Isaac Tichenor

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Isaac Tichenor
3rd Governor of Vermont
In office 1797 – 1807
Lieutenant	Paul Brigham
Preceded by	Paul Brigham
Succeeded by	Israel Smith
5th Governor of Vermont
In office 1808 – 1809
Lieutenant	Paul Brigham
Preceded by	Israel Smith
Succeeded by	Jonas Galusha
Born	February 8, 1754(1754-02-08) Newark, New Jersey
Died	December 11, 1838 (aged 84) Bennington, Vermont
Political party	Federalist
Profession	jurist and a United States Senator

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.

• Isaac Tichenor at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[edit] Sources

• Crockett, Walter H., "Isaac Tichenor", Vermonters: A Book of Biographies , Brattleboro: Stephen Daye Press, 1931, pp. 220-223.
• Isaac Tichenor at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

v • d • e United States Senators from Vermont Class 1: M. Robinson • Tichenor • Chipman • Smith • J. Robinson • Tichenor • Seymour • Swift • Phelps • Foot • Edmunds • Proctor • Stewart • Page • Greene • Partridge • Austin • Flanders • Prouty • Stafford • Jeffords • Sanders Class 3: Bradley • Paine • Bradley • Chase • Fisk • Palmer • Chase • Prentiss • Crafts • Upham • Phelps • Brainerd • Collamer • Poland • Morrill • Ross • Dillingham • Dale • Gibson, Sr. • Gibson, Jr. • Aiken • Leahy

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