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Born in Highgate Center in Franklin County , Vermont , he attended public schools and then the University Of Vermont , from which he graduated in 1899 . He then studied law and entered practice in 1902 . In 1904 he was appointed State's attorney of Franklin County, a position he held for two years. Thereafter he began to look towards politics. He served in a number of roles, including chairman of the Vermont Republican State Convention in 1908 , Mayor of St. Albans in 1909 , a delegate to the Congress Of The Mint in 1912 , and a member of the United States Court For China in 1917 . During this period, he also served as a United States Commissioner (from 1907 to 1915 ). His rising prominence led to his appointment as a Trustee of the University of Vermont in 1914 , a position he would retain until 1941 . He also served as a special counsel for Vermont in a dispute over the exact border between Vermont and the neighboring state of New Hampshire from 1925 to 1937 . He was elected to the Senate on March 31 , 1931 , in a special election called upon the death of former Senator Frank L. Greene , and took his seat the next day. He went on to win re-election twice (in 1934 and 1940 ). He resigned on August 2 , 1946 , near the end of his last term, in order to accept appointment as the U.S. Ambassador To The United Nations , a position he held until January 25 , 1953 , when he retired to Burlington . He was a member of a number of organizations and societies, professional and otherwise, including the American Bar Association , the American Judicature Society , the Loyal Legion , the Society Of Cincinnati , the Freemasons , the Shriners , the Odd Fellows , the Rotary Club , and Kappa Sigma . In religion he was a Congregationalist Christian . Austin received an LL.D. from Bates College in 1947. EXTERNAL LINKS |