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Waitstill Randolph Ranney

Birth: 23 May 1791
Chester, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
Death: 23 Aug 1853 (aged 62)
Townshend, Windham County, Vermont, USA
Burial: Oakwood Cemetery

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Vermont Lieutenant Governor. He studied at Dartmouth and Middlebury Colleges and became a physician while also maintaining a farm in Townshend. Ranney served in several local offices, including school board member. He was a Delegate to the 1828 Vermont constitutional convention and a member of the state House of Representatives from 1834 to 1836. He became active in the Whig party at its founding, served in the Vermont Senate from 1836 to 1838. He transferred his farm to one of his sons in the late 1830s and moved to a home in the center of town. Ranney presided over the famous July, 1840 gathering on Stratton Mountain at which Daniel Webster spoke ("Fellow citizens, I have come to meet you among the clouds..."). He served as Lieutenant Governor from 1841 to 1843. Ranney remained active until his health began to fail in the late 1840s, after which he lived in retirement in Townshend.

Vermont Lieutenant Governor. He studied at Dartmouth and Middlebury Colleges and became a physician while also maintaining a farm in Townshend. Ranney served in several local offices, including school board member. He was a Delegate to the 1828 Vermont constitutional convention and a member of the state House of Representatives from 1834 to 1836. He became active in the Whig party at its founding, served in the Vermont Senate from 1836 to 1838. He transferred his farm to one of his sons in the late 1830s and moved to a home in the center of town. Ranney presided over the famous July, 1840 gathering on Stratton Mountain at which Daniel Webster spoke ("Fellow citizens, I have come to meet you among the clouds..."). He served as Lieutenant Governor from 1841 to 1843. Ranney remained active until his health began to fail in the late 1840s, after which he lived in retirement in Townshend.

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Phebe Atwood Ranney

1789–1844

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Created by: Bill McKern
Added: May 15, 2008
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26843495/waitstill_randolph-ranney: accessed ), memorial page for Waitstill Randolph Ranney (23 May 1791–23 Aug 1853), Find a Grave Memorial ID 26843495, citing Oakwood Cemetery, Townshend, Windham County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by Bill McKern (contributor 46817687).

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