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Asahel Peck

35th Governor of Vermont
In office 1874–1876
Lieutenant	Lyman G. Hinckley
Preceded by	Julius Converse
Succeeded by	Horace Fairbanks
Personal details
Born	February 6, 1803(1803-02-06) Royalston, Massachusetts
Died	May 18, 1879(1879-05-18) (aged 76) Jericho, Vermont
Political party	Republican
Profession	judge

Asahel Peck (February 6, 1803 – May 18, 1879) was the 35th Governor of Vermont from 1874 to 1876.

Biography

Peck was born in Royalston, Massachusetts in 1803. He moved to Montpelier, Vermont with his family at the age of three. He was educated at Hinesburgh Academy and Washington County Grammar School, and attended the University of Vermont. He then studied in Quebec, becoming fluent in French. Afterwards, Peck studied law in Hinesburgh with his brother Nahum and at a Montpelier law firm, gaining admission to the bar in 1832. A lifelong bachelor, while practicing law Peck lived in Burlington, Montpelier and on a farm in Jericho.^[1]

He served as a Circuit Judge from 1851 to 1857, and a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1860 to 1874. He was elected Governor as a Republican, serving from 1874 to 1876. After leaving office he resumed his law practice, working until he retired to a home in Hinesburgh, where he had moved to be near family members.^[2]

In 1872 Middlebury College awarded Peck an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, and in 1874 the University of Vermont awarded Peck an honorary Master of Arts degree.^[3]^[4]

In 1876 the University of Vermont declared Peck a regular graduate of its undergraduate course and awarded him a Bachelor of Arts degree.^[5]

Peck died in Jericho on May 18, 1879 and is buried in Hinesburgh's Village Cemetery.^[6] Governor Peck Road in the towns of Richmond and Jericho is named for him.

References

^ Men of Vermont Illustrated, edited by Jacob G. Ullery, 1894, pages 100 to 101
^ Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont, edited by Hiram Carleton, 1903, pages 700 to 701
^ Memorial Biographies of New England Historic Genealogical Society, published by the society, Volume 7, 1907, pages 327 to 328
^ Catalogue of Officers and Students of Middlebury College, published by the college, 1917, pages 488 to 489
^ University of Vermont Obituary Record, published by the University, Volume 1, 1895, pages 50 to 51.
^ Gazetteer and Business Directory of Chittenden County, Vermont for 1882-83, compiled by hamilton Child (Syracuse), 1882, page 211

v t e Governors of Vermont

Chittenden Robinson Chittenden Chittenden Brigham Tichenor I. Smith Tichenor Galusha M. Chittenden Galusha Skinner Van Ness Butler Crafts Palmer Jennison Paine Mattocks Slade Eaton Coolidge Williams E. Fairbanks Robinson Royce Fletcher Hall E. Fairbanks Holbrook G. Smith P. Dillingham Page Washburn Hendee Stewart Converse Peck H. Fairbanks R. Proctor Sr. Farnham Barstow Pingree Ormsbee W.P. Dillingham Page Fuller Woodbury Grout E. Smith Stickney McCullough Bell F. Proctor Prouty Mead Fletcher Gates Graham Clement Hartness R. Proctor Jr. Billings Weeks Wilson C. Smith Aiken Wills M. Proctor Gibson Arthur Emerson Johnson Stafford Keyser Hoff Davis Salmon Snelling Kunin Snelling Dean Douglas Shumlin

Italics indicate acting governor

Persondata
Name	Peck, Asahel
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	February 6, 1803
Place of birth	Royalston, Massachusetts
Date of death	May 18, 1879
Place of death	Jericho, Vermont

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