List of people from St. Johnsbury, Vermont
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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
Artists and authors[]
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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GG Allin | Aug 29, 1956 | Jun 28, 1993 | Punk rock musician | Raised in East St. Johnsbury | ||
Edward Behr | ![]() |
1951 | Author; publisher of The Art of Eating Magazine | Lives in St. Johnsbury | [1][2] | |
Chris Hedges | ![]() |
Sep 18, 1956 | Journalist and author | Born in St. Johnsbury | ||
Stephen Huneck | Oct 8, 1948 | Jan 7, 2010 | Artist and wood carver | Had studio in St. Johnsbury | ||
Connor Long
(a.k.a. Khonnor) |
Jul 24, 1986 | Musician | Lives in St. Johnsbury |
Military[]
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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Asa P. Blunt | ![]() |
Oct 19, 1826 | Oct 4, 1889 | Civil War-era brevet general | Lived in St. Johnsbury |
Politics[]
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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Jonathan Arnold | ![]() |
Dec 3, 1741 | Feb 1, 1793 | Delegate to the Continental Congress | [3] | |
Lemuel H. Arnold | ![]() |
Jan 29, 1792 | Jun 27, 1852 | U.S. congressman and 12th governor of Rhode Island | Born in St. Johnsbury | [4] |
George Baldwin | Jan 22, 1830 | Dec 7, 1907 | Wisconsin politician | Born in St. Johnsbury | ||
Albert W. Barney | Oct 23, 1920 | May 10, 2010 | Vermont jurist | Born in St. Johnsbury | [5] | |
Helen E. Burbank | Jul 27, 1898 | Feb 22, 1981 | Secretary of State of Vermont | Raised, educated and buried in St. Johnsbury | [6] | |
Alexander Dunnett | ![]() |
Nov 29, 1852 | Sep 14, 1920 | United States Attorney for the District of Vermont President of the Vermont Bar Association Member of the Vermont Senate from Caledonia County State's Attorney of Caledonia County, Vermont |
Lived and worked in St. Johnsbury | [7] |
Erastus Fairbanks | ![]() |
Oct 28, 1792 | Nov 20, 1864 | 21st and 26th governor of Vermont | Lived in St. Johnsbury | [8] |
Horace Fairbanks | ![]() |
Mar 21, 1820 | Mar 17, 1888 | 36th governor of Vermont | Lived in St. Johnsbury | [9] |
Frederick G. Fleetwood | ![]() |
Sep 27, 1868 | Jan 28, 1938 | US congressman | Born in St. Johnsbury | [10] |
Charles E. Gibson Jr. | Dec 20, 1925 | Oct 10, 2017 | Vermont Attorney General | Born and raised in St. Johnsbury | [11] | |
Ellery Albee Hibbard | ![]() |
Jul 31, 1826 | Jul 24, 1903 | US congressman | [12] | |
Harland Bradley Howe | ![]() |
Feb 19, 1873 | Apr 22, 1946 | Judge | [13] | |
Henry Clay Ide | ![]() |
Sep 18, 1844 | Jun 13, 1921 | Governor-General of the Philippines | Practiced law in St. Johnsbury | [14] |
Luther Jewett | Dec 24, 1772 | Mar 8, 1860 | US congressman | Lived and died in St. Johnsbury | [15] | |
Graham S. Newell | Nov 27, 1915 | Jun 20, 2008 | State senator | Born and died in St. Johnsbury | [16] | |
Ephraim Paddock | ![]() |
Jan 4, 1780 | Jul 27, 1859 | Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court; uncle of Erastus Fairbanks and Thaddeus Fairbanks | Lived in St. Johnsbury | [17] |
Jonathan Ross | ![]() |
Apr 30, 1826 | Feb 23, 1905 | US senator | Lived and died in St. Johnsbury | [18] |
Wendell Phillips Stafford | ![]() |
May 1, 1861 | Apr 21, 1953 | Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | Lived and worked in St. Johnsbury | [19] |
Frank D. Thompson | ![]() |
Apr 9, 1876 | Jun 12, 1940 | Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court | Lived and worked in St. Johnsbury | [20] |
Professionals[]
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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Walter J. Bigelow | ![]() |
Jan 22, 1865 | May 2, 1935 | Publisher of the St. Johnsbury Caledonian, former mayor of Burlington, Vermont | Resided in St. Johnsbury while publishing the Caledonian | [21] |
Franklin Fairbanks | ![]() |
Jun 18, 1828 | Apr 24, 1895 | Businessman, philanthropist, and co-founder of Winter Park and Rollins College | ||
