George Whitman Hendee

Infobox Governor
name= George Whitman Hendee


caption=
order=32^nd
office= Governor of Vermont
term_start= February 7, 1870
term_end= October 6, 1870
lieutenant= None
predecessor= Peter T. Washburn
successor=John W. Stewart
birth_date= birth date|1832|11|30|mf=y
birth_place= Stowe, Vermont
death_date= death date and age|1906|12|6|1832|11|30|mf=y
death_place= Morrisville, Vermont
spouse=
profession= lawyer / politician
party= Republican
footnotes=Acting Governor after the death of Peter T. Washburn George Whitman Hendee (November 30, 1832 - December 6, 1906) was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.

Born in Stowe, Vermont, Hendee attended the common schools of Morrisville, Vermont, and People's Academy.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced practice in Morrisville, Vermont.He served as prosecuting attorney of Lamoille County in 1858 and 1859.He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1861 and 1862. During the Civil War served as deputy provost marshal.He served in the State senate 1866-1868. Lieutenant Governor of Vermont in 1869 and acted as Governor after the death of Governor Washburn.

Hendee was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1879).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1878.He resumed the practice of law. National-bank examiner 1879-1885.He was interested in the breeding of Morgan horses.He died in Morrisville, Vermont, on December 6, 1906.He was interred in Pleasant View Cemetery.

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