James Madison Slade (September 8, 1812 – April 10, 1875) was a Vermont politician who served as the 21st lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1856 to 1857.
Biography[edit]
The son of Governor William Slade, James Madison Slade was born in Middlebury, Vermont on September 8, 1812. He was raised and educated in Middlebury and became a dry goods merchant.[1][2]
Active in politics as a member of the American Party, also called the Know Nothings, and later as a member of the Republican Party, Slade was Clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1853 to 1856. From 1856 to 1857 he was Vermont's Lieutenant Governor.[3][4][5][6]
Slade was employed by the United States Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C. from 1860 to 1863[7]
From 1868 to 1870 Slade served as one of Addison County's Assistant Judges, and he was a member of the Vermont House from 1871 to 1872.[8][9]
Slade died in Middlebury on April 10, 1875 and was buried in Middlebury's West Cemetery.[10]
Family[edit]
Slade's son James M. Slade, Jr. (1843-1899) became a lawyer who served as Addison County State's Attorney and Probate Judge and as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives. From 1870 to 1871 the younger Slade was Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs, or chief assistant, to Governor John Wolcott Stewart.[11][12]
References[edit]
- ^ History of the Town of Middlebury Archived 2017-06-29 at the Wayback Machine, by Samuel Swift, 1859, page 278
- ^ James M. Slade biography, The Bibliography of Vermont, by Marcus Davis Gilman, 1897, page 248
- ^ The Geography, History, Constitution and Civil Government of Vermont, by Edward Conant and Mason Sereno Stone, 1915, page 321
- ^ The Star That Set: The Vermont Republican Party, 1854-1974, by Samuel B. Hand, 2003, page 11
- ^ Lieutenant Governors, Terms of Service Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine, Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, State Archives and Records Administration, 2011, page 1
- ^ List of Clerks, Vermont House of Representatives Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, published by Vermont House of Representatives
- ^ William Slade of Windsor, Conn. and His Descendants, by Thomas Bellows Peck, 1910, page 85
- ^ The American Journal of Education, edited by Henry Barnard, Volume 2, 1869, page 463
- ^ Journal of the House of the State of Vermont, published by Vermont General Assembly, 1871, page 3
- ^ Death notice, North Star newspaper (Danville, Vermont), April 16, 1875
- ^ Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, published by Vermont General Assembly, 1874, page 424
- ^ James M. Slade, Jr. biography, The Bibliography of Vermont, by Marcus Davis Gilman, 1897, page 248
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