Attorney General: John Garibaldi Sargent
He served as secretary for civil and military affairs of Vermont from 1900 to 1902, and as attorney general of Vermont from 1908 to 1912. President Coolidge appointed Sargent Attorney General of the United States on March 17, 1925, and he remained in that office until March 5, 1929. Sargent was also chairman of the Vermont Commission on Uniform State Laws, and a trustee of the Black River Academy. He died on March 5, 1939, in Ludlow, Vermont.
1889-1946)
The artist was born in Italy. He was a pupil of Paxton, Benson and Tarbell of Boston. He painted portraits of President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, as well as many other prominent figures of the day. Today, Cartotto's works are exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum and the San Diego Museum.
The portrait was painted in 1926.