List of people from Montpelier, Vermont

See also: Category:People from Montpelier, Vermont

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in the US city of Montpelier, Vermont.

Artists and authors

• Frederick W. Adams, physician and author
• Michael Arnowitt, classical and jazz pianist
• Ruth Payne Burgess, painter
• Jessica Comolli, beauty queen
• Kathryn Davis, novelist
• Garrett Graff, editor and educator
• Rob Mermin, founder of Circus Smirkus
• Frank Miller, comic book writer and artist
• Anaïs Mitchell, singer-songwriter
• Angelia Thurston Newman, poet, author, lecturer
• Arthur E. Scott, photo-historian of US senate
• Daniel Pierce Thompson, author
• Samuel C. Upham, journalist and counterfeiter
• Thomas Waterman Wood, painter
• Eric Zencey, novelist and essayist

Military

• John W. Clark, Union Army veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Dayton P. Clarke, Union Army veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Richard A. Cody, general, 31st Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
• Robert J. Coffey, Union Army veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Hannibal Day, Union Army brigadier general
• George Dewey, US Navy admiral
• William Charles Fitzgerald, US Navy lieutenant
• Thomas D. Kinley, US Army major general, resided in Montpelier^[1][2]
• William W. Noyes, Union Army veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor
• James Stevens Peck, American Civil War officer who later served as Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard
• Francis V. Randall, Union Army officer in the American Civil War^[3]
• Stephen Thomas, Union Army brigadier general and recipient of the Medal of Honor

Politicians

• James H. Agen, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
• George H. Amidon, Vermont State Treasurer
• Howard E. Armstrong, Secretary of State of Vermont^[4]
• George W. Barker, U.S. Marshal for Vermont, Judge of Maniwitoc County, Wisconsin^[5]
• Francis K. Brooks, majority leader of the Vermont House of Representatives and member of the Vermont Senate^[6]
• George W. Cate, U.S. congressman
• Augustine Clarke, Anti-Masonic Party leader and Vermont State Treasurer
• Jedd Philo Clark Cottrill, Wisconsin state senator
• Ann Cummings, Montpelier mayor and member of the Vermont Senate^[7]
• Madelyn Davidson, Vermont State Treasurer
• Luther C. Dodge, mayor of Burlington, Vermont^[8]
• Benjamin F. Fifield, lawyer who served as United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, 1869–1880^[9]
• Charles E. Gibson Jr., Vermont Attorney General^[10]
• Mary Hooper, state representative and mayor of Montpelier
• George Howes, Vermont State Treasurer
• Vincent Illuzzi, state senator
• Elisha P. Jewett, Vermont State Treasurer
• Levi R. Kelley, Vermont State Treasurer
• Patrick Leahy, U.S. senator, President pro tempore of the United States Senate
• Farrand F. Merrill, Secretary of State of Vermont^[11]
• Timothy Merrill, Secretary of State of Vermont^[12]
• Lucas Miltiades Miller, U.S. congressman from Wisconsin
• William Paddock, Wisconsin State Assembly
• John A. Page, Vermont State Treasurer
• Asahel Peck, 35th governor of Vermont
• Lucius Benedict Peck, U.S. congressman
• Andrew Perchlik, member of the Vermont Senate^[13]
• Clarence H. Pitkin, U.S. Attorney for Vermont and Washington County State's Attorney^[14]
• Charles W. Porter, Secretary of State of Vermont^[15]
• Samuel Prentiss, U.S. senator
• Theodore Prentiss, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• John H. Senter, U.S. Attorney for Vermont, Mayor of Montpelier, Vermont^[16]
• Jeb Spaulding, member of the Vermont Senate, Vermont State Treasurer, Vermont Secretary of Administration, Chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges^[17]
• John Spaulding, Vermont State Treasurer
• John Mellen Thurston, U.S. senator
• William Upham, U.S. senator
• Eliakim Persons Walton, U.S. congressman
• Anne Watson, mayor of Montpelier
• Charles W. Willard, U.S. congressman
• David Wing Jr., Secretary of State of Vermont^[18]

