REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET
1872 · (np,nd)
by (VT)
(np,nd), 1872. Small broadside (5-3/4 x 3-1/2). A listing of the state Republican ticket for Vermont. Julius Converse (December 17, 1798 - August 16, 1885) was the 34th Governor of Vermont, from 1872 to 1874 and the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1850 to 1852, Russell S Taft was running for Lt. Giovernor. A Republican, Taft served as a Selectman for the Town of Burlington from 1861 to 1864. After Burlington was incorporated as a city Taft served as an Alderman from 1865 to 1869. From 1862 to 1865 Taft was Chittenden County State's Attorney, and he was Chittenden County's Register of Probate from 1863 to 1880. Taft served in the Vermont Senate from 1865 to 1866, and he was Burlington's City Attorney from 1871 to 1872. In 1872 Taft was the successful Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor, and he served from October, 1872 to October, 1874.[8][9] In 1874 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor, losing to Asahel Peck. Taft represented Burlington in the Vermont House of Representatives in 1880. (Inventory #: 56592)