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They Were Promoted, 1910

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Flyer issued by The John A. Mead Club of Rutland promoting Mead's candidacy for Governor. Mead was the sitting Lieutenant Governor and the club lists eight other men who were previously "promoted by the People after apprenticeship in the Lieutenant…

Horace Eaton, Vermont Governor 1846-1848

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In 1846, Eaton received the Whig Party's nomination for governor. Since neither he nor the other two gubernatorial candidates received a majority of the popular vote, the decision as to who would be governor was left up to the state legislature,…