 Complete the following phrase:  A Republican, he held several positions in local, state and national government, including: Proctor Town Clerk 18871889; school board member 18881889; Private Secretary to Secretary of War Redfield Proctor 18891890; Solicitor of the Department of State 18901893; United States Ambassador to Venezuela 18931894; U.S. Consul in Tangier, Morocco 18971898; Vermont State Senator 18981900; Member of Vermonts World War I Committee of Public Safety 19171919; Member of the American Society of International Laws Executive Council 1906-1923; Chairman of the Commission to propose amendments to the Constitution of Vermont 1909; Delegate to the Fifth Pan-American Conference in Santiago, Chile 1923; Member of the New England Council 1925-1927; and President of the Vermont Flood Credit Corporation following the 