1786 - 1859

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• Suffix	Governor of Vermont
  Birth	9 May 1786	Of Middlebury, Addison, Vt
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Jan 1859	Middlebury, Addison County, Vt.,
  Person ID	I9648	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2003 00:00:00
  Family	Abigail FOOTE, b. 18 Jul 1791, Middlebury, Addison, Vt
  Married	5 Feb 1810
  Children	1. Esther SLADE, b. 22 Nov 1810, Of Middlebury, Addison, Vt   2. James Madison SLADE, b. 8 Sep 1812, Of Middlebury, Addison, Vt   3. Mary Groves SLADE, b. 4 Jul 1815, Of Middlebury, Addison, Vt   4. William SLADE, b. 28 Jun 1817, Of Middlebury, Addison, Vt   5. Jane Maria SLADE, b. 9 Sep 1819, Of Middlebury, Addison, Vt   6. Henry Clay SLADE, b. 25 Dec 1825, Of Middlebury, Addison, Vt   7. Samuel SLADE, b. 14 Jan 1827, Of Middlebury, Addison, Vt   8. Charles SLADE, b. 23 Feb 1828, Of Middlebury, Addison, Vt   9. Henry Martyn SLADE, b. 16 Dec 1829, Of Middlebury, Addison, Vt
  Family ID	F4388	Group Sheet

• Notes

  SLADE, William, a Representative from Vermont; born in Cornwall, Vt., May 9, 1786; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Middlebury (Vt.) 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., 1823-1829; 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 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, Addison County, Vt., on January 18, 1859; interment in West Cemetery.