Law and judiciary

• Nicholas Baylies, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[19]
• Louis P. Peck, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[20]
• Marilyn Skoglund, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, notable for becoming an attorney and judge without attending law school^[21]
• Charles Tetzlaff, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont^[22]
• John H. Watson, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[23]

Sports

• Jim Laird, running back for several NFL teams
• Dave Moody, NASCAR commentator
• Amanda Pelkey, Team USA hockey team member
• Bob Yates, professional football player
• Amanda Pelkey (born 1993), American professional ice hockey forward for the Boston Fleet, Olympic gold medalist (2018), two-time World Champion (2016, 2017), and Isobel Cup champion (2016)

References

1. "Wedding Announcement: Kinley/Irish". Rutland Herald. Rutland, VT. March 4, 1990. p. D6 – via Newspapers.com.
2. General Officer Management Office (October 31, 1996). "Biography, Major General Thomas D. Kinley". Senior Leader Management Office. Arlington, VA: National Guard Bureau. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
3. Ellis, William Arba (1898). Norwich University: Her History, Her Graduates, Her Roll of Honor. Concord, NH: Rumford Press. p. 115 – via Google Books.
4. "Obituary, Howard E. Armstrong". Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT. October 9, 1983. p. 18.
5. "Death of George W. Barker". Argus and Patriot. Montpelier, VT. April 24, 1873. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Secretary of the Vermont Senate. "Biography, Senator Francis K. Brooks". Vermont General Assembly. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Senate. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
7. Secretary of the Vermont State Senate. "Biography, Ann Cummings". Vermont General Assembly. Montpelier, VT: Vermont State Senate. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
8. Ullery, Jacob G. (1894). Men of Vermont Illustrated. Brattleboro, VT: Transcript Publishing Company. pp. 51-52 – via Internet Archive.
9. Carleton, Hiram (1903). Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont. Vol. II. New York, NY: Lewis Publishing Company.
10. State of Vermont Legislative Directory. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Secretary of State. 1969. p. 651.
11. Hemenway, Abby Maria (1882). The Vermont Historical Gazetteer. Vol. 4. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Watchman and State Journal. p. 438.
12. Hemenway, Abby Maria (1882). The Vermont Historical Gazetteer. Vol. 4. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Watchman and State Journal. p. 437.
13. "Biography, Senator Andrew Perchlik". legislature.vermont.gov. Montpelier, VT: Vermont General Assembly. 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
14. "Death Came Today to C. H. Pitkin". The Evening Argus. Montpelier, VT. May 31, 1901. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
15. Ullery, Jacob G. (1894). Men of Vermont Illustrated. Brattleboro, VT: Transcript Publishing Company. pp. 322–323.
16. "John H. Senter Dropped Dead". Barre Daily Times. Barre, VT. January 21, 1916. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
17. "Jeb Spaulding Is Appointed Vermont State Colleges Chancellor". Herald of Randolph. Randolph, VT. September 25, 2014.
18. Thompson, Daniel P. (1860). History of the Town of Montpelier. Montpelier, VT: E. P. Walton. pp. 68, 105, 290–291.
19. Ullery, Jacob G. (1894). Men of Vermont Illustrated. Brattleboro, VT: Transcript Publishing Company. p. 181.
20. "Obituary, Louis P. Peck". Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT. May 13, 2008. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
21. Polston, Pamela (March 6, 2002). "She Rules: Supreme Court Justice Marilyn Skoglund Is a Special Case". Seven Days. Burlington, VT.
22. "Biographical Entry, Tetzlaff, Charles R." The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Vol. 6. New Providence, NJ: Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Incorporated. 1983. p. 90 – via Google Books.
23. Bigelow, Walter J. (1919). Vermont, Its Government. Montpelier, VT: Historical Publishing Company. p. 12.