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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in the
US city of
Montpelier ,
Vermont .
Artists and authors
Frederick W. Adams , physician and author
Michael Arnowitt , classical and jazz pianist
Ruth Payne Burgess , painter
Jessica Comolli , beauty queen
Kathryn Davis , novelist
Garrett Graff , editor and educator
Rob Mermin , founder of
Circus Smirkus
Frank Miller , comic book writer and artist
Anaïs Mitchell , singer-songwriter
Angelia Thurston Newman , poet, author, lecturer
Arthur E. Scott , photo-historian of US senate
Daniel Pierce Thompson , author
Samuel C. Upham , journalist and counterfeiter
Thomas Waterman Wood , painter
Eric Zencey , novelist and essayist
Military
John W. Clark , Union Army veteran and recipient of the
Medal of Honor
Dayton P. Clarke , Union Army veteran and recipient of the
Medal of Honor
Richard A. Cody , general, 31st
Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
Robert J. Coffey , Union Army veteran and recipient of the
Medal of Honor
Hannibal Day , Union Army brigadier general
George Dewey , US Navy admiral
William Charles Fitzgerald , US Navy lieutenant
William W. Noyes , Union Army veteran and recipient of the
Medal of Honor
James Stevens Peck ,
American Civil War officer who later served as
Adjutant General of the
Vermont National Guard
Francis V. Randall , Union Army officer in the American Civil War
[1]
Stephen Thomas , Union Army brigadier general and recipient of the
Medal of Honor
Politicians
James H. Agen , Wisconsin State Assemblyman
George H. Amidon , Vermont State Treasurer
Howard E. Armstrong ,
Secretary of State of Vermont
[2]
George W. Barker , U.S. Marshal for Vermont, Judge of Maniwitoc County, Wisconsin
[3]
Francis K. Brooks , majority leader of the
Vermont House of Representatives and member of the
Vermont Senate
[4]
George W. Cate , U.S. congressman
Augustine Clarke ,
Anti-Masonic Party leader and
Vermont State Treasurer
Jedd Philo Clark Cottrill ,
Wisconsin state senator
Ann Cummings , Montpelier mayor and member of the Vermont Senate
[5]
Madelyn Davidson , Vermont State Treasurer
Luther C. Dodge ,
mayor of Burlington, Vermont
[6]
Benjamin F. Fifield , lawyer who served as
United States Attorney for the
District of Vermont , 1869–1880
[7]
Charles E. Gibson Jr. ,
Vermont Attorney General
[8]
Mary Hooper , state representative and mayor of Montpelier
George Howes , Vermont State Treasurer
Vincent Illuzzi , state senator
Elisha P. Jewett , Vermont State Treasurer
Levi R. Kelley , Vermont State Treasurer
Patrick Leahy , U.S. senator, President pro tempore of the United States Senate
Farrand F. Merrill ,
Secretary of State of Vermont
[9]
Timothy Merrill ,
Secretary of State of Vermont
[10]
Lucas Miltiades Miller , U.S. congressman from
Wisconsin
William Paddock , Wisconsin State Assembly
John A. Page , Vermont State Treasurer
Asahel Peck , 35th
governor of Vermont
Lucius Benedict Peck , U.S. congressman
Andrew Perchlik , member of the
Vermont Senate
[11]
Clarence H. Pitkin , U.S. Attorney for Vermont and Washington County State's Attorney
[12]
Charles W. Porter ,
Secretary of State of Vermont
[13]
Samuel Prentiss , U.S. senator
Theodore Prentiss ,
Wisconsin state assemblyman
John H. Senter , U.S. Attorney for Vermont, Mayor of Montpelier, Vermont
[14]
Jeb Spaulding , member of the
Vermont Senate ,
Vermont State Treasurer , Vermont Secretary of Administration, Chancellor of the
Vermont State Colleges
[15]
John Spaulding , Vermont State Treasurer
John Mellen Thurston , U.S. senator
William Upham , U.S. senator
Eliakim Persons Walton , U.S. congressman
Anne Watson , mayor of Montpelier
Charles W. Willard , U.S. congressman
David Wing Jr. , Secretary of State of Vermont
[16]
Law and judiciary
Sports
References
^ Ellis, William Arba (1898).
Norwich University: Her History, Her Graduates, Her Roll of Honor . Concord, NH: Rumford Press. p. 115 – via
Google Books .
^
"Obituary, Howard E. Armstrong" . Burlington Free Press . Burlington, VT. October 9, 1983. p. 18.
^
"Death of George W. Barker" . Argus and Patriot . Montpelier, VT. April 24, 1873. p. 2 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Secretary of the Vermont Senate.
"Biography, Senator Francis K. Brooks" . Vermont General Assembly . Montpelier, VT: Vermont Senate. Retrieved February 21, 2017 .
^ Secretary of the Vermont State Senate.
"Biography, Ann Cummings" . Vermont General Assembly . Montpelier, VT: Vermont State Senate. Retrieved February 24, 2017 .
^ Ullery, Jacob G. (1894).
Men of Vermont Illustrated . Brattleboro, VT: Transcript Publishing Company. pp.
51 -52 – via
Internet Archive .
^ Carleton, Hiram (1903).
Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont . Vol. II. New York, NY: Lewis Publishing Company.
^
State of Vermont Legislative Directory . Montpelier, VT: Vermont Secretary of State. 1969. p. 651.
^ Hemenway, Abby Maria (1882).
The Vermont Historical Gazetteer . Vol. 4. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Watchman and State Journal. p. 438.
^ Hemenway, Abby Maria (1882).
The Vermont Historical Gazetteer . Vol. 4. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Watchman and State Journal. p. 437.
^
"Biography, Senator Andrew Perchlik" . legislature.vermont.gov . Montpelier, VT: Vermont General Assembly. 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2020 .
^
"Death Came Today to C. H. Pitkin" .
The Evening Argus . Montpelier, VT. May 31, 1901. p. 1 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Ullery, Jacob G. (1894).
Men of Vermont Illustrated . Brattleboro, VT: Transcript Publishing Company. pp.
322 –323.
^
"John H. Senter Dropped Dead" .
Barre Daily Times . Barre, VT. January 21, 1916. p. 1 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Jeb Spaulding Is Appointed Vermont State Colleges Chancellor" .
Herald of Randolph . Randolph, VT. September 25, 2014.
^ Thompson, Daniel P. (1860).
History of the Town of Montpelier . Montpelier, VT: E. P. Walton. pp.
68 , 105, 290–291.
^ Ullery, Jacob G. (1894).
Men of Vermont Illustrated . Brattleboro, VT: Transcript Publishing Company. p.
181 .
^
"Obituary, Louis P. Peck" . Burlington Free Press . Burlington, VT. May 13, 2008. p. 4B – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Polston, Pamela (March 6, 2002).
"She Rules: Supreme Court Justice Marilyn Skoglund Is a Special Case" . Seven Days . Burlington, VT.
^
"Biographical Entry, Tetzlaff, Charles R." The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory . Vol. 6. New Providence, NJ: Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Incorporated. 1983. p. 90 – via
Google Books .
^ Bigelow, Walter J. (1919).
Vermont, Its Government . Montpelier, VT: Historical Publishing Company. p. 12.