List of people from St. Albans (city), Vermont explained

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in the U.S. city of St. Albans, Vermont.

Artists and authors

• Arthur Scott Bailey, children's author
• Paul Blackburn, poet
• Ezra Brainerd, college professor
• Abbott Lowell Cummings, architectural historian and genealogist
• Alfred Dudley Turner, composer
• Winston Freer, magician
• Frances Frost, poet
• Chantal Joffe, artist
• Rod Loomis, actor
• Dan Parent, comic book writer and artist
• Ann Eliza Smith, writer
• Lucy Langdon Wilson, educator and ethnographer

Business

• Louis Sherry, restaurateur and hotelier
• George J. Stannard, farmer, foundry operator and major general
• William Shepard Wetmore, merchant

Military

• William Beaumont, US Army physician
• Edward J. O'Neill, US Army lieutenant general
• William Farrar Smith, Union Army engineer and major general
• Lee Stephen Tillotson, Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard
• William Tilton (1834–1910), born in St. Albans, Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War^[1]

Outlaws

• Richard M. Brewer, cowboy and outlaw
• Sile Doty, robber and horse thief

Politicians

• Asa Aldis, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[2]
• Asa O. Aldis, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[3]
• Warren Austin, US senator and ambassador
• Bradley Barlow, US congressman
• Herman R. Beardsley, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[4]
• Jeptha Bradley, Vermont Auditor of Accounts
• Lawrence Brainerd, businessman, abolitionist and US senator
• Elbert S. Brigham, US congressman
• Josiah Sandford Brigham, physician and Canadian politician
• Stephen S. Cushing, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[5]
• David Glidden, chair of the Vermont Democratic Party^[6]
• Frank L. Greene, US congressman and senator
• Edward Chester Plow, soldier and the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
• Percival L. Shangraw, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[7]
• J. Gregory Smith, 28th governor of Vermont
• John Smith, US congressman
• Worthington Curtis Smith, US congressman
• Hiram F. Stevens, lawyer, state senator and congressman from Minnesota
• William Strong, judge
• Benjamin Swift, US congressman and senator
• Harold C. Sylvester, Saint Albans City Attorney, Alderman, and member of the Vermont House of Representatives; Judge of the Vermont Superior Court and Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^{[8] [9]}
• Jeff Weaver, political adviser and campaign manager for Bernie Sanders; 1987 alderman candidate and 1990 mayoral candidate
• Solomon Lewis Withey, federal judge

Sports

• John LeClair, left winger for the Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, and Pittsburgh Penguins

Notes and References

1. Web site: William Tilton. July 1, 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714172522/http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=453. July 14, 2014.
2. Book: Aldrich, Lewis Cass . 1891 . History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, Vermont . 223 . Syracuse, NY . D. Mason & Co. . .
3. Book: Sowles, Edward A. . 1903 . Biographical Sketch, Asa Owen Aldis, From Report of Proceedings of the 1901 Annual Meeting of the Vermont Bar Association . Montpelier, VT . Argus and Patriot Printing House . 148–163 . .
4. Book: Sowles, Edward A. . October 21, 1890 . Memorial Sketch of Herman R. Beardsley in Proceedings of the Vermont Bar Association . II, 5 . Barre, VT . Thomas H. Cave, Book and Job Printer . 310–313 . .
5. News: September 24, 1957 . Former Justice Stephen S. Cushing Dies In St. Albans Hospital at 73 . Burlington Free Press . Burlington, VT . subscription . . 3 . .
6. Web site: Guha . Auditi . 2023-02-20 . Vermont Democratic Party elects new chair . 2024-04-17 . VTDigger . en-US.
7. News: December 19, 1988 . Obituary, Percival Lee Shangraw . . Burlington, VT . subscription . . 2B . .
8. News: July 16, 1988 . Obituary, Harold C. Sylvester . . Burlington, VT . subscription . . .
9. News: July 16, 1988 . Jurist Harold Sylvester Dies . . Burlington, VT . subscription . . 2B . .