American politician
James Madison Slade (September 8, 1812 – April 10, 1875) was a Vermont politician who served as the 21st lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1856 to 1857.
Biography
The son of Governor William Slade , James Madison Slade was born in Middlebury, Vermont on September 8, 1812. He was raised and educated in Middlebury and became a dry goods merchant.[ 1] [ 2]
Active in politics as a member of the American Party , also called the Know Nothings, and later as a member of the Republican Party , Slade was Clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1853 to 1856. From 1856 to 1857 he was Vermont's Lieutenant Governor.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Slade was employed by the United States Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C. from 1860 to 1863[ 7]
From 1868 to 1870 Slade served as one of Addison County's Assistant Judges , and he was a member of the Vermont House from 1871 to 1872.[ 8] [ 9]
Slade died in Middlebury on April 10, 1875 and was buried in Middlebury's West Cemetery.[ 10]
Family
Slade's son James M. Slade, Jr. (1843-1899) became a lawyer who served as Addison County State's Attorney and Probate Judge and as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives. From 1870 to 1871 the younger Slade was Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs, or chief assistant, to Governor John Wolcott Stewart .[ 11] [ 12]
References
^ History of the Town of Middlebury Archived 2017-06-29 at the Wayback Machine , by Samuel Swift, 1859, page 278
^ James M. Slade biography , The Bibliography of Vermont, by Marcus Davis Gilman, 1897, page 248
^ The Geography, History, Constitution and Civil Government of Vermont , by Edward Conant and Mason Sereno Stone, 1915, page 321
^ The Star That Set: The Vermont Republican Party, 1854-1974 , by Samuel B. Hand, 2003, page 11
^ Lieutenant Governors, Terms of Service Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine , Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, State Archives and Records Administration, 2011, page 1
^ List of Clerks, Vermont House of Representatives Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine , published by Vermont House of Representatives
^ William Slade of Windsor, Conn. and His Descendants , by Thomas Bellows Peck, 1910, page 85
^ The American Journal of Education , edited by Henry Barnard, Volume 2, 1869, page 463
^ Journal of the House of the State of Vermont , published by Vermont General Assembly, 1871, page 3
^ Death notice, North Star newspaper (Danville, Vermont), April 16, 1875
^ Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont , published by Vermont General Assembly, 1874, page 424
^ James M. Slade, Jr. biography , The Bibliography of Vermont, by Marcus Davis Gilman, 1897, page 248