Thomas Chittenden

Thomas Chittenden (born January 6, 1730 in East Guilford , Colony of Connecticut , † August 25, 1797 in Montpelier ) was an American statesman and governor of the US state of Vermont .

Thomas Chittenden

Life

Chittenden moved from Connecticut to Vermont in 1774, where he founded the city of Williston . During the American Revolutionary War he was a member of a committee that was supposed to move the Continental Congress to accept Vermont into the union.

However, Congress postponed the resolution of the issue because they did not want to upset the states of New York and New Hampshire , which both expressed territorial claims against Vermont.

In 1777, an assembly in Windsor passed the first Vermont constitution, which established the state as an independent Vermont Republic and thus the first republic on the North American continent . During this phase, Chittenden served as governor of that republic from 1778 to 1789 and in a second term from 1790 to 1791.

When Vermont finally joined the union as the 14th state in 1791, Chittenden continued his tenure as governor until 1797. Just a few weeks after leaving office, he died at the age of 67. His son Martin Chittenden, as well as his son-in-law Jonas Galusha , who married his daughter Mary, also became governors of Vermont.

Chittenden's grave is in Thomas Chittenden Cemetery , Williston , Chittenden County, Vermont . Named after him are the aforementioned county and the city of Chittenden in Rutland County , Vermont .

literature

Frank Smallwood: Thomas Chittenden. Vermont's First Statesman. The New England Press, Shelburne VT 1997, ISBN 1-881535-27-4 .

Web links

Thomas Chittenden in the database of the National Governors Association (English)
Thomas Chittenden ( Memento of 18 November 2001 at the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Secretary of State of Vermont (English)
"Quieting Ancient Settlers" and the Betterment Acts ( Memento of August 24, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) from 1785 on the homepage of the Vermont Secretary of State (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Thomas Chittenden . Find a grave . Retrieved October 24, 2012.

personal data
SURNAME	Chittenden, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American statesman and governor of the US state of Vermont
DATE OF BIRTH	January 6, 1730
PLACE OF BIRTH	East Guilford , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH	August 25, 1797
Place of death	Montpelier , Vermont

[1] Thomas Chittenden . Find a grave . Retrieved October 24, 2012.