, Dana served in local offices including town meeting moderator, lister, school board member, select board member and town clerk, and as a member of his town and county Republican committees. In addition to filing stories on Vermont current events for several daily and weekly newspapers, in partnership with his mother Dana owned a large and successful farm in New Haven.Magazine article, Charles S. Dana, published in The Vermonter magazine, Volume 23 Number 12 (1918), pages 246 to 248Newspaper article, Vermonter Knows No Pie-less Days; Wife Names 108 Varieties She Bakes , by United Press International, Torrance (California) Herald, March 4, 1937Let Me Show You Vermont, by Charles Edward Crane, 1937, page 24
Dana worked as assistant doorkeeper and assistant secretary of the Vermont Senate in the 1880s and 1890s.Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont, edited by Hiram Carleton, 1903, pages 317 to 319Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, published by Vermont General Assembly, 1881, page 283Vermont Year Book, Formerly Walton's Register, published by E. P. Walton, Montpelier, 1891, page 199
In 1900 Dana was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives and served one term.Acts and Laws Passed by the Legislature of the State of Vermont, published by Vermont general Assembly, 1900, page 412 Dana was named chief clerk in the office of the Vermont Secretary of State in 1902.Vermont, Its Government, by Walter J. Bigelow, 1919, page 56Vermont Legislative Directory, published by Vermont Secretary of State, 1902, pages 422 to 423
Dana served as Addison County Assistant Judge from 1908 to 1912.Vermont Legislative Directory, published by Vermont Secretary of State, 1919, page 511
In 1917 Dana was again elected to the Vermont House. He was selected to serve as Speaker after Stanley C. Wilson resigned to accept a judgeship. Dana served as Speaker until 1921.Speakers of the Vermont House of Representatives since 1870 , Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 2009, page 5, Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 2012
Dana died at Porter Hospital in Middlebury on December 29, 1939.Vermont Death Records, 1909–2008, record for Charles Summers Dana, accessed January 28, 2012 He was buried in New Haven's Evergreen Cemetery.
See also Marvin Dana, his brother
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