# List of people from Montpelier, Vermont

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in the US city of Montpelier, Vermont.

## Artists and authors

* Frederick W. Adams, physician and author
* Michael Arnowitt, classical and jazz pianist
* Ruth Payne Burgess, painter
* Jessica Comolli, beauty queen
* Kathryn Davis, novelist
* Garrett Graff, editor and educator
* Rob Mermin, founder of Circus Smirkus
* Frank Miller, comic book writer and artist
* Anaïs Mitchell, singer-songwriter
* Angelia Thurston Newman, poet, author, lecturer
* Arthur E. Scott, photo-historian of US senate
* Daniel Pierce Thompson, author
* Samuel C. Upham, journalist and counterfeiter
* Thomas Waterman Wood, painter
* Eric Zencey, novelist and essayist

## Military

* John W. Clark, Union Army veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor
* Dayton P. Clarke, Union Army veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor
* Richard A. Cody, general, 31st Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
* Robert J. Coffey, Union Army veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor
* Hannibal Day, Union Army brigadier general
* George Dewey, US Navy admiral
* William Charles Fitzgerald, US Navy lieutenant
* Thomas D. Kinley, US Army major general, resided in Montpelier
* William W. Noyes, Union Army veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor
* James Stevens Peck, American Civil War officer who later served as Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard
* Francis V. Randall, Union Army officer in the American Civil War
* Stephen Thomas, Union Army brigadier general and recipient of the Medal of Honor

## Politicians

* James H. Agen, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* George H. Amidon, Vermont State Treasurer
* Howard E. Armstrong, Secretary of State of Vermont
* George W. Barker, U.S. Marshal for Vermont, Judge of Maniwitoc County, Wisconsin
* Francis K. Brooks, majority leader of the Vermont House of Representatives and member of the Vermont Senate
* George W. Cate, U.S. congressman
* Augustine Clarke, Anti-Masonic Party leader and Vermont State Treasurer
* Jedd Philo Clark Cottrill, Wisconsin state senator
* Ann Cummings, Montpelier mayor and member of the Vermont Senate
* Madelyn Davidson, Vermont State Treasurer
* Luther C. Dodge, mayor of Burlington, Vermont
* Benjamin F. Fifield, lawyer who served as United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, 1869–1880
* Charles E. Gibson Jr., Vermont Attorney General
* Mary Hooper, state representative and mayor of Montpelier
* George Howes, Vermont State Treasurer
* Vincent Illuzzi, state senator
* Elisha P. Jewett, Vermont State Treasurer
* Levi R. Kelley, Vermont State Treasurer
* Patrick Leahy, U.S. senator, President pro tempore of the United States Senate
* Farrand F. Merrill, Secretary of State of Vermont
* Timothy Merrill, Secretary of State of Vermont
* Lucas Miltiades Miller, U.S. congressman from Wisconsin
* William Paddock, Wisconsin State Assembly
* John A. Page, Vermont State Treasurer
* Asahel Peck, 35th governor of Vermont
* Lucius Benedict Peck, U.S. congressman
* Andrew Perchlik, member of the Vermont Senate
* Clarence H. Pitkin, U.S. Attorney for Vermont and Washington County State's Attorney
* Charles W. Porter, Secretary of State of Vermont
* Samuel Prentiss, U.S. senator
* Theodore Prentiss, Wisconsin state assemblyman
* John H. Senter, U.S. Attorney for Vermont, Mayor of Montpelier, Vermont
* Jeb Spaulding, member of the Vermont Senate, Vermont State Treasurer, Vermont Secretary of Administration, Chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges
* John Spaulding, Vermont State Treasurer
* John Mellen Thurston, U.S. senator
* William Upham, U.S. senator
* Eliakim Persons Walton, U.S. congressman
* Anne Watson, mayor of Montpelier
* Charles W. Willard, U.S. congressman
* David Wing Jr., Secretary of State of Vermont

## Law and judiciary

* Nicholas Baylies, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
* Louis P. Peck, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
* Marilyn Skoglund, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, notable for becoming an attorney and judge without attending law school
* Charles Tetzlaff, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont
* John H. Watson, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court

## Sports

* Jim Laird, running back for several NFL teams
* Dave Moody, NASCAR commentator
* Amanda Pelkey, Team USA hockey team member
* Bob Yates, professional football player
* Amanda Pelkey (born 1993), American professional ice hockey forward for the Boston Fleet, Olympic gold medalist (2018), two-time World Champion (2016, 2017), and Isobel Cup champion (2016)