Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-01-23
The MEN OF VERMONT.
10. WILLIAM sLADE,

William Slade, the fifteenth Governor of
Vermont, was born at Cornwall in the Coun-
ty of Addison and State of Vermont, on the
9Th day Of May, 1886.
He was the son of Colonel William Slade,
who came from Washington, Connecticut,
and settled at Cornwall IN 1856. Colonel
Slade was an officer in the Revolutionary |
War, but how long his term OF service was,
it is now, unfortunately, too late to ascertain.
The most hat is known, is, that he was taken
prisoner by the British, and was, for time,
confined in the notorious Jersey rison Ship.
During his residence in Cornwall, he was an
active polinciar, and became one of the most
prominent citizens Of Addison County. He
repeatedly represented thar town in the Gen
eral Assembly of Vermont, was Sheriff of
Addison County ten years, and one OF the F.
lectors OF Presid nj and Vice President OF the
United States in 49,. He died az Corn
wall, in 1926 in thu seventy-tourth wear of
his age
WILLIAM SLADE, the su6iec, Of this sketch,
having finished his preparatory studies at the
Addison County Grammar School, entered
Middebury College where he graduated in
1907. This class althougb numbering only
SeUen contained as many, and in proportion
to their number more, eminent men, than any
American College can boast Of in a single
class. Among them we're Ira BaScom, af;er-
wards Tutor OF Middlebury College; Rev.
N0tban S. s. Beaman d. d., Ii. d., an ell
toduent and learned Divine; Hon. D3niel 4.
A. Buck, Captain in the y. 5. Army in the
War oflS12, Speaker OF the House Of Rep
resentatves of Vermont, SIX years, and for
three terms Member Of Congress from Yer
mont; Mlis PDTdy, native o. Rutland, an
eloquent lawyer OF PlaJtsburgh, N. Y. Ste-
phen Royce, Chief Justice and Governor of
Vermont; the only remaining one was Oh
uer c. SieUoyt, a native of Shoreham. who
was teacher at Brandon, and afterwards
went to Penasylvanl4essFs * -.
! fmu1ediately after graduation he commence
ed the study of law in the office of Hon. Joel
Doolittle of Middlebury, afterwards for many
years Judge OF the Supreme Court OF Yer
mont. He was admitted to the bar 10 Add
. son County in 1910, opened an office and
commenced the practice Of his profession ii
, Aiiddlebpry. But legal practice appears tt
have had for him very slight attractions" In
( 1914, he closed his office and became Editor
y of the Columbian Patriot" a political news
), paper printed and published at Mlddlebury
:, and at the same time engaged himsefin book
S selling and in the general printing bus
= ness" His connection with this newspape
terminated ID 1816-the pressure of his off
ciel duties, reluctantly, compelling him TO re
tire from the Editorial Char
> In 1915 he was elected Secretary OF Stat
e Vermont, which Office be continued to ho
9 until 1928. While discharging the duties o
y this office, in pursuance of a resolution of th
Legislature, he prepared and published,
most valuable volume, Of official dOcument
connected with the early history of this State
vermont Safe Papers" being a COLLECTION
-. of records and documents, connected with tn
Of assumption and establishment of Goyernmen
O. ty the people Of Vermont; containing th
e. journal OF the Council of Safety, the Gr'
b. Constitution, journal Of the General Assem-
r bly, Of Vermont for 1873, Laws from 1879
e 1886, and much other valuable matter whic
, ! can be obtained from 30 other source.
D. was a work of much labor, and any ma
y might we'll be proud to have his reputatio
e rest upon that alone.
e In 1916 he was elected one OF the Judge
c. of the Addison County Court, and was con
g tinued on the bench till 1922 when he declr
b. ed to serve longer. In 1920, being still Sc,
IN retary cf State and one of the Judges of til
County Court, he was appointed Clerk of til
Supreme Court for Addison County, and
D. 1921 became Clerk of both the Supreme an
= County Courts for that CouEty, and remain
20 ed as such till 1924 This, if we mistake no
is will be found to be the only instance in ou
u history, of the same person being both Judg
n and Clerk Of the same Court at the sam
e time.
s. In 1924 he was appointed to first elias
g clerkship in the office of the Secretary {
d State of the United States at Washington
= where he remained till 1929, when hs return
Il ed to Middlebury and resumed the praetic
of law He was elected States Attorney 70
k County Of Addison in 1880 and was re cleo
d ted in 1881 at the close of his term Of ofiic
= he once more retired from the practice {
Of law and again embarked on the stormy Sc
l. of politics" He was, in 1881, elected Mem
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