Paul Brigham

Infobox Governor
name= Paul Brigham


caption=
order=2^nd
office= Governor of Vermont
term_start= 1797
term_end= 1797
lieutenant=
predecessor= Thomas Chittenden
successor= Isaac Tichenor
birth_date= birth date|1746|1|6|mf=y
birth_place= Coventry, Connecticut
death_date= death date and age|1824|6|15|1746|1|6|mf=y
death_place= Norwich, Vermont
spouse= Lydia Sawyer
profession= Soldier / Judge / Politician
party= Democratic-Republican
footnotes=

Paul Brigham (January 6, 1746ndash June 15, 1824), son of Paul and Catherine (Turner) Brigham, was a Revolutionary soldier and Democratic-Republican politician. He was born January 6, 1746 in Coventry, Connecticut. He married Lydia Sawyer (of Hebron, Connecticut) on October 3, 1767. In the spring of 1782 they moved to Norwich, Vermont. He served as High Sheriff of Windsor County, Vermont, for five years and as major general of militia, and chief judge of the county court for five years. He was a presidential elector for Vermont, 1792 and lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1796 to 1813 and again from 1815 until 1820. He served for a short time as second governor of Vermont from August 25-October 16, 1797 upon the death of Thomas Chittenden.

Brigham is buried at Fairview Cemetery, in his home town of Norwich, Vermont.

ources

* [http://vermont-archives.org Information from the Vermont Archives]
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brigham.html#RI1129GG5 Political Graveyard]
*A History of Norwich Vermont by M. E. Goddard & H. V. Partridge