List of people from Bennington, Vermont
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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Bennington, Vermont.
Artists and entertainers
[edit]- Pamela Blair, actress, singer and dancer (Val in the musical A Chorus Line); born in Bennington
- Henry Brant, composer, awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music (2002); taught at Bennington College
- Carleton Carpenter, actor (Summer Stock); born in Bennington
- Helen Frankenthaler, painter; attended Bennington College
- Robert Frost, poet, four time Pulitzer Prize winner; lived and buried in Bennington
- Cynthia Gibb, actress and former model (Suzi on Search for Tomorrow); born in Bennington
- Milford Graves, free jazz drummer, percussion musician; instructor at Bennington College
- Miles Hyman, author and illustrator
- Stanley Edgar Hyman, literary critic; instructor at Bennington College
- Shirley Jackson, novelist and short story writer, author of ‘’The Lottery’’. Wife of Stanley Edgar Hyman; lived in Bennington
- Jamaica Kincaid, novelist (Lucy); lived in Bennington
- Ray Magliozzi, co-host of NPR's weekly radio show, Car Talk; taught science in Bennington
- Bernard Malamud, novelist and short story writer; taught at Bennington College
- Jules Olitski, painter; taught at Bennington College (1963–1967)
- Mary Oliver, poet; lived in Bennington
- Beverley Owen, actress; lived and died in Bennington
- Allen Shawn, composer; instructor at Bennington College
- David Smith, sculptor
- R. John Wright, doll designer and maker; lives in Bennington
Professionals
[edit]- Ethan Allen, soldier, author, philosopher, land speculator and businessman [1]
- Hiram Bingham, missionary
- William L. Burke, professor
- Edward Hamlin Everett, founder of the Bennington Museum
- Lydia Mary Fay (1804–1878), missionary, educator, writer, and translator
- Nathaniel Fillmore, farmer and father of President Millard Fillmore
- James Fisk Jr., financier
- Simon Fraser, fur trader and explorer
- Daniel Williams Harmon, fur trader and diarist
- Anthony Haswell, printer, journalist and free speech champion
- Herbert William Heinrich, industrial safety pioneer
- Horace Chapin Henry, businessman and art gallery founder
- Alfred Lebbeus Loomis, physician
- Alexander Nemerov, art historian
- Trenor W. Park, lawyer, businessman, politician and philanthropist
- Isaac G. Perry, architect
- Henry W. Putnam, inventor, manufacturer, businessman and philanthropist
- John Spargo, author, historian and socialist intellectual
- John F. Winslow, industrialist and college president
Military
[edit]- Reginald W. Buzzell, U.S. Army brigadier general, resided in Bennington[2]
- David Fay, participant in the Battle of Bennington during the American Revolution, Adjutant General of the Vermont Militia during the War of 1812, Judge of the Vermont Supreme Court
- David Robinson, major general in the state militia and U.S. Marshal for Vermont
- Seth Warner, officer in the Green Mountain Boys
Murderers
[edit]- Mary Rogers, murderer[3]
- Elizabeth Van Valkenburgh, murderer[4]
Law
[edit]- Orion M. Barber, U.S. federal judge[5]
- Samuel H. Blackmer, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[6]
- Charles Dewey Day, superior court judge in Canada[7]
- John Fassett Jr., Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[8]
- David Fay, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[9]: 123
- Jonas Fay, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[9]: 119–120
- James Stuart Holden, federal judge[10]
- Pierpoint Isham, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[11]
- John Robinson, US Marshal for Vermont[12]
Politics
[edit]- Howard E. Armstrong, Secretary of State of Vermont[13]
- Peter J. Brady, member of the Vermont House of Representatives[14]
- Elijah Brush, second mayor of Detroit, Michigan[15]
- T. Garry Buckley, lieutenant governor of Vermont[16]
- Brian Campion, member of the Vermont Senate[17]
- Nathan Clark, speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives[18]: 459
- Timothy R. Corcoran, member of the Vermont House of Representatives and Bennington town clerk[19]
- Timothy Corcoran II, member of the Vermont House of Representatives[20]
- Charles Hial Darling, Assistant Secretary of the Navy[21]
- Joseph Fay, Secretary of State of Vermont[18]: 464
- Abraham B. Gardner, lieutenant governor of Vermont[22]
- Hiland Hall, U.S. congressman, Governor of Vermont[23]
- Emory S. Harris, US Marshal for Vermont[24]
- Robert E. Healy, member of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court[25]
- Albert Krawczyk, member of the Vermont House of Representatives[19][26]
- Frederick S. Lovell, Wisconsin state legislator, and Union Army officer in the American Civil War[27]
- John G. McCullough, governor of Vermont[28]
- Orsamus Cook Merrill, U.S. congressman[29]
- Joseph Naper, member of the Illinois House of Representatives and founder of Naperville, Illinois[30]
- Jesse O. Norton, U.S. congressman[31]
- Paul Offner, educator and Wisconsin state legislator[32]
- Jonathan Robinson, US senator[33]
- Moses Robinson, U.S. senator and Governor of Vermont prior to statehood[34]
- Richard W. Sears, member of the Vermont Senate[35]
- Mark Shepard, member of the Vermont Senate[36]
- Benjamin Swift, U.S. senator[37]
- Isaac Tichenor, jurist, U.S. senator and the 5th Governor of Vermont[38]
- David S. Walbridge, U.S. congressman[39]
- Stephen K. Williams, member of the New York State Senate[40]
- William Henry Wills, governor of Vermont[41]
- Ralph G. Wright, Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives[42]
Sports
[edit]- Peter Graves, Olympic announcer and cross-country ski coach for Harvard University[43]
- Andrew Newell, Olympic cross country skier[44]
- Betsy Shaw, Olympic snowboarder[45]
References
[edit]- ^ Willard Sterne Randall, "Ethan Allen: His Life and Times, (New York, London: W. W. Norton and Company, 2011) 253.
