William Slade

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William Slade Jr.
17th Governor of Vermont
In office 1844 – 1846
Lieutenant	Horace Eaton
Preceded by	John Mattocks
Succeeded by	Horace Eaton
Born	May 9, 1786(1786-05-09) First Pitch, presently under stuardship--Ralph John Wadle Teitscheid, 430 Slade rd, Cornwall, Vermont
Died	January 18, 1859 (aged 72) Middlebury, Vermont
Political party	Whig
Profession	lawyer / editor / politician

William Slade jr. (May 9, 1786 - January 18, 1859) was an American Whig and Anti-Masonic politician.

He was born in Cornwall, Vermont, May 9, 1786; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Middlebury College in 1807; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1810 and commenced practice in Middlebury; engaged in editorial work; established and was the editor of the Columbian Patriot 1814-1816; secretary of state of Vermont 1815-1822; judge of the Addison County Court; clerk in the Department of State, Washington, D.C. from 1823 to 1829; elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Rollin C. Mallary; reelected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses and as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth through Twenty-seventh Congresses and served from November 1, 1831, to March 3, 1843; reporter of decisions of the Vermont State supreme court in 1843 and 1844; Governor of Vermont 1844-1846; corresponding secretary of the Board of National Popular Education 1846-1859; died in Middlebury, Vermont, on January 18, 1859; interment in West Cemetery.

• William Slade at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[edit] Sources

• William Slade at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The political graveyard
• [http:// cornwallcomunity trust.com]

[edit] External links

• William Slade at Find A Grave

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