Paul Dillingham

Paul Dillingham Jr.
Paul Dillingham, Governor of Vermont, 1865 to 1867
29th Governor of Vermont
In office October 13, 1865 – October 13, 1867
Lieutenant	Abraham B. Gardner
Preceded by	J. Gregory Smith
Succeeded by	John B. Page
23rd Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
In office 1862–1865
Governor	J. Gregory Smith
Preceded by	Levi Underwood
Succeeded by	Abraham B. Gardner
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's 1st district
In office March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
Preceded by	Augustus Young
Succeeded by	Lucius B. Peck
Member of the Vermont Senate
In office 1841–1842 1861
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office 1833–1835 1837–1840
Personal details
Born	August 10, 1799 Shutesbury, Massachusetts
Died	July 26, 1891 (aged 91) Waterbury, Vermont
Political party	Democratic Republican
Spouse(s)	Sarah Partridge Carpenter Dillingham Julia Carpenter Dillingham
Relations	William Paul Dillingham (son) Matthew H. Carpenter (son in law)
Children	William Paul Dillingham Frank Dillingham Caroline Dillingham Carpenter Edwin Dillingham
Profession	Attorney Politician

Paul Dillingham, Jr. (August 10, 1799 – July 26, 1891) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont, the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1862 to 1865, and the 29th Governor of Vermont in 1865 and 1866.

Born in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, Dillingham moved with his father to Waterbury, Vermont, in 1805. After attending the district school in Waterbury, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in March 1823. In April, he began his practice in Waterbury as a partner with Daniel Carpenter, which continued until Carpenter became a judge. He married Sarah Partridge Carpenter, daughter of Daniel Carpenter. After Sarah's death on September 20, 1831, he married her sister, Julia. He had seven children.

Dillingham was a Justice of the Peace from 1826 to 1844, and Town Clerk of Waterbury from 1829 to 1844. He served as member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1833 to 1835, as State's Attorney of Washington County from 1835 to 1838, and again as member of the Vermont House from 1837 to 1840. Dillingham served as a delegate to the State constitutional conventions of 1836 and 1857, in the Vermont State Senate in 1841, 1842, and 1861, and again as a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1870.