Seneca Milo Dorr (August 14, 1820 – December 3, 1884) was an American lawyer, judge and politician who served as President of the Vermont Senate. He was the husband of writer Julia C. R. Dorr.
Biography
Seneca Milo Dorr was born in Chatham Center, New York on August 14, 1820. An acquaintance of Martin Van Buren, he studied law, passed the bar, and practiced in Ghent. In 1857, he moved to the town of Rutland, Vermont, where he practiced law and became active in the marble business. Dorr also became involved in banking and stockbrokerage.Hiram Carleton, Editor, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont, 1903, pages 586 to 587
Originally a Democrat, Dorr opposed slavery and as a result joined the Free Soil movement and later became a Republican.The Nation, Summary of the Week's News, December, 1884, page 494
In 1863 Dorr served on the Vermont Council of Censors, and he was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1863 to 1865.Vermont Council of Censors, Journal of the Council of Censors of the State of Vermont, 1862, page iiiDaily Kennebec Journal, Vermont's Loss: One of the State's Most Distinguished Men Dead, December 5, 1884 From 1865 to 1866, Dorr served in the Vermont Senate, and was the Senate's President pro tempore.Clerk, Vermont House of Representatives, List of Vermont Senate Presidents Pro Tempore, 2011 From 1876 to 1877, Dorr served as Rutland County Assistant Judge.Claremont Manufacturing Company, Vermont Year Book, Formerly Walton's Register, 1877, page 189
Dorr died in Rutland on December 3, 1884.Marcus Davis Gilman, The Bibliography of Vermont, 1897, page 75
Family Seneca Dorr married Julia Caroline Ripley on February 22, 1847. Seneca and Julia Dorr were the parents of Russell, William, Zulma, Joseph (who died in infancy) and Henry.Hiram Carleton, Editor, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont, 1903, pages 586 to 587
Julia Dorr's half-brothers and Seneca Dorr's brothers-in-law were Edward H. Ripley and William Y. W. Ripley, both prominent officers in the American Civil War.St. Albans Daily Messenger, , December 21, 1905, reprinted at Vermont in the Civil War
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