- ^ "Gen. Buzzell Dead at 64". Bennington Evening Banner. Bennington, VT. January 23, 1959. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mary Rogers Brings the Capital Punishment Wars to Vermont". New England Historical Society.com. Stonington, ME: New England Historical Society. 4 November 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "Van Valkenburgh, Elizabeth (1799–1846)". Encyclopedia.com. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "Orion M. Barber Dies, Prominent Jurist". The New York Times. New York, NY. March 29, 1930. p. 19.
- ^ Stone, Arthur F. (1929). The Vermont of Today, with its Historic Background, Attractions and People. Vol. III. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 71.
- ^ "Biography of Charles Dewey Day". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- ^ Walton, E. P. (1874). Records of the Council of Safety and Governor and Council of the State of Vermont. Vol. 2. Montpelier, VT: J. & J. M. Poland. p. 1 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Fay, Orlin Prentice (1898). Fay Genealogy: John Fay of Marlborough and His Descendants. Cleveland, OH: J. B. Savage. ISBN 9780598972743 – via Google Books.
- ^ Armstrong, Howard E. (1955). Vermont Legislative Directory and State Manual. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Secretary of State. pp. 595=596 – via Google Books.
- ^ Aldrich, Lewis Cass (1889). History of Bennington County, Vt. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co. pp. 539–541.
- ^ "Twice Appointed by President Cleveland: John Robinson, Who Died at Home Here Saturday Afternoon". Bennington Banner. Bennington, VT. April 30, 1917. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Myrick, Rawson C. (1929). State of Vermont Legislative Directory. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Secretary of State. p. 506.
- ^ Goswami, Neal P. (February 27, 2013). "Former state rep Peter Brady seeks Select Board seat". Bennington Banner. Bennington, VT.
- ^ Burton, Clarence M., ed. (1922). The city of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922. Vol. II. Detroit, MI: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 1361 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Obituary, T. Garry Buckley". Bennington Banner. Bennington, VT. May 25, 2012 – via Legacy.com.
- ^ "Legislative Biography, Brian Campion". VT Digger. Montpelier, VT. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ a b Hall, Hiland (1868). The History of Vermont from the Discovery to its Admission into the Union in 1791. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell. p. 459 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b Keese, Susan (November 7, 2014). "Bennington Mourns Longtime Town Clerk Tim Corcoran". Vermont Public Radio. Colchester, VT.
- ^ Damon, Edward (August 5, 2016). "Primary: Four candidates seek two seats in Bennington 2-1 District". The Berkshire Eagle. Pittsfield, MA.
- ^ Forbes, Charles S., ed. (December 1901). "Vermonters Abroad: Charles H. Darling". The Vermonter. Vol. VII. St. Albans, VT: C. S. Forbes. p. 9 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "Abraham B. Gardner: Death of a Distinguished Vermonter". Windham County Reformer. Brattleboro, VT. November 25, 1881. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hall, Hiland, (1795-1885)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ Dodge, Prentiss Cutler (1912). Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography. Burlington, VT: Ullery Publishing Company. p. 213 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Robert E. Healy Dies, SEC Commissioner". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, PA. November 18, 1946. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Goswami, Neal (November 1, 2006). "Progressive aiming for the House". Bennington Banner. Bennington, VT.
- ^ "American Civil War General Officers Index, Entry for Frederick Solon Lovell". Ancestry.com. Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "Biography, John Griffith McCullough". NGA.org. Washington, DC: National Governors Association. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "Merrill, Orsamus Cook, (1775-1865)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "Joseph Naper Statue; Statue Facts". Naper Homestead. Naperville, IL: Naper Settlement. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "Norton, Jesse Olds, (1812-1875)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "Term: Offner, Paul 1942". Wisconsin historical Society. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "Robinson, Jonathan, (1756-1819)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "Robinson, Moses, (1741-1813)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "Legislative Biography, Dick Sears". VT Digger. Montpelier, VT. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "Shepard launches write-in campaign against Welch". The Sun. Elizabethtown, NY. October 27, 2008.
- ^ "Swift, Benjamin, (1781-1847)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "Tichenor, Isaac, (1754 - 1838)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "Walbridge, David Safford, (1802-1868)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ Harlow, S. R.; Boone, H. H. (1867). Life Sketches of the State Officers, Senators, and Members of the Assembly of the State of New York. Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons and Company. p. 164.
- ^ "Biography, William H. Wills". NGA.org. Washington, DC: National Governors Association. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "Biography, Ralph G. Wright". Vermont Folklife Center.org. Middlebury, VT: Vermont Folklife Center. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ Wertlieb, Mitch; Bodette, Melody (February 3, 2014). "Vermonter Heads To Eighth Olympics As Ski Broadcaster". Vermont Public Radio. Colchester, VT.
- ^ Smith, Geoffrey (October 27, 2014). "Olympian Andy Newell discusses the past, what comes next". Bennington Banner. Bennington, VT.
- ^ "1998 Olympic Athlete Bios: Snowboarder Betsy Shaw". www.mountainzone.com. Retrieved 2020-06-19.