Aaron Leland

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

Aaron Leland was born in Holliston, Massachusetts on May 28, 1761. 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.

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 1811, and served as Speaker in 1804. He was also a member of the Governor's Council and served as one of Vermont's presidential electors in 1820.

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