Middlebury is the shire town of Addison County,Vermont,United States. As of the 2020 census,the population was 9,152. Middlebury is home to Middlebury College and the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History.
Robert Theodore Stafford was an American politician from Vermont. In his lengthy political career,he served as the 71st governor of Vermont,a United States representative,and a U.S. Senator. A Republican,Stafford was generally considered a liberal,or "Rockefeller Republican".
Claire D. Ayer is a Democratic former member of the Vermont State Senate,representing the two-member at-large Addison Senate District.
Stephen Royce was an American lawyer,judge and politician. Originally a Democratic-Republican,and later a Whig Party,he became a Republican when the party was formed in the mid-1850s. Royce served as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1829 to 1846,chief justice from 1846 to 1852,and 23rd governor of Vermont from 1854 to 1856.
Asahel Peck was an American lawyer,politician,and judge. He is most notable for his service as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court (1859–1874) and the 35th governor of Vermont from 1874 to 1876.
William T. Doyle is a retired American politician and author who served as a Republican member of the Vermont Senate. As a senator from the Washington Vermont Senate District from 1969 to 2017,he is the longest-serving state legislator in Vermont history.
Beth Robinson is an American lawyer and judge from Vermont. She is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and is the first openly lesbian judge to serve on any federal court of appeals. Robinson served as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 2011 to 2021.
Marilyn Skoglund is a former Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. She is well known for having attained admission to the bar and appointment to the bench despite not having gone to law school.
Sarah L. Copeland Hanzas is an American Democratic Party politician who is currently serving as the Secretary of State of Vermont. She previously served in the Vermont House of Representatives from Orange County's 2nd District,having been first elected in 2004.
John Pierpoint was a Vermont attorney and judge. He served as a justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1857 until his death,and was Chief Justice beginning in 1865.
Noah Smith was a political and legal figure in Vermont during its years as an independent republic and its early years of statehood. Among the offices he held was Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1789 to 1791 and 1798 to 1801.
Peter J. Hincks was a Vermont banker and public official. He was notable for his service as Vermont State Treasurer from 1965 until his death,the first Democrat to hold the office since the founding of the Republican Party in the 1850s.
Francis K. Brooks is a Vermont educator and politician who served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007. Brooks was a member of the Vermont Senate from 2017 to 2019.
Charles Linsley was a Vermont lawyer and politician. The son-in-law of Daniel Chipman,he was notable for his service as United States Attorney for the District of Vermont (1845-1849),member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1858-1859),and U.S. Collector of Customs for Vermont (1860-1861).
Andrew John Perchlik is an American activist and politician from Vermont. A Democrat,in 2018 he was elected to the Vermont Senate from the three-member at-large Washington County Senate District.
Christopher A. Bray is a Vermont businessman and politician. A Democrat,he served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. Since 2013,he has represented the Addison District in the Vermont Senate.
Molly Rose Gray is an American attorney and politician who served as the 83rd lieutenant governor of Vermont from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she was an assistant attorney general for Vermont from 2018 to 2021.
The 1852 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday,September 7. Incumbent governor Charles K. Williams,a Whig,was not a candidate for reelection. In the voting,Whig Erastus Fairbanks received 49.2 percent,Democrat John S. Robinson 31.3 percent,and Free Soil Party nominee Lawrence Brainerd 19.6 percent.
The Addison Senate District is one of 16 districts of the Vermont Senate. The current district plan is included in the redistricting and reapportionment plan developed by the Vermont General Assembly following the 2020 U.S. census,which applies to legislatures elected in 2022,2024,2026,2028,and 2030.
