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Slack">Leighton P. Slack</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_H._Prouty" title="George H. Prouty">George H. Prouty</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Allen_M._Fletcher" title="Allen M. Fletcher">Allen M. Fletcher</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">47th <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor of Vermont">Lieutenant Governor of Vermont</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />October 8, 1908 – October 5, 1910</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data">George H. Prouty</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_H._Prouty" title="George H. Prouty">George H. Prouty</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Leighton_P._Slack" title="Leighton P. Slack">Leighton P. Slack</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Vermont_House_of_Representatives" title="Vermont House of Representatives">Vermont House of Representatives</a> from <a href="/wiki/Rutland_(city),_Vermont" title="Rutland (city), Vermont">Rutland City</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1906–1908</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">George A. Smith</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Earle S. 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Kingsley</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Vermont_Senate" title="Vermont Senate">Vermont Senate</a> from <a href="/wiki/Rutland_County,_Vermont" title="Rutland County, Vermont">Rutland County</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1892–1893<div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.1em">Serving with Arunah W. Hyde<br />John G. Pitkin<br /><a href="/wiki/Fletcher_D._Proctor" title="Fletcher D. Proctor">Fletcher D. Proctor</a></div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Levi G. Kingsley<br />Albert J. Dickinson<br />Cyrus Jennings<br />Simon L. Peck</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Frank D. White<br />Ira R. Allen<br />Amos D. Tiffany<br />Noah S. Walker</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1841-04-20</span>)</span>April 20, 1841<br /><a href="/wiki/Fair_Haven,_Vermont" title="Fair Haven, Vermont">Fair Haven, Vermont</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">January 12, 1920<span style="display:none">(1920-01-12)</span> (aged 78)<br /><a href="/wiki/Rutland_(city),_Vermont" title="Rutland (city), Vermont">Rutland, Vermont</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Evergreen_Cemetery_(Rutland,_Vermont)" title="Evergreen Cemetery (Rutland, Vermont)">Evergreen Cemetery</a> Rutland, Vermont, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Middlebury_College" title="Middlebury College">Middlebury College</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Columbia_University_College_of_Physicians_and_Surgeons" title="Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons">Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Physician<br />Businessman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Signature_of_John_Abner_Mead_(1841%E2%80%931920).png" class="mw-file-description" title="John A. Mead's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Signature_of_John_Abner_Mead_%281841%E2%80%931920%29.png/128px-Signature_of_John_Abner_Mead_%281841%E2%80%931920%29.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Signature_of_John_Abner_Mead_%281841%E2%80%931920%29.png/192px-Signature_of_John_Abner_Mead_%281841%E2%80%931920%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Signature_of_John_Abner_Mead_%281841%E2%80%931920%29.png/256px-Signature_of_John_Abner_Mead_%281841%E2%80%931920%29.png 2x" data-file-width="603" data-file-height="91" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> (<a href="/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1862–1863</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Private_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Private (United States)">Private</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data">Company K, <a href="/wiki/12th_Vermont_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="12th Vermont Infantry">12th Vermont Regiment</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Abner Mead</b> (April 20, 1841 – January 12, 1920) was a <a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a> physician, businessman and politician who served as <a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Vermont" title="List of lieutenant governors of Vermont">47th lieutenant governor of Vermont</a> from 1908 to 1910, and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Vermont" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Vermont">53rd governor of Vermont</a>, from 1910 to 1912. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_A._Mead&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mead was born in <a href="/wiki/Fair_Haven,_Vermont" title="Fair Haven, Vermont">Fair Haven, Vermont</a>, to Roswell and Lydia Mead (née Gorham). He was educated at the common school in <a href="/wiki/West_Rutland,_Vermont" title="West Rutland, Vermont">West Rutland</a> and at <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Academy_(New_York)" title="Franklin Academy (New York)">Franklin Academy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Malone,_New_York" title="Malone, New York">Malone, New York</a>. He began attendance at <a href="/wiki/Middlebury_College" title="Middlebury College">Middlebury College</a> but interrupted his studies to enlist in the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> for the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>. Mead joined Company K, <a href="/wiki/12th_Vermont_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="12th Vermont Infantry">12th Vermont Infantry Regiment</a>, serving from 1862 to 1863. After mustering out of the military, he graduated from <a href="/wiki/Middlebury_College" title="Middlebury College">Middlebury College</a> in 1864. While at Middlebury he joined the Alpha Alpha Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) Fraternity. </p><p>In 1868 he received a medical degree from the <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University_College_of_Physicians_and_Surgeons" title="Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons">College of Physicians and Surgeons</a> at <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> in New York City. </p><p>He married Mary Madelia Sherman in 1872 and they had one daughter, Mary Sherman Mead.