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ind Clerk Of the same Court at the same

and Clerk of the same Court at the same
time. NS-M
In 1924 he,was appointed to first
class clerkship in the Office Of the Secreta-
ry of State Of the United States at WASH
.ington, where he remained~till.ssl829,
when he returned to .Middlebury and re-
sumed the practice of law. He was elect
States Attorney for the County of Addi-
son in 1880 and was re-electcdgin 1881;
at the close of his term of, office he once
more retired from the practice of law and
again :" embarked on the stormy sea of
politics" He was. in 1881, elected Men,
ber of Congress from Vermont, and served
the people of Vermont, in that capacity,
twelve years, having been, with single
exception, longer in Congress than any
other Vermonter. During his Congress
sional career, he supported, both by his
speeches and his votes, what were known
as the leading measures of the Whig
party. .57rts.l .a,rsfa 1s7m adt los;
Upon his retirement from Congress in
l943, he was elected, by the Legislature,
Reporter of the Decisions Of the Supreme
Court Of Vermont He held this Office
but single. year, and the result of his
labors may be seen in the fifteenth volume
of the Vermont Reports. a. .sJ.1 81,
He was the candidate of the Whig
Party for the office ofnGovernor of Ver-
mont in 1914, and was elected by ma
jority of the popular vote; and again in
l845, after receiv.nga q plurality of that
vote, he was reelected Governor, ihy the
Legislature, in jointiAssembly, receiving
1913 votes to 75 for Daniel Kellogg and
IA for William R. Shafter. 20 o,ni as,,gl
sJa His messages to the General Assembly
were unusually lengthy The first was
devoted, mainly, to his fayoritc subjects,
Education and the suppression of the sale
of Intoxicating liquors. "A considerable
portion of both; and especially the latter.
was devoted to the tariff and slavery.
During his administration % Geological
survey of the State was commenced, and
! measures were taken to procure from the
General Governmentthe cannonscaptured
by the Green Mountain Boys ato Benuing-
ton, August l6th,1 TIT.
j AT the close Of his term of Office he be.
came Corresponding Secretary and General
Agent Of the Board of National Popular
: Education. The object of this Assoeia--
tion was, to supply the West with compe--
tent female teachers. b, In the discharge of
, the responsible duties of this appointment,
= Governor, Slade /" found his most, congo
NAL employment" Here his beneyolence.
had full scope. r. As companies Of female
teachers were, from time to time, prepared
4 for their chosen vocation, he accompanied
them, with all fathers solicitude, to
their several fields Of labor sawt1them
properly located and inducted intoo their
work Of enlighteniug and training the
minds and hearts Of the rising myriads, of
the West, In this, as q loved employment,
he continued even after the destroyer had
marked him as p victim To this he
clungl with a grasp which vas was relaxed
d only Dy dea'a' aa'saag g-5 o9zsos 80
4 j With his health broken, downe byaex-
; cessive labor, he returned to Middlebuy,
J where he died January 10th. .,ls59,in the
{ qi73d year Of his age. gsigab c o. yaioH