Mortimer R. Proctor

Mortimer Robinson Proctor (May 30, 1889 – April 28, 1968) was an American politician from Vermont.

He spent his entire career in the private sector as an executive of the Vermont Marble Company, the family-owned business.

[2] Proctor ran for reelection in 1946 but lost the Republican Primary to Ernest W. Gibson Jr., the first governor of Vermont to be denied renomination.

[5] He returned to private business and established the Mortimer R. Proctor Trust which supports non profit activities in arts, culture, education, and religion in Proctor, Vermont.

He provided funds for the state of Vermont to build a steel Aermotor LS-40 fire tower on the summit of Pico Peak.

Vermont State House portrait