Richard A. Snelling

Infobox Governor
name= Richard Arkwright Snelling


caption=
order=78^th
office= Governor of Vermont
term_start= 1991
term_end= 1991
lieutenant= Howard Dean
predecessor= Madeleine M. Kunin
successor= Howard Dean
order2=76^th
office2= Governor of Vermont
term_start2= 1977
term_end2= 1985
lieutenant2= T. Garry Buckley, Madeleine M. Kunin
predecessor2= Thomas P. Salmon
successor2= Madeleine M. Kunin
birth_date= birth date|1927|2|18|mf=y
birth_place= Allentown, Pennsylvania
death_date= death date and age|1991|08|13|1927|02|18
death_place= Shelburne, Vermont
spouse= Barbara Snelling
profession= Businessman, Politician
party= Republican

Richard Arkwright Snelling (February 18, 1927 in Allentown, Pennsylvaniandash August 13, 1991 in Shelburne, Vermont) was the Governor of Vermont from 1977 to 1985 and from January 10, 1991 until his death from heart failure.

He was the son of Walter O. Snelling.

A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Vermont House of Representatives for six terms.

He was first elected governor in 1976 and was later re-elected to three additional consecutive termsndash in 1978, 1980, and 1982ndash but left office in January 1985, choosing not to run in 1984. He ran for the U.S. Senate in 1986 but lost to incumbent Patrick Leahy in a landslide.

In 1990 Snelling was once again elected governor, becoming the first Vermont governor to win five mandates. He died of a heart attack seven months after his final inauguration. Lieutenant Governor Howard Dean, a Democrat, was sworn in as governor.

The [http://www.snellingcenter.org/ Snelling Center for Government] at the University of Vermont was named in his honor.

External links

* [http://www.nndb.com/people/481/000122115/ Richard A. Snelling] at NNDB