Richard A. Snelling

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Richard Arkwright Snelling (February 18, 1927 in Allentown, Pennsylvania – August 13, 1991) was the Governor of Vermont from 1977 to 1985 and from January 10, 1991 until his death from heart failure.

A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Vermont House of Representatives for six terms.

He was first elected governor in 1976 and was later re-elected to three additional consecutive terms – in 1978, 1980, and 1982 – but left office in January 1985, choosing not to run in 1984. He ran for the U.S. Senate in 1986 but lost to incumbent Patrick Leahy in a landslide.

In 1990 Snelling was once again elected governor, becoming the first Vermont governor to win five mandates. He died of a heart attack seven months after his final inauguration. Lieutenant Governor Howard Dean, a Democrat, was sworn in as governor.

The Snelling Center for Government at the University of Vermont was named in his honor.

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• Richard A. Snelling at NNDB

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