William A. Palmer

Infobox Governor
name= William A. Palmer


caption=
order=13^th
office= Governor of Vermont
term_start= 1831
term_end= 1835
lieutenant= Lebbeus Egerton
predecessor= Samuel C. Crafts
successor= Silas H. Jennison
birth_date= birth date|1781|9|12|mf=y
birth_place=Hebron, Connecticut
death_date= death date and age|1860|12|3|1781|9|12|mf=y
death_place=Danville, Vermont
spouse=
profession= Lawyer / Judge / Politician
party= Anti-Masonic
footnotes=

William A. Palmer was born in Hebron, Connecticut on September 12, 1781. Palmer graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in Law. He was admitted to the bar and began to practice Law in Chelsea, Vermont. Held numerous positions in Vermont and was a judge of the State supreme court of Vermont 1816-1818. In 1818, Palmer was elected to the United States Senate and served until 1825. He was also a delegate to the Vermont State Constitutional conventions in 1828, 1836, and 1850. He was elected Governor of Vermont in 1831 under the Anti-Masonic ticket and stayed in office until 1835. Palmer died on December 3, 1860 in Danville, Vermont.

Palmer is a descendant of Walter Palmer, part-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts, and New London, Connecticut. [Brown, John Howard. "The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans". The Biographical Society, 1904.]

References

* [http://vermont-archives.org/govinfo/elect/governor.htm Vermont State Archives]
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000045 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]