Paul Dillingham

Infobox Governor
name= Paul Dillingham Jr.


caption=
order=29^th
office= Governor of Vermont
term_start= 1865
term_end= 1867
lieutenant= Abraham B. Gardner
predecessor= J. Gregory Smith
successor=John B. Page
birth_date= August 10, 1799
birth_place= Shutesbury, Massachusetts
death_date= July 26, 1891
death_place= Waterbury, Vermont
spouse=
profession= politician
party= Democratic

Paul Dillingham, Jr. (August 10, 1799 - July 26, 1891) was a U.S. Representative from Vermont, father of William Paul Dillingham.

Born in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, Dillingham moved with his father to Waterbury, Vermont, in 1805.He attended the district school in Waterbury.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in March 1823 and commenced practice in Waterbury, Vermont.He was a Justice of the Peace 1826-1844, and Town clerk of Waterbury 1829-1844.He served as member of the State house of representatives 1833-1835 and 1837-1840.He served as prosecuting attorney of Washington County 1835-1838.He served as delegate to the State constitutional conventions of 1836, 1857, and again in 1870.He served in the State senate in 1841, 1842, and 1861.

Dillingham was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1846.

He served as Lieutenant Governor 1862-1865, and as Governor of Vermont in 1865 and 1866.He resumed the practice of law.He retired in 1875.He died at his home in Waterbury, Vermont, July 26, 1891.He was interred in the Village Cemetery.

External links

* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000346 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]

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