James M. Slade

James M. Slade (born September 8, 1812 in Middlebury , Vermont , † April 10, 1875 ibid), was an American politician who was lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1856 to 1857 .

Life

James Madison Slade was born the son of Governor William Slade in Middelbury, where he grew up and attended school. He later became a clothing dealer.

Active in the Know Nothing Party , actually American Party, later in the Vermont branch of the Republican Party , Slade was from 1853 to 1856 clerk in the House of Representatives from Vermont . He was vice governor from 1856 to 1857.

Slade worked for the United States Department of the Treasury in Washington, DC from 1860 to 1863.

He was a Side Judge of Addison County from 1868 to 1870 and a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1871 to 1872.

Slade died in Middlebury on April 10, 1875. His grave is in Middlebury's West Cemetery.

family

His son James M. Slade Junior (1843-1899) was a lawyer and served as Addison County attorney and as a probate judge . He was also a member of the Vermont House of Representatives. From 1870 to 1871, Slade was Junior Secretary for Civil and Military Affairs and First Assistant to Governor John Wolcott Stewart .

Individual evidence

1. ^ History of the Town of Middlebury , by Samuel Swift, 1859, 278
2. ↑ James M. Slade biography , The Bibliography of Vermont, by Marcus Davis Gilman, 1897, p. 248
3. ^ The Geography, History, Constitution and Civil Government of Vermont , by Edward Conant and Mason Sereno Stone, 1915, p. 321
4. ↑ The Star That Set: The Vermont Republican Party, 1854-1974 , by Samuel B. Hand, 2003, 11
5. ↑ Lieutenant Governors, Terms of Service ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Office of the Vermont Secretary of State , State Archives and Records Administration, 2011, page 1 
6. ^ List of Clerks, Vermont House of Representatives , edited by Vermont House of Representatives
7. ^ William Slade of Windsor, Conn. and His Descendants , by Thomas Bellows Peck (1910), 85
8. ^ The American Journal of Education , edited by Henry Barnard, Issue 2, 1869, p. 463
9. ^ Journal of the House of the State of Vermont , edited by the Vermont General Assembly, 1871, 3
10. ^ Death notice, North Star newspaper (Danville, Vermont), April 16, 1875
11. ^ Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont , edited by Vermont General Assembly, 1874, p. 424
12. ↑ James M. Slade, Jr. biography , The Bibliography of Vermont, by Marcus Davis Gilman, 1897, p. 248

Web links

• James M. Slade in the database of Find a Grave (English)