The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-11-06
Governors of Vermon1-15.


William Sladc, the fifteenth Governor
Of Vermont, was born at Cornwall in the
County of Addison and : ate ot Vermont,
ON the On day or May, l7S6
lie was the son OF Colonel William
Slade, who c.me from Washington. Con
ctirut. and settled in cornwall in l7S6
Colonel 81 de was an officer in the Rev
oluIlonar, war, but how long his term
of service was. it is now unfortunately
too late TO arcrlain The most that is
known is, that he was taken prisoner by
the BIX I-h, and wa., for IA time, confined
in the not ,riou, Jersey Prison Ship. Dun
iug his resi- ience in Cornwall, be was an
active politician, and became one of the
mot prominent ciriz ms OF Addison Couniy
lie repeatedly represented that town in
the Gon'ral Assembly Of Vermont, was
sheriff of Addison County ten years, and
one of the Electors of President and Vice
Pr, sidrnt of the United States in 1872
lie died in Cornwall, 1885, in the seventy
fourth year Of hi age
William SIaAe the subject of our sketch
having finished his preparatory studies at
the Addison County Grammar School,
entered Mddlebury College where he
graduated in 1907 This class, although
numbering only Seyen, contained as many,
and in proportion TO Their number more,
eminent men, than any American College
can boast of in single class. Among
them were Ira Bdc1H, afterwards a tutor
iUMld llehury College Her. NDtiaa S. S.
Beounm ID. d., LII. u, an eloquent and
learned Divine lion Daniel 4. 4
b rex, Captain in the l.. ). Army in the
War of 1872, Speaker of the House OF
Representatives Of Vermont, SIX years,
and tol three terms member OF Congress
from Vermont; Mls Paoy, native Of
Rulrnd. and IN eloquent LAWYER of l'latis
burgh, \. Y; Sip'ea RQyce, Chief Jus
lice and Governorof Vermont the only
remaining one was OADer {. .Steicat, a
native of 81 o. ham, who was tea her
at Brandon, AM afterwards went TO Penn
sylvania.
Immediately after graduation he com
menced the study Of law in the Office of
Hon joel Doolitlle of Middebury, after
wards for IN any years Jud & of the Su-
premf Court of Vermont. lie was ad.
mitted to the bar in Addison County
in 1910, opened an oifi'3 and commenced
the practice of his profession i'll Mid
wbury. ''iut legal practice appears to
to have had f'r him very slghr altrac,
ons.' In 1911, hc clo,ed InS office and
became Editor of the "ColumbIan Pat
riot, political newspaper printed and
published at Midllcburv. and AT the time
engaged hims'lf al book-clIi and in the
general printing business" In, cunuec
ti"n with this newspaper terni 'ntrd in
1916 the pressure of his otli ial dulirs,
reluctantly compelling hun TO retire from
the + lir"i i Char
In 1915 he was elected Secretary of
State ul Vermont, which office he conlin-
urd to hold until 1928 Whl'e dI>char
ins the duties of thus office, in pursuance
OF IA resolu ion of Il o Ley sn ur', b pre-
pared and published, most valuable
volume, OF otfi ial Documents, connected
with the eal ly history ofrhe state. ''Ver.
mont State Papers he ng colleclinn of
recor'' s and documents, connected with
the assumption and establishment OF Gov
eminent by the people of Vermont; con-
tain'ng the j urnal of he Council of Safrly
the first C'n itnton, journal of the G IL
cral As mil Vermont for ITS. Laws
from l77g to 1856, and much either mat
ter which can be obtained from no other
spnrc'. Ii WIS n work Of mu h labor aud
any man might well lie proud to have bis
rrput tion rest upon that alone.
In 1916 he was el cted one of the
Judges of the Addison County Court, and
WAS continued on the bench till 1922,
when hs declined to serve longer. In
1920, being stll Secretary of state AMI