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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—VermontAIKEN, George David
(1892—1984)
Senate Years of Service:
1941-1975
Party:
Republican
AIKEN, George David, a Senator from Vermont; born in Dummerston, Windham County, Vt., August 20, 1892; moved with his parents to Putney, Vt., in 1893; attended the public schools of Putney and Brattleboro, Vt.; engaged in fruit farming in 1912; also conducted an extensive nursery business, and in 1926 engaged in the commercial cultivation of wildflowers; served as school director of Putney 1920-1937; member of the State house of representatives 1931-1935 and served as speaker 1933-1935; lieutenant governor of Vermont 1935-1937 and Governor 1937-1941; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, November 5, 1940, to fill the vacancy in the term ending January 3, 1945, caused by the death of Ernest W. Gibson, but did not assume office until January 10, 1941; reelected in 1944, 1950, 1956, 1962, and 1968, and served from January 10, 1941, to January 3, 1975; was not a candidate for reelection in 1974; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments (Eightieth Congress), Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Eighty-third Congress); died in Putney, Vt., November 19, 1984; interment in West Hill Cemetery, Putney, Vt.
Bibliography
American National Biography
; Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives
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. Brattleboro, Vt.: Stephen Greene Press, 1976; Sherman, Michael, ed. The Political Legacy of George D. Aiken: Wise Old Owl of the U.S. Senate.
Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press, 1995.
Aiken, George D. Aiken: Senate Diary, January 1972-January 1975.
Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Greene Press, 1976.
___. “The ‘Down’ Years, 1972-1974: A Senator’s View.” American Heritage
27 (August 1976): 27-31, 81-87.
___. Speaking from Vermont.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1938.
Hall, Tom G. “The Aiken Bill, Price Supports and the Wheat Farmer in 1948.” North Dakota History
39 (Winter 1972): 13-22, 47.
Hand, Samuel B. Friends, Neighbors, and Political Allies: Reflections on the Gibson-Aiken Connection.
Center for Research on Vermont Occasional Paper no. 11. Burlington: University of Vermont, 1986.
Hand, Samuel B., and D. Gregory Sanford. “Carrying Water on Both Shoulders: George D. Aiken’s 1936 Gubernatorial Campaign in Vermont.” Vermont History
43 (Fall 1975): 292-306.
Hand, Samuel B., and Stephen C. Terry. The Essential Aiken: A Life in Public Service
. Burlington: University of Vermont, 2004.
O’Brien, Charles F. “Aiken and Vietnam: A Dialogue with Vermont Voters.” Vermont History
61 (Winter 1993): 5-17.
Sanford, D. Gregory. “You Can’t Get There From Here: The Presidential Boomlet for Governor George D. Aiken, 1937-1939.” Vermont History
49 (Fall 1981): 197-208.
Searls, Paul M. “George Aiken and the Taft-Hartley Act: A Less Undesirable Alternative.” Vermont History
60 (Summer 1992): 155-166.
Sherman, Michael, ed. The Political Legacy of George D. Aiken: Wise Old Owl of the U.S. Senate.
Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press, 1995.
Stoler, Mark A. “Aiken, Mansfield and The Tonkin Gulf Crisis: Notes from the Congressional Leadership Meeting at the White House, August 4, 1964.” Vermont History
50 (Spring 1982): 80-94.
___. “What Did He Really Say? The ‘Aiken Formula’ for Vietnam Revisited.” Vermont History
46 (Spring 1978): 100-108.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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