Lee E. Emerson

Lee Earl Emerson
69th Governor of Vermont
In office
January 4, 1951 – January 6, 1955
LieutenantJoseph B. Johnson
Preceded byHarold J. Arthur
Succeeded byJoseph B. Johnson
63rd Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
In office
1945–1949
GovernorMortimer R. Proctor
Ernest W. Gibson, Jr.
Preceded byMortimer R. Proctor
Succeeded byHarold J. Arthur
President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
In office
1943–1945
Preceded byJoseph H. Denny
Succeeded byJohn A. M. Hinsman
Member of the Vermont Senate
In office
1943–1945
Serving with John M. Bradley
Preceded byHarold H. Farman, Addison W. Fletcher
Succeeded byJohn M. Bradley, Carlyle Verne Willey
ConstituencyOrleans County
Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office
1941–1943
Preceded byOscar L. Shepard
Succeeded byAsa S. Bloomer
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office
1939–1943
Preceded byAddison W. Fletcher
Succeeded byWilliam Erastus Hanson
ConstituencyBarton
Personal details
Born(1898-12-19)December 19, 1898
Hardwick, Vermont, US
DiedMay 21, 1976(1976-05-21) (aged 77)
Berlin, Vermont, ,US
Resting placeWelcome O. Brown Cemetery, Barton, Vermont
Political partyRepublican
SpouseDorcas Ball Emerson
Alma materSyracuse University
George Washington University Law School
ProfessionAttorney
Military service
ServiceUnited States Army
Years of service1918
RankPrivate
UnitStudents' Army Training Corps, Syracuse University
WarsWorld War I

Lee Earl Emerson (December 19, 1898 – May 21, 1976[1]) was an American politician who served in both the Vermont House of Representatives and the Vermont Senate. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 63rd Lieutenant Governor of Vermont and the 69th governor of Vermont. When he was first elected in the 1950 Vermont gubernatorial election, he received over 70% of the vote, a feat not equaled until 1992 (by Howard Dean) and not until 2022 by a Republican (Phil Scott). Despite his success in 1950, he lost the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Vermont in 1958 to Congressman Winston L. Prouty. He also lost the 1960 primary for Vermont's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives to incumbent Governor Robert T. Stafford.