Paul Dillingham

Paul Dillingham Jr.
Paul Dillingham, Governor of Vermont, 1865 to 1867
29th Governor of Vermont
In office 1865–1867
Lieutenant	Abraham B. Gardner
Preceded by	J. Gregory Smith
Succeeded by	John B. Page
Personal details
Born	August 10, 1799 Shutesbury, Massachusetts
Died	July 26, 1891 (aged 91) Waterbury, Vermont
Political party	Democratic
Relations	William Paul Dillingham
Profession	politician

Paul Dillingham, Jr. (August 10, 1799 – July 26, 1891) was a U.S. Representative from Vermont, father of William Paul Dillingham.

Born in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, Dillingham moved with his father to Waterbury, Vermont, in 1805. He attended the district school in Waterbury. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in March 1823 and commenced practice in Waterbury, Vermont. He was a Justice of the Peace 1826–1844, and Town clerk of Waterbury 1829–1844. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1833–1835 and 1837–1840. He served as prosecuting attorney of Washington County 1835–1838. He served as delegate to the State constitutional conventions of 1836, 1857, and again in 1870. He served in the State senate in 1841, 1842, and 1861.

Dillingham was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1846.

By now a Republican, he served as the 22nd Lieutenant Governor, 1862–1865, and as the 29th Governor of Vermont in 1865 and 1866. He resumed the practice of law. He retired in 1875. He died at his home in Waterbury, Vermont, July 26, 1891. He was interred in the Village Cemetery. Paul Dillingham was the father of Vermont Governor and U.S. Senator William Paul Dillingham

External links

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Sources

• Paul Dillingham at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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