Overview
Benjamin Gates (August 6, 1873 – October 3, 1943) was a Vermont attorney and politician who served as Vermont Auditor of Accounts.
Early life
Gates was born in Pittsford, Vermont on August 6, 1873. He was raised in Sudbury and educated at Brandon Grammar School and Montpelier Seminary.
Career
From 1893 to 1894 and 1901 to 1902 he studied at the Law Department of the University of Michigan.
Gates joined Company A, 1st Connecticut Volunteer Regiment for the Spanish–American War, and served from May to October, 1898, first at Fort Knox in Waldo County, Maine, and then at Camp Alger, Virginia near Washington, D.C.
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