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mary Mead's son and John A. Mead's grandson <a href="/wiki/John_A._M._Hinsman" title="John A. M. Hinsman">John A. M. Hinsman</a> served as <a href="/wiki/President_pro_tempore_of_the_Vermont_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="President pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate">President of the Vermont Senate</a> from 1945 to 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_A._Mead&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mead practiced medicine in New York City for two years, and in <a href="/wiki/Rutland_(city),_Vermont" title="Rutland (city), Vermont">Rutland</a> from 1870 to 1888, when he was appointed chair of the medical department at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Vermont" title="University of Vermont">University of Vermont</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Vermont_Republican_Party" title="Vermont Republican Party">Republican</a>, Mead served in the <a href="/wiki/Vermont_Senate" title="Vermont Senate">Vermont Senate</a> from 1892 to 1893. When Rutland City became a separate municipality from <a href="/wiki/Rutland_(town),_Vermont" title="Rutland (town), Vermont">Rutland Town</a>, Mead served as the city's first Mayor, holding office from 1893 to 1894. In 1893 he was a <a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a> Commissioner for the <a href="/wiki/World%27s_Columbian_Exposition" title="World's Columbian Exposition">World's Columbian Exposition</a> in Chicago. Mead served in the <a href="/wiki/Vermont_House_of_Representatives" title="Vermont House of Representatives">Vermont House of Representatives</a> in 1906 and was Lieutenant Governor from 1908 to 1910. </p><p>Mead was <a href="/wiki/1910_Vermont_gubernatorial_election" title="1910 Vermont gubernatorial election">elected governor in 1910</a> and served from October 5, 1910 to October 3, 1912. During his tenure, he presided over the state legislature's reapportionment of state senatorial districts and legislation was enacted during his administration establishing a State School of Agriculture, requiring the registration of nurses, and providing for a direct primary.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After his governorship, Mead resumed his business interests. He was president of Baxter National Bank,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Howe Scale Company,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/John_A._Mead_Manufacturing_Company" title="John A. Mead Manufacturing Company">John A. Mead Manufacturing Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a director of the <a href="/wiki/Rutland_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Rutland Railway">Rutland Railroad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mead was a Trustee of <a href="/wiki/Middlebury_College" title="Middlebury College">Middlebury College</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Vermont" title="University of Vermont">University of Vermont</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norwich_University" title="Norwich University">Norwich University</a>; all three conferred the <a href="/wiki/Honorary_degree" title="Honorary degree">honorary degree</a> of <a href="/wiki/LL.D." class="mw-redirect" title="LL.D.">LL.D.</a> upon him in 1911.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made substantial donations to Middlebury, including the financing of its Mead Memorial Chapel which was constructed in 1916.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a delegate to the <a href="/wiki/Republican_National_Convention" title="Republican National Convention">Republican National Convention</a> in 1912, and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Army_of_the_Republic" title="Grand Army of the Republic">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_A._Mead&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mead died of pneumonia at his home in Rutland, <a href="/wiki/Rutland_County,_Vermont" title="Rutland County, Vermont">Rutland County, Vermont</a>, on January 12, 1920. He is interred in Rutland's <a href="/wiki/Evergreen_Cemetery_(Rutland,_Vermont)" title="Evergreen Cemetery (Rutland, Vermont)">Evergreen Cemetery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_A._Mead&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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Chapel.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_A._Mead&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation 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Fairbanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Holbrook" title="Frederick Holbrook">Holbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Gregory_Smith" title="J. Gregory Smith">G. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Dillingham" title="Paul Dillingham">P. Dillingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Page" title="John B. Page">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_T._Washburn" title="Peter T. Washburn">Washburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Whitman_Hendee" title="George Whitman Hendee">Hendee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wolcott_Stewart" title="John Wolcott Stewart">Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Converse" title="Julius Converse">Converse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asahel_Peck" title="Asahel Peck">Peck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_Fairbanks" title="Horace Fairbanks">H. Fairbanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redfield_Proctor" title="Redfield Proctor">R. Proctor Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roswell_Farnham" title="Roswell Farnham">Farnham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_L._Barstow" title="John L. Barstow">Barstow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_E._Pingree" title="Samuel E. Pingree">Pingree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_J._Ormsbee" title="Ebenezer J. Ormsbee">Ormsbee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_P._Dillingham" title="William P. Dillingham">W.P. Dillingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_S._Page" title="Carroll S. Page">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levi_K._Fuller" title="Levi K. Fuller">Fuller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_A._Woodbury" title="Urban A. Woodbury">Woodbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josiah_Grout" title="Josiah Grout">Grout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Curtis_Smith" title="Edward Curtis Smith">E. