Lyman G. Hinckley
30th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
In office
October 8, 1874 – October 5, 1876
GovernorAsahel Peck
Preceded byRussell S. Taft
Succeeded byRedfield Proctor
President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
In office
1872–1874
Preceded byCharles H. Heath
Succeeded byRedfield Proctor
Member of the Vermont Senate from Orange County
In office
1872–1874
Serving with William R. Shedd
Preceded byHeman A. White
Harry H. Niles
Succeeded byJohn W. Rowell
William T. George
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Chelsea
In office
1878–1882
Preceded byBurnham Martin
Succeeded byJoseph P. Tracy
In office
1868–1870
Preceded byCarlos Moore
Succeeded byWilliam Hebard
In office
1862–1864
Preceded byWilliam F. Dickinson
Succeeded byWilliam Hebard
Personal details
Born(1832-04-13)April 13, 1832
Post Mills, Vermont, U.S.
DiedDecember 26, 1887(1887-12-26) (aged 55)
Boston, Massachusetts U.S.
Resting placeHighland Cemetery, Chelsea, Vermont
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMary Sybil Henry (m. 1861-1874, her death)
RelationsWilliam Wirt Henry (brother-in-law)
George Albert Clough (brother-in-law)
Children1
EducationDartmouth College (BA)
ProfessionAttorney
Public official

Lyman Gillett Hinckley (April 13, 1832 – November 26, 1887) was a lawyer and politician who served as the 30th lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1874 to 1876.

Early life

Lyman Gillett Hinckley was born in the Post Mills area of Thetford, Vermont on April 13, 1832, a son of Lyman Hinckley and Phebe (Gillett) Hinckley.[1][2][3] His father was a noted anti-slavery activist and served in local offices including assistant judge of the Orange County court.[4][5]

Hinckley attended the schools of Thetford and graduated from Thetford Academy in 1851.[6] In 1852, he began attendance at Dartmouth College while teaching school and selling books and newspaper subscriptions door-to-door to pay his tuition.[6] He graduated in 1856, and moved to Chelsea. Hinckley studied law with William Hebard and Burnham Martin and was admitted to the bar in 1860.[7] Hinckley did not actively practice law, preferring instead to concentrate on his duties as county clerk.[8]

Political career

A Republican, from 1856 to 1859 he was Assistant Clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives, and he was Clerk of Orange County, Vermont from 1860 until his death.[9] Hinckley served as a Town of Chelsea Justice of the Peace and Town Meeting Moderator, also serving in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1862 to 1864 and 1868 to 1870.[10] From 1872 to 1874 he served in the Vermont Senate and was chosen to serve as President pro tem.[8] He was then elected Lieutenant Governor and served one term, 1874 to 1876.[8] In 1878 and 1880 he returned to the Vermont House of Representatives.[10]

Death and burial

Hinckley died suddenly on November 26, 1887 while in Boston to visit his sisters for Thanksgiving.[11] He was buried Highland Cemetery in Chelsea.

Family

In 1861, Hinckley married Mary Sybil Henry of Waterbury, Vermont, the sister of William Wirt Henry.[12] They had a daughter, Hattie, who died in 1872 at age eight.[10] Mary Hinckley died in 1874, and Lyman Hinckley never remarried.[10][12]

Hinckley's sister Amelia was the wife of architect George Albert Clough.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, Death Entry for Lyman G. Hinkley". Ancestry.com. Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com, LLC. 1887. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  2. ^ Hebard, Salmon B. (October 23, 1888). "A Memorial Sketch of Lyman Gillett Hinckley". Vermont Bar Association: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting. Vol. 2, no. 1. Barre, VT: Thomas H. Cave. p. 143 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Child, Hamilton (1888). Gazetteer of Orange County, Vt., 1762-1888, Part 1. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Journal Company. p. 101 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ "Memorial Sketch", p. 143.
  5. ^ Gazetteer of Orange County, Vt., p. 101.
  6. ^ a b "Memorial Sketch", p. 144.
  7. ^ "Memorial Sketch", pp. 144–145.
  8. ^ a b c "Memorial Sketch", p. 146.
  9. ^ "Memorial Sketch", p. 145, 147.
  10. ^ a b c d Gazetteer of Orange County, Vt., p. 102.
  11. ^ "Death Entry for Lyman G. Hinckley".
  12. ^ a b "Memorial Sketch", p. 149.
  13. ^ "George A. Clough," in Massachusetts of To-day: A Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical, Issued for the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, ed. Daniel P. Toomey and Thomas C. Quinn (Boston: Columbia Publishing Company, 1892): 230.
Political offices Preceded byRussell S. Taft Lieutenant Governor of Vermont 1874–1876 Succeeded byRedfield Proctor
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