William N. Vaile
American politician (1876-1927)
William Newell Vaile (June 22, 1876 – July 2, 1927) was an American lawyer, military veteran, and politician who served five terms as a U.S. representative from Colorado from 1919 until his death in 1927.
Biography
Born in Kokomo, Indiana, Vaile moved with his parents to Denver, Colorado, in 1881. Vaile was of English descent.
He attended the public schools and graduated from Yale College in 1898. During the Spanish–American War, he served as a private in the First Regiment of the Connecticut Volunteer Field Artillery from May 19, 1898, to October 25, 1898.
Vaile studied law at the University of Colorado Boulder in 1899 and Harvard Law School in 1900–01.
Early career
He was admitted to the bar in 1901 and began his practice in Denver. He was counsel for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, 1901–16, and he served as County Attorney for Jefferson County from 1911 to 1914.
He married Kate Rothwell Varrell on June 14, 1914.
Valie was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Congress in 1916.
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