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Vermont: Secretaries of State


Vermont Secretaries of State, 1778-1993 (May be incomplete!)
Thomas Chandler 1778 Joseph Fay 1778-81 Micah Townshend 1781-88 Roswell Hopkins 1788-1802 David Wing, Jr. 1802-06 Thomas Leverett 1806-13 Josiah Dunham 1813-15 William Slade 1815-23 Norman Williams 1823-31 Timothy Merrill 1831-36 Chauncey Langdon Knapp 1836-41 Alvah Sabin 1841-42 James McM. Shafter 1842-49 Farrand F. Merrill 1849-53 Daniel P. Thompson 1853-55 Charles W. Willard 1855-57 Benjamin W. Dean 1857-61 George W. Bailey, Jr. 1861-65 George Nichols 1865-84 Charles W. Porter 1884-90 Chauncey W. Brownell 1890-98 Fred A. Howland 1898-1902 Frederick G. Fleetwood 1902-08 Guy W. Bailey 1908-17 Frederick G. Fleetwood 1917-19 Harry Alonzo Black 1919-23 Aaron H. Grout 1923-27 Rawson C. Myrick 1927-47 Helen E. Burbank 1947-49 Howard E. Armstrong 1949- Jim Douglas 1981-93

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1865: George W. Bailey, Jr., died in office.
  • 1918 Nov 5: Harry Alonzo Black (Rep), elected.
  • 1922 Nov 7: Harry Alonzo Black (Rep & Prohibition), elected; Joel C. Hibbard (Dem), defeated.
  • 1923 Apr 9: Harry Alonzo Black, died in office.
  • 1924 Nov 4: Aaron H. Grout (Rep), elected; George F. Root (Dem), defeated; George L. Story (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1962 Sep 11: Madelyn S. Davidson (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1962 Sep 11: Howard E. Armstrong (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1962 Nov 6: Howard E. Armstrong (Rep), elected; Madelyn S. Davidson (Dem), defeated.
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