Carleton G. Howe (March 4, 1898 – September 21, 1993) was a Vermont orchardist and politician who served as President of the Vermont State Senate.

Biography Carleton Gibson Howe was born in Cañon City, Colorado on March 4, 1898. He was raised and educated in the Chicago area and served in the United States Navy during World War I, attaining the rank of ensign while serving aboard the transport ship USS Pocahontas.Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont Legislative Directory, 1955, page 714

In 1922 Howe graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.University of Illinois, The Illini, Volume 25, 1918, page 358University of Illinois, Annual Register, 1921, page 502University of Illinois, The Illini, Volume 29, 1923, page 391 Howe settled in Dorset, Vermont, where he owned and operated a successful apple growing business.Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont Legislative Directory, 1951, page 690

A Republican, Howe served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1945 to 1947.Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont Legislative Directory, 1947, page 410 In 1946 he won election to the Vermont Senate, where he served from 1947 to 1959. From 1955 to 1957 Howe served as Senate President., Presidents Pro Tempore of the Vermont Senate since 1870, 2011, page 6 Howe ran unsuccessfully for renomination to the State Senate in 1958.Phil Savory, Harte-Hewitt Beat Howe for Senate, Bennington Banner, September 10, 1958

Howe was a Delegate to the 1952 Republican National Convention, and he was an alternate delegate in 1956. In the late 1950s he served as Chairman of the Vermont Republican Party.Washington Afro-American, Rep. Martin's 'Colored Fellow' Campaign Issue, October 2, 1956, Vermont G.O.P. Defies Critics At State Parley, July 20, 1957New York Times, State Chairman Map G.O.P. Drives, May 2, 1958

Howe died in Manchester on September 21, 1993.Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, record for Carleton Gibson Howe, accessed May 30, 2012Social Security Death Index, entry for Carleton G. Howe, accessed May 30, 2012 He was buried at Maple Hill Cemetery in Dorset.

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