The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in the U.S. city of St. Albans, Vermont.
Artists and authors edit
- Arthur Scott Bailey, children's author
- Paul Blackburn, poet
- Ezra Brainerd, college professor
- Abbott Lowell Cummings, architectural historian and genealogist
- Alfred Dudley Turner, composer
- Winston Freer, magician
- Frances Frost, poet
- Chantal Joffe, artist
- Rod Loomis, actor
- Dan Parent, comic book writer and artist
- Ann Eliza Smith, writer
- Lucy Langdon Wilson, educator and ethnographer
Business edit
- Louis Sherry, restaurateur and hotelier
- George J. Stannard, farmer, foundry operator and major general
- William Shepard Wetmore, merchant
Military edit
- William Beaumont, US Army physician
- Edward J. O'Neill, US Army lieutenant general
- William Farrar Smith, Union Army engineer and major general
- Lee Stephen Tillotson, Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard
- William Tilton (1834–1910), born in St. Albans, Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War[1]
Outlaws edit
- Richard M. Brewer, cowboy and outlaw
- Sile Doty, robber and horse thief
Politicians edit
- Asa Aldis, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[2]
- Asa O. Aldis, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[3]
- Warren Austin, US senator and ambassador
- Bradley Barlow, US congressman
- Herman R. Beardsley, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[4]
- Jeptha Bradley, Vermont Auditor of Accounts
- Lawrence Brainerd, businessman, abolitionist and US senator
- Elbert S. Brigham, US congressman
- Josiah Sandford Brigham, physician and Canadian politician
- Stephen S. Cushing, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[5]
- David Glidden, chair of the Vermont Democratic Party[6]
- Frank L. Greene, US congressman and senator
- Edward Chester Plow, soldier and the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
- Percival L. Shangraw, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[7]
- J. Gregory Smith, 28th governor of Vermont
- John Smith, US congressman
- Worthington Curtis Smith, US congressman
- Hiram F. Stevens, lawyer, state senator and congressman from Minnesota
- William Strong, judge
- Benjamin Swift, US congressman and senator
- Harold C. Sylvester, Saint Albans City Attorney, Alderman, and member of the Vermont House of Representatives; Judge of the Vermont Superior Court and Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[8][9]
- Jeff Weaver, political adviser and campaign manager for Bernie Sanders; 1987 alderman candidate and 1990 mayoral candidate
- Solomon Lewis Withey, federal judge
Sports edit
- John LeClair, left winger for the Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, and Pittsburgh Penguins
References edit
- ^ "William Tilton". Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- ^ Aldrich, Lewis Cass (1891). History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, Vermont. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co. p. 223.
- ^ Sowles, Edward A. (1903). Biographical Sketch, Asa Owen Aldis, From Report of Proceedings of the 1901 Annual Meeting of the Vermont Bar Association. Montpelier, VT: Argus and Patriot Printing House. pp. 148–163.
- ^ Sowles, Edward A. (October 21, 1890). Memorial Sketch of Herman R. Beardsley in Proceedings of the Vermont Bar Association. Vol. II, 5. Barre, VT: Thomas H. Cave, Book and Job Printer. pp. 310–313.
- ^ "Former Justice Stephen S. Cushing Dies In St. Albans Hospital at 73". Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT. September 24, 1957. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Guha, Auditi (2023-02-20). "Vermont Democratic Party elects new chair". VTDigger. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "Obituary, Percival Lee Shangraw". Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT. December 19, 1988. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Obituary, Harold C. Sylvester". Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT. July 16, 1988 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jurist Harold Sylvester Dies". Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT. July 16, 1988. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.