Vernon W. Van Fleet (c. 1866 – February 19, 1932) was the chair of the Federal Trade Commission from December 1, 1924, to November 30, 1925.List of Commissioners, Chairwomen, and Chairmen of the Federal Trade Commission: 1915-2018 (as of November 2018).
Prior to his selection to the FTC in 1922, Van Fleet had been a judge of the Superior Court of Indiana for eight years.William E. Kovacic & Marc Winerman, "Outpost Years for a Start-Up Agency: The FTC from 1921-1925", 77 Antitrust L.J. 145, 174 (2010). Van Fleet had moved to Washington, D.C., in 1921 to serve as a special assistant to the attorney general."Vernon Van Fleet Dead At Home In Washington", The Indianapolis News (February 19, 1932), p. 9. As a member of the FTC, he "dissented publicly from FTC orders more than any other Commissioner", and resigned in 1926, before the expiration of his term.
Van Fleet died in his home at the age of 66, following a brief illness.
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