Thaddeus Fairbanks | ![]() |
Jan 17, 1796 | Apr 12, 1886 | Inventor | ||
Milo Parker Jewett | ![]() |
1808 | 1882 | Educator | Born in St. Johnsbury | |
Charles Hosmer Morse | ![]() |
Sep 23, 1833 | May 5, 1921 | Businessman and co-founder of Winter Park and Rollins College | Born in St. Johnsbury | |
Henry O'Malley | Mar 22, 1876 | Apr 24, 1936 | United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries (1922–1933) | Born and raised in St. Johnsbury | [22] |
Religion[]
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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Jacob Gates | ![]() |
May 9, 1811 | Apr 14, 1892 | Early Mormon leader | Born in St. Johnsbury | |
Edwin Wallace Parker | ![]() |
Jan 21, 1833 | Jun 4, 1901 | Methodist Episcopal missionary bishop | Born in St. Johnsbury | |
Bob Smith | Aug 8, 1879 | Nov 16, 1950 | Co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous | Born in St. Johnsbury | ||
Erastus Snow | ![]() |
Nov 9, 1818 | May 27, 1888 | Early Mormon leader | Born in St. Johnsbury | |
Zerubbabel Snow | ![]() |
Mar 29, 1809 | Sep 27, 1888 | Early Mormon pioneer | Born in St. Johnsbury |
Sports[]
Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
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Jean Dubuc | ![]() |
Sep 15, 1888 | Aug 28, 1958 | Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, and New York Giants | Born in St. Johnsbury | [23] |
References[]
- ^ "Vermont Food Writer ed Behr Publishes a "Guide to Good Taste"".
- ^ "Edward Behr's 50 Foods is not a cookbook". Archived from the original on 2018-08-01.
- ^ "ARNOLD, Jonathan, (1741 - 1793)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "ARNOLD, Lemuel Hastings, (1792 - 1852)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "Albert Wilkins Barney". NNDb. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "Ex-Secretary of State Helen Burbank Dies". Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT. February 24, 1981. p. 4.
- ^ "Demise of Alexander Dunnett". The Evening Argus. Montpelier, VT. September 15, 1920. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Childs, Hamilton (1887). Gazetteer of Caledonia and Essex Counties, Vt. 1764-1887. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Journal Company. p. 84.
- ^ "Fairbanks, Horace (1820-1888)". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "FLEETWOOD, Frederick Gleed, (1868 - 1938)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ State of Vermont Legislative Directory. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Secretary of State. 1969. p. 651.
- ^ "HIBBARD, Ellery Albee, (1826 - 1903)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "Biographical Directory of Federal Judges: Howe, Harland Bradley". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ John E. Findling (1989). "Ide, Henry Clay". Dictionary of American diplomatic history (2nd ed.). Greenwood Press. p. 254. ISBN 9780313260247.
- ^ "JEWETT, Luther, (1772 - 1860)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ Duffy, John J. (2003). The Vermont Encyclopedia. UPNE. p. 215. ISBN 9781584650867.
- ^ "Obituary, Ephraim Paddock". The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries. New York, NY: C. Benjamin Richardson. September 1, 1859. pp. 286–287.
- ^ "ROSS, Jonathan, (1826 - 1905)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ Crockett, Walter Hill (1921). Vermont: The Green Mountain State. Vol. 4. New York, NY: Century History Company. p. 373.
- ^ Baldwin, Frederick W. (1916). History of Bank of Orleans. Burlington, VT: Free Press Printing Company. p. 117.}
- ^ "Former Mayor of Burlington Dead". St. Albans Daily Messenger. St. Albans, VT. May 3, 1935. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Anonymous, "Passing of Former United States Commissioner of Fisheries Henry O'Malley," Fisheries Service Bulletin Number 252, May 1, 1936, p. 1 Accessed 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Jean Dubuc". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
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