William Slade
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| 17th Governor of Vermont | |
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In office October 11, 1844 – October 9, 1846 |
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| Lieutenant | Horace Eaton |
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| Succeeded by | Horace Eaton |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's 2nd district |
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In office November 1, 1831 – March 3, 1843 |
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| Preceded by | Rollin Carolas Mallary |
| Succeeded by | Jacob Collamer |
| Secretary of State of Vermont | |
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In office 1815–1823 |
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| Preceded by | Josiah Dunham |
| Succeeded by | Norman Williams |
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William Slade, Jr. May 9, 1786 Cornwall, Vermont |
| Died | January 16, 1859 (aged 72) Middlebury, Vermont |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Abigail Foot Slade |
| Children | Esther Slade, James M. Slade, Mary Groves Slade, Jane Martha Slade, Henry Clay Slade, Samuel Slade, Charles Slade, Henry M. Slade |
| Profession | lawyer/editor/politician |
William Slade, Jr. (May 9, 1786 – January 18, 1859) was an American Whig and Anti-Masonic politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont and the seventeenth Governor of Vermont.
Slade was born in Cornwall, Vermont on May 9, 1786, the son of William Slade and Rebecca Plumb. He attended the public schools and graduated from Middlebury College in 1807 with fellow classmates Daniel Azro Ashley Buck and Stephen Royce. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1810. He began the practice of law in Middlebury, Vermont. Slide married Abigail Foot Slade on February 5, 1810 in Middlebury. They had eight children. His son James M. Slade served as Lieutenant Governor from 1856 to 1857. William Slade was a Democratic-Republican presidential elector in 1812 and 1820.
Slade engaged in editorial work; he established and was editor of the Columbian Patriot from 1814 to 1816 and maintained a book store and printing office. He was Vermont Secretary of State from 1815 to 1822, Judge of the Addison County Court from 1816 to 1822, and Clerk in the US State Department in Washington, D.C. from 1823 to 1829.
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