Franklin S. Billings
| Franklin S. Billings | |
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| 60th Governor of Vermont | |
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In office January 8, 1925 – January 6, 1927 |
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| Lieutenant | Walter K. Farnsworth |
| Preceded by | Redfield Proctor, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | John E. Weeks |
| 53rd Lieutenant Governor of Vermont | |
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In office January 4, 1923 – January 8, 1925 |
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| Governor | Redfield Proctor, Jr. |
| Preceded by | Abram W. Foote |
| Succeeded by | Walter K. Farnsworth |
| Member of the Vermont House of Representatives | |
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In office 1910–1913 1921–1923 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Franklin Swift Billings May 11, 1862 New Bedford, Massachusetts |
| Died | January 16, 1935 (aged 72) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Bessie Hewitt Vail Billings, Gertrude Freeman Curtis Billings |
| Children | Elizabeth Swift Billings, Franklin Nobel Billings, Nancy Billings, Franklin S. Billings, Jr. |
| Profession | politician |
Franklin Swift Billings (May 11, 1862 – January 16, 1935) was an American businessman and politician from . He served as the 53rd Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1923 to 1925 and as the 60th Governor of Vermont from 1925 to 1927.
Billings was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and his parents were Franklin Noble Billings and Nancy Swift Billings. He was educated at Adams Academy in Quincy, and graduated from Milton Academy, Milton, and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts in the class of 1885. On July 12, 1892 he married Bessie Hewitt Vail of New York and they had three children, Elizabeth Swift Billings, Franklin Nobel Billings, and Nancy Billings. Bessie died in 1917 and Billings then married Gertrude Freeman Curtis and they had one son, Franklin S. Billings, Jr., who was a United States Federal Judge.
Billings worked on a Kansas sheep ranch and then engaged in the import-export business in New York City. In 1903 he moved to Vermont and was a director of the Woodstock Railway Company, Hotel Company, Aqueduct Company, and Electric Company. Billings was also President of the Woodstock Ice Supply Company, and Treasurer of the Empire Building Company and the Vermont Investment Company. From 1904 to 1906 he served on the staff of Governor Charles J. Bell as Chief of Staff of the Vermont National Guard with rank of Colonel. He was the longtime Chairman of the Woodstock Village Meeting and an active Republican. He was also Commissioner of Conservation of Resources and a member of the State Board of Education.
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