A Republican , Fletcher was a Proctorsville Village Trustee and served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1902 to 1903 , the Vermont State Senate from 1904 to 1905 , and the Vermont House again from 1906 to 1912 . He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1908 . Fletcher was a leader in the legislature ; during his Senate term he was chairman of the Finance Committee . During the 1906 to 1908 legislative session , he was chairman of the House Appropriations Committee . In his final two House terms , he was chairman of both the Rules and Ways & Means Committees
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1908 Republican National Convention
Allen M. Fletcher