Please answer the following question: Facts:   - party: republican    - predecessor: robert stafford      - birth date: 21 february 1929    - profession: farmer business executive    - death date: 27 september 2011    - spouse: mary harper coxe jeannie -lrb- loud -rrb- brownell    - district: at-large    - term end: january 3 , 1975    - name: richard w. mallary    - death place: brookfield , vermont    - birth place: springfield , massachusetts    - successor: jim jeffords    - state: vermont    - image size: 180px    - alma mater: dartmouth college    - residence: fairlee , vermont brookfield , vermont    - term start: january 7 , 1972    - image: richard w. mallary.jpg   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of richard w. mallary .
Answer:
richard walker mallary -lrb- february 21 , 1929 -- september 27 , 2011 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from vermont .