Lee E. Emerson

Lee Earl Emerson
69th Governor of Vermont
In office January 4, 1951 – January 6, 1955
Lieutenant	Joseph B. Johnson
Preceded by	Harold J. Arthur
Succeeded by	Joseph B. Johnson
63rd Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
In office 1945–1949
Governor	Mortimer R. Proctor Ernest W. Gibson, Jr.
Preceded by	Mortimer R. Proctor
Succeeded by	Harold J. Arthur
President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
In office 1943–1945
Preceded by	Joseph H. Denny
Succeeded by	John A. M. Hinsman
Member of the Vermont Senate
In office 1943–1945 Serving with John M. Bradley
Preceded by	Harold H. Farman, Addison W. Fletcher
Succeeded by	John M. Bradley, Carlyle Verne Willey
Constituency	Orleans County
Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office 1941–1943
Preceded by	Oscar L. Shepard
Succeeded by	Asa S. Bloomer
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office 1939–1943
Preceded by	Addison W. Fletcher
Succeeded by	William Erastus Hanson
Constituency	Barton
Personal details
Born	(1898-12-19)December 19, 1898 Hardwick, Vermont
Died	May 21, 1976(1976-05-21) (aged 77) Berlin, Vermont
Resting place	Welcome O. Brown Cemetery, Barton, Vermont
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Dorcas Ball Emerson
Alma mater	Syracuse University George Washington University Law School
Profession	Attorney
Military service
Service	United States Army
Years of service	1918
Rank	Private
Unit	Students' Army Training Corps, Syracuse University
Wars	World 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.