State of Vermont 1777 - 1791
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Map
of Vermont
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Hear National Anthem
(none adopted)
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Text of National Anthem
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Constitutions
(8 Jul 1777, 4 Jul 1786)
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Capitals: Arlington, Windsor,
and Manchester (1777-1791);
Rutland and Windsor
(1791-1805)
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Currency: Vermont State
Shilling (CVTS)
(1781-1791)
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National Holiday: 16 Aug (1777)
Battle of Bennington Day
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Population: 22,681 (1780 est.)
(U.S. census estimate 47,620)
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26 Jul 1764
Part of New York; often called
"the New
Hampshire grants."
17 Jan 1777
State of New Connecticut, independence from New York
declared (not recognized).
4 Jun 1777
State of Vermont
8 Mar 1781 Massachusetts relinquishes its claim to Vermont.
13 Jan 1782 New Hampshire relinquishes its claim to Vermont.
11 Feb 1783 Vermont relinquishes all claims to towns in New York and
New Hampshire.
7 Oct 1790 New York relinquishes its claim to Vermont.
4 Mar 1791
Incorporation into United States as State of Vermont.
President of the General Convention
17 Jan 1777 - 11 Jul 1777 Joseph Bowker
(b. 1725 -
d. 1784)
President of the Council of Safety
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Jul 1777 - 12 Mar 1778 Thomas Chittenden
(b. 1730 - d. 1797)
Governors
13 Mar 1778 - 9 Oct 1789 Thomas Chittenden (1st time)
(s.a.) Non-party
10 Oct 1789 - 13 Oct 1789 Joseph Marsh (acting) (b. 1726 - d. 1811) Non-party
13 Oct 1789 - 14 Oct 1790 Moses Robinson
(b. 1741 - d. 1813) Non-party
15 Oct 1790 - 20 Oct 1790 Peter Olcott (acting) (b. 1733 - d. 1808) Non-party
20 Oct 1790 - 25 Aug 1797 Thomas Chittenden (2nd time)
(s.a.) Non-party
Lieutenant governors
1778 - 1779 Joseph
Marsh (1st time) (s.a.)
1779 - 1781 Benjamin
Carpenter (b.
1725 - d. 1804)
1781 - 1782 Elisha Payne (b. 1730 - d. 1807)
1782 - 1787 Paul
Spooner
(b. 1746 - d. 1789)
1787 - 1790 Joseph
Marsh (2nd time) (s.a.)
1790 - 1794 Peter
Olcott
(s.a.)
Secretaries of the Treasury
1778 - 1786
Ira Allen
(b. 1751 - d. 1814)
1786 - 1800
Samuel Mattocks
Secretaries of State
1778 – 18 Oct 1778 Thomas Chandler, Jr.
(b. 1740 - d. 1785)
1778 – 1781 Joseph
Fay
(b. c.1752 - d. 1803)
1781 – 1788 Micah
Townshend
(b. 1749 - d. 1832)
1788 – 1802 Roswell
Hopkins
(b. 1757 - d. 1829)
Attorney General
1790 – 1793 Samuel
Hitchcock
(b. 1755 - d. 1813)
Auditor of Accounts
1790 - 1797 Elisha Clark
Postmaster General
10 Mar 1784 - 1791 Anthony
Haswell
(b. 1756 - d. 1816)
Surveyors general
3 Jun 1779 - 1787 Ira Allen
(s.a.) Oct 1787 - Nov 1804 James
Whitelaw
(b. 1748 - d. 1829)
Speakers of the House of Representatives¹
12 Mar 1778 - 13 Mar 1778 Joseph Bowker (s.a.)
13 Mar 1778 - 1778 Nathan Clark
(b. 1749 -
d. 1830)
Oct 1778 - 10 Mar 1780 Thomas Chandler, Jr. (1st time) (s.a.)
10 Mar 1780 - 12 Oct 1780 Samuel Robinson, Jr.
(b. 1738 - d. 1813)
12 Oct 1780 - 16 Oct 1780 Thomas Chandler, Jr. (2nd time) (s.a.)
16 Oct 1780 - 1782 Thomas Porter
(b. 1734 -
d. 1833)
Oct 1782 - 1783 Increase Moseley
(b. 1712 -
d. 1795)
1783 - 1784 Isaac
Tichenor
(b. 1754 - d. 1838)
1784 - 1785 Nathaniel
Niles
(b. 1741 - d. 1828)
1785 - 1786 Stephen
R. Bradley (b. 1754
- d. 1830)
12 Oct 1786 - 13 Oct 1786 John Strong
(b. 1738 - d. 1816)
13 Oct 1786 - 1793 Gideon Olin
(b.
1743 - d. 1823)
Chief Judges of the Superior Court
1778 - 1781 Moses Robinson (1st time) (s.a.)
Oct 1781 - Feb 1782 Elisha Payne
(s.a.)
1782 - 23 Oct 1782 Moses Robinson (2nd time) (s.a.)
Chief Judges of the Supreme Court
23 Oct 1782 - Oct 1784 Moses Robinson (1st time) (s.a.)
Oct 1784 - Oct 1785 Paul Spooner
(s.a.)
Oct 1785 - 1789 Moses Robinson (2nd time) (s.a.)
Oct 1789 - 1791 Nathaniel Chipman
(b. 1752 -
d. 1843)
¹Vermont had a unicameral legislature until 1836.
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