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F. Stewart Stranahan

Farrand Stewart Stranahan
Farrand Stewart Stranahan, Jr..jpg
38th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
In office
October 6, 1892 – October 4, 1894
Governor Levi K. Fuller
Preceded by Henry A. Fletcher
Succeeded by Zophar M. Mansur
Member of the Vermont State Senate
In office
1888–1889
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office
1884–1885
Personal details
Born (1842-02-02)February 2, 1842
Manhattan, New York City, New York
Died July 13, 1904(1904-07-13) (aged 62)
St. Albans, Vermont
Resting place Greenwood Cemetery, St. Albans, Vermont
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Miranda Aldis Brainerd
(m. 1862; his death 1904)
Profession Railroad executive
Banker

Farrand Stewart Stranahan (February 2, 1842 – July 13, 1904) was an American Civil War veteran, a railroad executive, a banker, and a U.S. politician of the Republican Party.

F. Stewart Stranahan was born in Manhattan, New York City, the son of Farrand Stewart Stranahan (1812-1845) and Caroline (Curtis) Stranahan. New York State Senator Farrand Stranahan (1778-1826) was his grandfather, and General Charles Stewart was his great-grandfather.

In 1859 Stranahan moved to Vermont. On August 6, 1862, he married Miranda Aldis Brainerd, daughter of Senator Lawrence Brainerd and Fidelia Gadcomb. The marriage tied him to two of Vermont's most prominent families, the Brainerds and the Smiths. Miranda's sister Ann was the wife of Governor and Central Vermont Railway President J. Gregory Smith. In addition, her brother Lawrence Brainerd, Jr. was married to Louisa T. B. Smith, J. Gregory Smith's sister.

J. Gregory Smith's father John Smith served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives and a Member of the United States House of Representatives in addition to being an early organizer of the Central Vermont Railway. J. Gregory Smith was the brother of Congressman Worthington Curtis Smith and father of Governor Edward Curtis Smith.


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