Isaac Tichenor

Infobox Governor
name= Isaac Tichenor


caption=
order=3^rd
office= Governor of Vermont
term_start= 1797
term_end= 1807
lieutenant= Paul Brigham
predecessor= Paul Brigham
successor= Israel Smith
birth_date= birth date|1754|2|8|mf=y
birth_place= Newark, New Jersey
death_date= death date and age|1838|12|11|1754|2|8|mf=y
death_place= Bennington, Vermont
spouse=
profession= jurist and a United States Senator
party= Federalist
footnotes= First Term
order2=5^th
office2= Governor of Vermont
term_start2= 1808
term_end2= 1809
lieutenant2= Paul Brigham
predecessor2= Israel Smith
successor2= Jonas Galusha
party2= Federalist
footnotes=

Isaac Tichenor (February 8, 1754–December 11, 1838) was an early Governor of Vermont and also served as a jurist and a United States Senator.

Tichenor was born in Newark, New Jersey. He graduated from Princeton University in 1775 and moved for a short while to Schenectady, New York.

In 1777, Tichenor moved to Bennington, Vermont and served in legislative, advisory, and judicial offices in Vermont for two decades. In 1791 he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the United States House of Representatives against Matthew Lyon and Israel Smith, receiving 29% of the vote in the first round. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1796. He served there only briefly, as he was elected Governor of Vermont in 1797, remaining until he was defeated for reelection by Israel Smith in 1807. He defeated Smith in 1808 and remained governor until he was succeeded by Jonas Galusha in 1809.

In 1815, Tichenor returned to the United States Senate, where he served until 1821. He died in Bennington. Tichenor was a member of the United States Federalist Party though even when that party dominated the federal government in the 1790s, most other leading politicians in Vermont opposed it.

Sources

*Crockett, Walter H., "Isaac Tichenor", Vermonters: A Book of Biographies , Brattleboro: Stephen Daye Press, 1931, pp. 220-223.
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