Hilton Wick

Hilton Addison Wick
Vermont State Senator
In office
1989–1991
Personal details
Born February 11, 1920
Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, United States
Died March 17, 2006
Burlington, Vermont
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Barbara Shaw
Relations Wick family
Children 5
Education Harvard University

Hilton Addison Wick (February 11, 1920 – March 17, 2006) was an American politician and Vermont Senator.

Wick was raised in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania and came to Vermont in 1949. After serving in World War II, he graduated from Harvard. He practiced law and became the President of the Chittenden Trust Co. He was a Trustee of Middlebury College from 1969 to 1984. His role as a community leader and charitable fundraiser helped to launch his political career.

In 1984, he opposed Vermont Attorney General John Easton, Jr.. in the 1984 Vermont Republican party gubernatorial primary for the Republican nomination in the 1984 Vermont gubernatorial election, but lost the nomination to Easton. In 1988 he was elected a Vermont Senator for the Chittenden district, and served one term from 1989 until 1991. He then resumed his law practice with his sons until his death in 2006.

He was a distant cousin of the Revolutionary War heroine Temperance Wick and the United States Congressman William W. Wick. In Vermont his name became proverbial for charitable fundraising, and the Hilton Wick Award, which is an annual award honoring persons who have engaged in charitable activities, is named after him. [1]

In 2014, the Wick House in Burlington, which was originally built in 1820, was moved several hundred feet from its original site. Hilton Wick was the last member of the Wick family to own the house. [2]

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