The Political Graveyard: Rutland County, Vt.

Rutland County
Vermont

Rutland County information:

Population: 63,400 (2000); 62,142 (1990)
Land area 932 square miles.
County seat: Rutland
Capital Impact: Rutland County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
Fedstats/Mapstats: Rutland County -- data on agriculture, population, immigration, business, crime, environment
Rutland County VTGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
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Rutland County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

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The Political Graveyard:

Selected officials of Rutland County
Politicians who were born in Rutland County
Politicians who lived in Rutland County
Politicians who died in Rutland County
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Rutland County

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Selected officials of Rutland County

(not intended to be complete)

William H. Rowland (State's Attorney, 1896-98) Robert T. Stafford (State's Attorney, 1947-51)

Castleton Cemetery
Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont

Politicians buried here:

Samuel Shaw (1768-1827) — of Castleton, Rutland County, Vt. Born in Dighton, Bristol County, Mass., 1768. Father of Henry Shaw. Democrat. Member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1800-07; Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1804; U.S. Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1808-13. Died in Clarendon Springs, Clarendon, Rutland County, Vt., October 23, 1827. Interment at Castleton Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Congregational Cemetery
Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont

Politicians buried here:

Chauncey Langdon (1763-1830) — of Vermont. Born in Farmington, Hartford County, Conn., November 8, 1763. State court judge in Vermont, 1798; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1813; U.S. Representative from Vermont at-large, 1815-17. Died July 23, 1830. Interment at Congregational Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

St. Mary's Cemetery
Fair Haven, Rutland County, Vermont

Politicians buried here:

Jeremiah Copps Durick — also known as Jeremiah C. Durick — of Vermont. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1920, 1928. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.

East Poultney Cemetery
East Poultney, Poultney, Rutland County, Vermont

Politicians buried here:

Rollin Carolas Mallary (1784-1831) — of Vermont. Born in Cheshire, New Haven County, Conn., May 27, 1784. U.S. Representative from Vermont, 1820-31 (1st District 1820-25, 2nd District 1825-31); died in office 1831. Died in Baltimore, Md., April 15, 1831. Interment at East Poultney Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

City Cemetery
Proctor, Rutland County, Vermont

Politicians buried here:

Redfield Proctor (1831-1908) — of Proctor, Rutland County, Vt. Born in Proctorsville, Cavendish, Windsor County, Vt., June 1, 1831. Father of Fletcher Dutton Proctor and Redfield Proctor (1879-1957); grandfather of Mortimer Robinson Proctor. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1867-68, 1888; member of Vermont state senate, 1874-75; Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, 1876-78; Governor of Vermont, 1878-80; U.S. Secretary of War, 1889-91; U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1891-1908; died in office 1908. Died in Washington, D.C., March 4, 1908. Interment at City Cemetery.
- See also Proctor family of Vermont
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
Redfield Proctor (1879-1957) — of Proctor, Rutland County, Vt. Born in Proctor, Rutland County, Vt., April 13, 1879. Son of Redfield Proctor (1831-1908); brother of Fletcher Dutton Proctor; uncle of Mortimer Robinson Proctor. Republican. Member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1912, 1915; member of Vermont state senate from Rutland County, 1917; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1920; Governor of Vermont, 1923-25. Died February 5, 1957. Interment at City Cemetery.
- See also Proctor family of Vermont
- See also: National Governors Association biography.

Proctor Cemetery
Proctor, Rutland County, Vermont

Politicians buried here:

Frank Charles Partridge (1861-1943) — of Proctor, Rutland County, Vt. Born in East Middlebury, Middlebury, Addison County, Vt., May 7, 1861. Son of Charles F. Partridge and Sarah A. (Rice) Partridge; married 1907 to Sarah L. Sanborn. Republican. President, Vermont Marble Co.; president, Clarendon & Pittsford Railroad; director and president, Proctor Trust Co.; director, National Life Insurance Co. of Vermont; director, Rutland Railroad Co.; U.S. Minister to Venezuela, 1893-94; U.S. Consul General in Tangier, 1897-98; member of Vermont state senate, 1898-1900; U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1930-31. Died in Proctor, Rutland County, Vt., March 2, 1943. Interment at Proctor Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Chippenhook Cemetery
Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont

Politicians buried here:

Theophilus Harrington (1762-1813) — of Vermont. Born in Coventry, Kent County, R.I., 1762. County judge in Vermont, 1793-1813; justice of Vermont state supreme court. Died in Clarendon, Rutland County, Vt., 1813. Interment at Chippenhook Cemetery.

Evergreen Cemetery
Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Solomon Foot (1802-1866) — of Rutland, Rutland County, Vt. Born in Vermont, 1802. Member of Vermont state legislature; U.S. Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1843-47; U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1851-66; died in office 1866. Died in 1866. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
George Tisdale Hodges (1789-1860) — of Vermont. Born in Vermont, 1789. Republican. Member of Vermont state legislature; U.S. Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1856-57. Died in 1860. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Leonard Fish Wing (1893-1945) — also known as Leonard F. Wing — of Rutland, Rutland County, Vt. Born in Ira, Rutland County, Vt., November 12, 1893. Son of David E. Wing and Dora M. (Fish) Wing. Republican. Vermont Republican state chair, 1926; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1940; general in the U.S. Army during World War II. Died, of a heart attack, in Rutland, Rutland County, Vt., December 19, 1945. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.

Greenwood Cemetery
Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont

Politicians buried here:

Charles Herbert Joyce (1830-1916) — of Vermont. Born in England, January 30, 1830. Republican. Member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1869; U.S. Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1875-83. Died November 22, 1916. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

West Street Cemetery
Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont

Politicians buried here:

Israel Smith (1759-1810) — of Rutland, Rutland County, Vt. Born in Suffield, Hartford County, Conn., April 4, 1759. Democrat. Member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1785, 1788-91, 1797; delegate to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1791; U.S. Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1791-97, 1801-03; justice of Vermont state supreme court, 1797-98; U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1803-07; resigned 1807; Governor of Vermont, 1807-08; Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1808. Died in Rutland, Rutland County, Vt., December 2, 1810. Interment at West Street Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.

Tinmouth Cemetery
Tinmouth, Rutland County, Vermont
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Nathaniel Chipman (1752-1843) — of Tinmouth, Rutland County, Vt. Born in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Conn., November 15, 1752. Brother of Lemuel Chipman and Daniel Chipman; grandfather of John Logan Chipman. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1784-85, 1806-09, 1811; justice of Vermont state supreme court, 1786-87, 1789-91, 1796-97, 1813-15; chief justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1790-91, 1796-97, 1813-15; U.S. District Judge for Vermont, 1791; U.S. Senator from Vermont, 1797-1803. Died February 13, 1843. Interment at Tinmouth Cemetery.
- See also Chipman family of Vermont and Connecticut
- See also: congressional biography.

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Selected officials of Rutland County

Politicians who were born in Rutland County

Politicians who lived in Rutland County

Politicians who died in Rutland County

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Rutland County