{{Short description|American judge (1873–1946)}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Harland Bradley Howe |image = Harland B. Howe.jpg |caption = From 1916's ''Analyzing Character'' |office1 = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont |term_start1 = January 31, 1940 |term_end1 = July 31, 1945 |office2 = Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont |term_start2 = February 22, 1915 |term_end2 = January 31, 1940 |appointer2 = Woodrow Wilson |predecessor2 = James Loren Martin |successor2 = James Patrick Leamy |office3 = Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from St. Johnsbury |term_start3 = 1908 |term_end3 = 1910 |predecessor3 = Harry H. Carr |successor3 = Charles A. Calderwood |birth_name = Harland Bradley Howe |birth_date = {{Birth date|1873|02|19}} |birth_place = St. Johnsbury, Vermont |death_date = {{Death date and age|1946|04|22|1873|02|19}} |death_place = Burlington, Vermont |resting_place = {{nowrap|St. Johnsbury Center Cemetery}},<br>St. Johnsbury, Vermont |party = Democratic |spouse = Maybelle Jane Kelsey (m. 1900-1916, her death)<br/>Elizabeth Crump Johnson (m. 1931-1946, his death) |children = 4 |education = University of Michigan Law School (LL.B.) |profession = Attorney }}
'''Harland Bradley Howe''' (February 19, 1873 – April 22, 1946) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
==Education and career== Howe was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, on February 19, 1873, the son of Worcester C. Howe and Rosaline (Bradley) Howe.<ref name="Jeffrey">{{cite book |last=Jeffrey |first=William Hartley |date=1904 |title=Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PkYjAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA54 |location=East Burke, VT |publisher=The Historical Publishing Company |page=54 |via=Google Books}}</ref> He was educated in Caledonia County, Vermont, and graduated from Lyndon Institute.<ref name="Jeffrey"/> Originally trained as a harness maker, he contracted polio which left him unable to perform such demanding physical labor.<ref name="Jeffrey"/> He began to study law with an attorney in Lyndonville and afterwards attended the University of Michigan Law School.<ref name="Jeffrey"/> Unable to continue his studies after the first year because his funds were exhausted, he returned to Vermont and set up a collection agency in the law offices of Henry C. Bates, and the fees he earned enabled him to return to school.<ref name="Jeffrey"/> Howe received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Michigan Law School in 1894, passed the bar and became an attorney.<ref name="auto">{{FJC Bio|1105|nid=1382456|name=Harland Bradley Howe<!--(1873–1946)-->}}</ref> He was in private practice in St. Johnsbury from 1894 to 1915.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x0kjAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Harland+B+Howe%22+vermont&pg=PA11|title=Vermont, Its Government|first=Walter J.|last=Bigelow|date=12 March 2019|publisher=Historical Publishing Company|via=Google Books|page=11}}</ref> A Democrat, in 1904, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States House of Representatives, losing to Kittredge Haskins.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PvQ3AQAAIAAJ&dq=%22Harland+B+Howe%22+norwich+university&pg=RA1-PA122|title=United States Congressional serial set|date=12 March 2019|publisher=United States Government Printing Office|via=Google Books|pages=121–122}}</ref> He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1908. In 1912 he was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Vermont, losing to Republican Allen M. Fletcher in a closer than usual contest as the result of a split between Republicans and Progressives, who nominated Fraser Metzger. In 1914, Howe lost the gubernatorial contest to Republican Charles W. Gates.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/protectionistvo00massgoog|quote=Harland B Howe governor.|title=The Protectionist|year=1912|publisher=Home Market Club|via=Internet Archive|page=[https://archive.org/details/protectionistvo00massgoog/page/n386 356]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-GQ3AAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Harland+B+Howe%22+governor+1914&pg=PA805|title=The World Almanac & Book of Facts|date=12 March 2019|publisher=Press Publishing Company (The New York World)|via=Google Books|page=805}}</ref>
==Federal judicial service== Howe was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on February 19, 1915, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Vermont vacated by Judge James L. Martin.<ref name="auto"/> He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 22, 1915, and received his commission the same day.<ref name="auto"/> He assumed senior status due to a certified disability on January 31, 1940.<ref name="auto"/> His service terminated on July 31, 1945, due to his retirement.<ref name="auto"/> He resided in Burlington during his service and remained in Burlington after his retirement.<ref>{{cite news |date=April 23, 1946 |title=Judge Howe Funeral for Tomorrow |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74009875/howe-funeral/ |work=Barre Daily Times |location=Barre, VT |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
==Family== In 1900, Howe married Maybelle Jane Kelsey (1878–1916).<ref>Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, marriage record for Harland B. Howe and Maybelle J. Kelsey, retrieved March 4, 2014</ref><ref>Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, entry for Maybelle J. Kelsey Howe, retrieved March 4, 2014</ref> In 1931, he married Elizabeth Crump Johnson (1880–1952).<ref name="google.com">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CMaRAAAAMAAJ&q=elizabeth+crump|title=Judges of the United States|date=12 March 1983|publisher=Published under the auspice of the Bicentennial Committee of the Judicial Conference of the U.S.|via=Google Books|page=234}}</ref><ref>Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, entry for Elizabeth C. Howe, retrieved March 4, 2014</ref> Howe was the father of four daughters.<ref name="google.com"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Dodge |first=Prentiss Cutler |date=1912 |title=Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_tt2_3hTQxFMC |quote=howe harland b Josephine, Jane, Matilda and Harriet daughters. |location=Burlington, VT |publisher=Ullery Publishing Company |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_tt2_3hTQxFMC/page/n255 229]}}</ref>
==Death== Howe died in Burlington on April 22, 1946, and was buried at St. Johnsbury Center Cemetery (also known as Centervale Cemetery).<ref>Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, entry for Harland Bradley Howe, retrieved March 4, 2014</ref>
==Honors== Howe received an honorary LL.D. from Norwich University in 1930.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2vLhAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Harland+B+Howe%22+norwich+university&pg=PA76|title=The Michigan Alumnus|date=12 March 2019|publisher=UM Libraries|via=Google Books|page=76}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{FJC Bio|1105|nid=1382456|name=Harland Bradley Howe<!--(1873–1946)-->}} * {{Find a Grave|179319485}}
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