During the 1912 campaign for president , William Howard Taft campaigned in St. Johnsbury , and Dunnett was chosen to make the speech that introduced him . In 1914 , Dunnett was a candidate for the Republican U.S. House nomination in Vermont 's 2nd District . Porter H. Dale won on the 21st ballot at the state party convention , and went on to win the general election . In 1916 , Dunnett was an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention
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1916 Republican National Convention
Alexander Dunnett