Lawrence Brainerd was an American businessman,abolitionist and United States Senator from Vermont. A longtime anti-slavery activist,after leaving the Jacksonians in the 1830s,Brainerd was active in the Whig,Liberty,and Free Soil parties,and was one of the organizers of the Republican Party when it was formed as the main anti-slavery party in the mid-1850s. Brainerd's longtime commitment to the cause of abolition was recognized in 1854,when opponents of slavery in the Vermont General Assembly chose him to fill a five-month vacancy in the United States Senate.
Henry Addison Fletcher was an American Civil War veteran,a farmer and a U.S. politician of the Republican Party. He is most notable for his service as the 38th lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1890 to 1892.
Ebenezer J. Ormsbee was an American attorney and politician from Vermont. A Republican,he served as lieutenant governor from 1884 to 1886,and governor from 1886 to 1888.
Hoyt Henry Wheeler was an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and later a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
Franklin D. Hale was a Vermont politician who served as State Auditor and want on to a career as a diplomat.
Hollister Jackson was the 56th lieutenant governor of Vermont;he was killed in the Great Flood of 1927.
Levi Underwood was a lawyer and politician from Vermont. Originally a Democrat,Underwood's antislavery views caused him to join the new Republican Party when it was founded. Underwood was most notable for his service as the 23rd lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1860 to 1862.
Roswell Mears Austin was a Vermont politician and attorney who served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives.
Fred M. Butler was a Vermont attorney and judge. He is notable for his service as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1923 to 1926.
John H. Watson was a Vermont attorney and judge. He served as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1899 to 1917,and chief justice from 1917 to 1929.
James Edmund Burke was an American politician who served as the 18th,20th,22nd,and 27th mayor of Burlington,Vermont. A Democrat,he also served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1925 to 1927,1931 to 1935,and 1937 to 1939.
Albert L. Catlin was an American politician who served as the 1st Mayor of Burlington,Vermont. Catlin was born in Addison County,Vermont around 1809 and died in Burlington in 1884 with no family due to having no children with his wife whom he outlived.
Joseph F. Radigan was an American attorney and politician from Vermont. A Democrat,He is most notable for serving as United States Attorney for the District of Vermont from 1961 to 1969.
Horace W. Bailey was a Vermont politician and government official. A Republican,he was most notable for his service as a member of the Vermont Senate from Orange County (1894–1896),a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Newbury (1902–1904),and the United States Marshal for the District of Vermont from 1903 until his death.
The 1854 Vermont gubernatorial election for governor of Vermont took place on September 5. The Whig nominee was Stephen Royce,former Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. The Democratic nominee was Merritt Clark,and Lawrence Brainerd ran as the nominee of the Free Soil Party even as he was one of the organizers of the new anti-slavery Republican Party and appeared as a Whig candidate for the Vermont Senate on the ballot in Franklin County. Whig William C. Kittredge was nominated for governor against his wishes by advocates of the Temperance movement and Democrat Horatio Needham also attracted the support of some Free Soil advocates.
The 1857 Vermont gubernatorial election for governor of Vermont was held on Tuesday,September 1. In keeping with the "Mountain Rule",incumbent Republican Ryland Fletcher was a candidate for a second one-year term. The Democratic nominee was Henry Keyes,a former member of the Vermont House of Representatives and Vermont Senate who had run against Fletcher in 1856.