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_W._Stickney_(politician)" title="William W. Stickney (politician)">Stickney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_G._McCullough" title="John G. McCullough">McCullough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_J._Bell_(politician)" title="Charles J. Bell (politician)">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fletcher_D._Proctor" title="Fletcher D. Proctor">F. Proctor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_H._Prouty" title="George H. Prouty">Prouty</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_M._Fletcher" title="Allen M. Fletcher">Fletcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Gates" title="Charles W. Gates">Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_F._Graham" title="Horace F. Graham">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percival_W._Clement" title="Percival W. Clement">Clement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hartness" title="James Hartness">Hartness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redfield_Proctor_Jr." title="Redfield Proctor Jr.">R. Proctor Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_S._Billings" title="Franklin S. Billings">Billings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_E._Weeks" title="John E. Weeks">Weeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_C._Wilson" title="Stanley C. Wilson">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Manley_Smith" title="Charles Manley Smith">C. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Aiken" title="George Aiken">Aiken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Wills_(politician)" title="William Henry Wills (politician)">Wills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mortimer_R._Proctor" title="Mortimer R. Proctor">M. Proctor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_W._Gibson_Jr." title="Ernest W. Gibson Jr.">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_J._Arthur" title="Harold J. Arthur">Arthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_E._Emerson" title="Lee E. Emerson">Emerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Johnson" title="Joseph B. Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Stafford" title="Robert Stafford">Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._Ray_Keyser_Jr." title="F. Ray Keyser Jr.">Keyser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_H._Hoff" title="Philip H. Hoff">Hoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deane_C._Davis" title="Deane C. Davis">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_P._Salmon" title="Thomas P. Salmon">Salmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_A._Snelling" title="Richard A. Snelling">Snelling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Kunin" title="Madeleine Kunin">Kunin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_A._Snelling" title="Richard A. Snelling">Snelling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Dean" title="Howard Dean">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Douglas" title="Jim Douglas">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Shumlin" title="Peter Shumlin">Shumlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Scott" title="Phil Scott">Scott</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><i>Italics</i> indicate acting governor</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Lieutenant_governors_of_Vermont" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Lieutenant_governors_of_Vermont" title="Template:Lieutenant governors of Vermont"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Lieutenant_governors_of_Vermont" title="Template talk:Lieutenant governors of Vermont"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Lieutenant_governors_of_Vermont" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Lieutenant governors of Vermont"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Lieutenant_governors_of_Vermont" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Vermont" title="List of lieutenant governors of Vermont">Lieutenant governors of Vermont</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Vermont_Republic" title="Vermont Republic">Vermont Republic <br /><span class="nobold">(1777–1791)</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Marsh" title="Joseph Marsh">Marsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Carpenter" title="Benjamin Carpenter">Carpenter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elisha_Payne" title="Elisha Payne">Payne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Spooner" title="Paul Spooner">Spooner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Marsh" title="Joseph Marsh">Marsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Olcott" title="Peter Olcott">Olcott</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Coat_of_arms_of_Vermont.svg/70px-Coat_of_arms_of_Vermont.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Coat_of_arms_of_Vermont.svg/105px-Coat_of_arms_of_Vermont.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Coat_of_arms_of_Vermont.svg/140px-Coat_of_arms_of_Vermont.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="252" data-file-height="304" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">State of Vermont<br /><span class="nobold">(since 1791)</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Hunt_(Vermont_lieutenant_governor)" title="Jonathan Hunt (Vermont lieutenant governor)">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Brigham" title="Paul Brigham">Brigham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Chamberlain_(politician)" title="William Chamberlain (politician)">Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Brigham" title="Paul Brigham">Brigham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Cahoon" title="William Cahoon">Cahoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Leland" title="Aaron Leland">Leland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Olin" title="Henry Olin">Olin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Richards_(politician)" title="Mark Richards (politician)">Richards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebbeus_Egerton" title="Lebbeus Egerton">Egerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silas_H._Jennison" title="Silas H. Jennison">Jennison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_M._Camp" title="David M. Camp">Camp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waitstill_R._Ranney" title="Waitstill R. Ranney">Ranney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_Eaton" title="Horace Eaton">Eaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Sargeant" title="Leonard Sargeant">Sargeant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Pierpoint_(Vermont_politician)" title="Robert