Aaron Leland

Aaron Leland
Aaron Leland
7th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
	In office; 1822–1827
Governor	Richard Skinner; Cornelius P. Van Ness; Ezra Butler
Preceded by	William Cahoon
Succeeded by	Henry Olin
19th Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
	In office; 1804–1808
Preceded by	Theophilus Harrington
Succeeded by	Dudley Chase
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Chester
	In office; 1813–1815
Preceded by	William Hosmer
Succeeded by	Joshua Leland
	In office; 1809–1811
Preceded by	Thomas S. Fullerton
Succeeded by	William Hosmer
	In office; 1801–1808
Preceded by	Jabez Sargeant
Succeeded by	Thomas S. Fullerton
Personal details
Born	May 28, 1761; Holliston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	August 25, 1832 (aged 71); Chester, Vermont, U.S.
Resting place	Brookside Cemetery, Chester, Vermont
Political party	Democratic-Republican
Profession	Clergyman

Aaron Leland (May 28, 1761 – August 25, 1832) was a minister and politician who served as the seventh lieutenant governor of Vermont.

Biography

Aaron Leland was born in Holliston, Massachusetts, on May 28, 1761.^[1] He was ordained as a Baptist minister in 1785 and settled in Chester, Vermont, in 1786. Leland was a successful pastor and preacher, building up a church which gave rise to congregations in Andover and Grafton, Massachusetts, and Weathersfield and Jamaica, Vermont.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Active in politics as a Democratic-Republican, Leland served in local offices including Town Clerk and Selectman, and was Windsor County Assistant Judge for eighteen years. He also served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1801 to 1808 and 1809 to 1811, and was Speaker from 1804 to 1808. He was also a member of the Governor's Council and served as one of Vermont's presidential electors in 1820.^[5]^[6]

Leland served as Lieutenant Governor from 1822 to 1827. He declined to be nominated for Governor in 1828, preferring instead to continue serving as Pastor of his church.^[7] Though he had been a Mason, in the late 1820s Leland became active in Vermont's Antimasonic movement.^[8] He died in Chester, Vermont, on August 25, 1832, and was buried in Chester's Brookside Cemetery.^[9]^[10]

Leland was the recipient of honorary degrees from Middlebury College and Brown University.^[11]

Sources

^ Annals of the American Pulpit, by William Buell Sprague, 1860, page 240 to 243
^ Magazine article, Vermont Baptists, The Baptist Home Mission Monthly, April, 1885, page 99
^ Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, Volume 3, 1887, page 683
^ Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, by John McClintock, James Strong, Volume 5, 1873, page 341
^ History of the Town of Rockingham, Vermont, by Lyman Simpson Hayes, 1907, page 157
^ History of Vermont, by Zadock Thompson, 1842, page 53
^ Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont, published by E. P. Walton, Montpelier, Volume 6, 1878, page 211
^ Opinions on Speculative Masonry, by James Creighton Odiorne, 1830, page 263
^ History of Windsor County, Vermont, edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich and Frank R. Holmes, 1891, page 678
^ Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography, edited by Thomas William Herringshaw, Volume 3, 1914, page 514
^ Historical Catalogue of Brown University, published by the university, 1905, page 543

Party political offices
Preceded by William Cahoon	Democratic-Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826	Succeeded by Henry Olin
Political offices
Preceded by William Cahoon	Lieutenant Governor of Vermont 1822–1827	Succeeded by Henry Olin
Preceded by Theophilus Harrington	Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives 1804–1804	Succeeded by Dudley Chase

[1] Annals of the American Pulpit, by William Buell Sprague, 1860, page 240 to 243

[2] Magazine article, Vermont Baptists, The Baptist Home Mission Monthly, April, 1885, page 99

[3] Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, Volume 3, 1887, page 683

[4] Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, by John McClintock, James Strong, Volume 5, 1873, page 341

[5] History of the Town of Rockingham, Vermont, by Lyman Simpson Hayes, 1907, page 157

[6] History of Vermont, by Zadock Thompson, 1842, page 53

[7] Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont, published by E. P. Walton, Montpelier, Volume 6, 1878, page 211

[8] Opinions on Speculative Masonry, by James Creighton Odiorne, 1830, page 263

[9] History of Windsor County, Vermont, edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich and Frank R. Holmes, 1891, page 678

[10] Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography, edited by Thomas William Herringshaw, Volume 3, 1914, page 514

[11] Historical Catalogue of Brown University, published by the university, 1905, page 543

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v t e Lieutenant governors of Vermont
Vermont Republic (1777–1791)	Marsh Carpenter Payne Spooner Marsh Olcott
State of Vermont (since 1791)	Hunt Brigham Chamberlain Brigham Cahoon Leland Olin Richards Egerton Jennison Camp Ranney Eaton Sargeant Pierpoint Converse Kittredge Kidder Fletcher Slade Martin Underwood Dillingham Gardner Thomas Hendee Dale Taft Hinckley R. Proctor Colton Barstow Pingree Ormsbee Fuller Woodbury Fletcher Stranahan Mansur Fisk Bates Allen Stanton Stearns Prouty Mead Slack Howe Darling Hulburd Stone A. Foote Billings Farnsworth Jackson Wilson Williams C. Smith Aiken Wills M. Proctor Emerson Arthur Johnson Bailey Stafford Babcock R. Foote Daley Hayes Burgess Burns Buckley Kunin P. Smith Dean Snelling Racine Dubie Scott Zuckerman Gray Zuckerman Rodgers (elect)
Italics indicate acting governor

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