Waitstill R. Ranney

Waitstill R. Ranney (born May 23, 1791 in Chester , Vermont , † August 23, 1853 in Townshend , Vermont) was an American doctor and politician who was Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1841 to 1843 .

Life

Waitstill Randolph Ranney was born in Chester. He studied medicine at Dartmouth College and Middlebury College , became a doctor and at the same time ran a farm in Townshend. He received an honorary doctorate from Castleton Medical College in 1827 .

Ranney held various positions, including as a school councilor . He was a delegate to the Assembly to Revise the Vermont Constitution in 1828 and a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1834 to 1836.

He became politically active in founding the Whig Party and was a Senator in the Vermont Senate from 1836 to 1838 . He handed the farm over to one of his sons in the late 1830s and moved into a house in the center of town.

Ranney presided over the Whig Party's political session in the 1840 presidential election at Stratton Mountain .

From 1841 to 1843 he was Lieutenant Governor of Vermont.

Ranney remained active until he developed health problems in the late 1840s, later he lived in seclusion in Townshend. He died on August 23, 1853. His grave is in Townshend's Oakwood Cemetery.

family

Ranney married Phebe Atwood and they had two sons, Ambrose Ranney , United States House Representative for Massachusetts , and Albert A. Ranney. After the death of Phebe Ranney, he married Mary A. Cooke. This marriage remained childless.

Individual evidence

^ Catalog of Officers and Students of Middlebury College , Issued by College, 1901, 239
^ History of Vermont , by Zadock Thompson, 1842, 163
^ Collections Relating to the History and Inhabitants of the Town of Townshend, Vermont , by James H. Phelps, 1877, p. 120
^ The Vermont Historical Gazetteer , edited by Abby Maria Hemenway, Issue 5, 1891, page 543
^ Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windham County, Vt., 1724-1884 , by Hamilton Child, 1884, 39
^ One Thousand Men , of Vermont Historical Society, 1915, 195
^ Early History of Vermont , by LaFayette Wilbur, Volume 2, 1900, p. 407
^ The Bottum (Longbottom) Family Album, by Rebekah Deal Oliver, 1970, p. 283
^ Men of Progress , by Richard Herndon (1896), 86

Web links

Waitstill R. Ranney in the database of Find a Grave (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Ranney, Waitstill R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ranney, Waitstill Randolph; Ranney, WR
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 23, 1791
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chester , Vermont
DATE OF DEATH	August 23, 1853
Place of death	Townshend , Vermont

[1] Catalog of Officers and Students of Middlebury College , Issued by College, 1901, 239

[2] History of Vermont , by Zadock Thompson, 1842, 163

[3] Collections Relating to the History and Inhabitants of the Town of Townshend, Vermont , by James H. Phelps, 1877, p. 120

[4] The Vermont Historical Gazetteer , edited by Abby Maria Hemenway, Issue 5, 1891, page 543

[5] Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windham County, Vt., 1724-1884 , by Hamilton Child, 1884, 39

[6] One Thousand Men , of Vermont Historical Society, 1915, 195

[7] Early History of Vermont , by LaFayette Wilbur, Volume 2, 1900, p. 407

[8] The Bottum (Longbottom) Family Album, by Rebekah Deal Oliver, 1970, p. 283

[9] Men of Progress , by Richard Herndon (1896), 86