Pierpoint (Vermont politician)">Pierpoint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Converse" title="Julius Converse">Converse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_C._Kittredge" title="William C. Kittredge">Kittredge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_P._Kidder" title="Jefferson P. Kidder">Kidder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryland_Fletcher" title="Ryland Fletcher">Fletcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_M._Slade" title="James M. Slade">Slade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnham_Martin" title="Burnham Martin">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levi_Underwood" title="Levi Underwood">Underwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Dillingham" title="Paul Dillingham">Dillingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_B._Gardner" title="Abraham B. Gardner">Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Thomas_(Medal_of_Honor)" title="Stephen Thomas (Medal of Honor)">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Whitman_Hendee" title="George Whitman Hendee">Hendee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_N._Dale" title="George N. Dale">Dale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_S._Taft" title="Russell S. Taft">Taft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman_G._Hinckley" title="Lyman G. Hinckley">Hinckley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redfield_Proctor" title="Redfield Proctor">R. Proctor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eben_Pomeroy_Colton" title="Eben Pomeroy Colton">Colton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_L._Barstow" title="John L. Barstow">Barstow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_E._Pingree" title="Samuel E. Pingree">Pingree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_J._Ormsbee" title="Ebenezer J. Ormsbee">Ormsbee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levi_K._Fuller" title="Levi K. Fuller">Fuller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_A._Woodbury" title="Urban A. Woodbury">Woodbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_A._Fletcher" title="Henry A. Fletcher">Fletcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farrand_Stewart_Stranahan" title="Farrand Stewart Stranahan">Stranahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zophar_M._Mansur" class="mw-redirect" title="Zophar M. Mansur">Mansur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_W._Fisk" title="Nelson W. Fisk">Fisk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_C._Bates" title="Henry C. Bates">Bates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_F._Allen" title="Martin F. Allen">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zed_S._Stanton" title="Zed S. Stanton">Stanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_H._Stearns" title="Charles H. Stearns">Stearns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_H._Prouty" title="George H. Prouty">Prouty</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leighton_P._Slack" title="Leighton P. Slack">Slack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_E._Howe" title="Frank E. Howe">Howe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hale_K._Darling" title="Hale K. Darling">Darling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_W._Hulburd" title="Roger W. Hulburd">Hulburd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_S._Stone" title="Mason S. Stone">Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abram_W._Foote" title="Abram W. Foote">A. Foote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_S._Billings" title="Franklin S. Billings">Billings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_K._Farnsworth" title="Walter K. Farnsworth">Farnsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollister_Jackson" title="Hollister Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_C._Wilson" title="Stanley C. Wilson">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Williams_(Vermont_politician)" title="Benjamin Williams (Vermont politician)">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Manley_Smith" title="Charles Manley Smith">C. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Aiken" title="George Aiken">Aiken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Wills_(politician)" title="William Henry Wills (politician)">Wills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mortimer_R._Proctor" title="Mortimer R. Proctor">M. Proctor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_E._Emerson" title="Lee E. Emerson">Emerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_J._Arthur" title="Harold J. Arthur">Arthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Johnson" title="Joseph B. Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consuelo_N._Bailey" title="Consuelo N. Bailey">Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Stafford" title="Robert Stafford">Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_S._Babcock" title="Robert S. Babcock">Babcock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_A._Foote" title="Ralph A. Foote">R. Foote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._Daley" title="John J. Daley">Daley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_L._Hayes" title="Thomas L. Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_S._Burgess" title="John S. Burgess">Burgess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_D._Burns" title="Brian D. Burns">Burns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Garry_Buckley" title="T. Garry Buckley">Buckley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Kunin" title="Madeleine Kunin">Kunin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Plympton_Smith" title="Peter Plympton Smith">P. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Dean" title="Howard Dean">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Snelling" title="Barbara Snelling">Snelling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Racine" title="Doug Racine">Racine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Dubie" title="Brian Dubie">Dubie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Scott" title="Phil Scott">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Zuckerman_(politician)" title="David Zuckerman (politician)">Zuckerman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molly_Gray" title="Molly Gray">Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Zuckerman_(politician)" title="David Zuckerman (politician)">Zuckerman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_S._Rodgers" title="John S. 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