WALTON, ELIAKIM PERSONS, a Representative from Vermont; born in Montpelier, Vt., February 17,
1812; attended the common schools; apprenticed to a printer; studied law, but
did not practice; engaged in journalism and compiling; editor of ``Walton's
Vermont Register''; organizer and first president of the Editors and
Publishers' Association, holding the office of president for more than twenty
years; after the retirement of his father in 1853 was sole proprietor of the
Watchman until 1868; served in the State house of representatives in 1853;
elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth, and Thirty-seventh
Congresses (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1863); declined to be a candidate for
reelection and returned to his editorial and literary labors; delegate to the
Republican National Convention in 1864; member of the State constitutional
convention in 1870; served in the State senate in 1875 and 1877; trustee of the
University of Vermont and of the State agricultural college 1875-1887;
president of the Vermont Historical Society 1876-1890; died in Montpelier,
Washington County, Vt., December 19, 1890; interment in Green Mount Cemetery.
