biography
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| lived:
| (1730–97)
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| biography:
| US governor, born in East Guilford, Connecticut, USA. A Vermont farmer, he was a member of the council of state that drew up Vermont's first request for statehood (1777) after it had declared itself an independent republic that year. When the Continental Congress rejected the request, he became governor of the republic (1778–89, 1790–1). After negotiations with the British commander in Canada, the adjacent states of New York and New Hampshire settled their territorial disputes with Vermont and it was accepted as the 14th state (4 Mar 1791). He served as its first governor (1791–7). |
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