Famous People with Name Vail

Vail Montgomery Delony            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vail Montgomery Delony: was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Lake Providence in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, having served from 1940 until his death in office. He was also Speaker of the chamber from 1964 until his death.Delony was a delegate

Vail Montgomery Pittman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vail Montgomery Pittman: was an American politician. He was the 19th Governor of Nevada. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Pittman was elected Lieutenant Governor of Nevada in 1942. He was a candidate in the Democratic primary for United States Senate in 1944, but was defe

Eric "Freight Train" Vail            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Eric "Freight Train" Vail: is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played nine seasons in the National Hockey League, mostly with the Atlanta Flames/Calgary Flames organization, and then later in his last season (1981–82 he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings.

Michael Lewis Vail            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Michael Lewis Vail: is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played from 1975-1984.Vail was original drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1970 amateur draft, but did not sign. A year later, he signed with the St. Louis Cardinals. On December 11, 1974, he was traded with Jack Heidemann to the New York Mets for Ted Martinez.His first season in the Mets' organization, Vail won the 1975 International League Player of the Year award. He was called up to the majors by the New York Mets in August 1975 and got a hit in his first at bat against the Houston Astros. From there, he proceeded to set a modern Major League rookie record 23 game hit streak, which at the time was also the longest hitting streak in Mets' franchise history (both records have since been broken).

Charles Henry Vail            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Henry Vail: was an American Universalist clergyman and Christian socialist political activist and writer. Vail is best remembered as the first National Organizer of the Socialist Party of America and as a candidate of that party for Governor of New Jersey. On January

Edwin Arnold Vail            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edwin Arnold Vail: was a physician and political figure in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Kings County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1857 to 1866, from 1870 to 1874 and from 1878 to 1885.He served as Speaker for the New Brunswick assembly from 1865 to 1866, when he was defeated in a general election. Vail was reelected in 1870 and again served as speaker from 1871 to 1874. He married Harriet Courtland Murphy in 1873 after the death of his first wife. He was defeated again in 1874 but reelected in 1878. Vail served as a minister without portfolio in the Executive Council from 1883 to 1885.

William Berrian Vail            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Berrian Vail: was a Canadian businessman and politician. He represented Digby County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1867 to 1874. He served in the province's Executive Council as provincial secretary. In 1874, he was elected to the 3rd Canadian Parliament as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Digby. From 1874 to 1878, he was the Minister of Militia and Defence under Alexander Mackenzie. He resigned because of a conflict of interest in the 1877 but returned to parliament in 1882 where he served as an opposition MP until he lost his seat once again in the 1887 general election. He died in Dover, England.