List of people from Montpelier, Vermont

See also: Category:People from Montpelier, Vermont

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in the US city of Montpelier, Vermont.

Artists and authors

• Frederick W. Adams, physician and author
• Michael Arnowitt, classical and jazz pianist
• Ruth Payne Burgess, painter
• Jessica Comolli, beauty queen
• Kathryn Davis, novelist
• Garrett Graff, editor and educator
• Rob Mermin, founder of Circus Smirkus
• Frank Miller, comic book writer and artist
• Anaïs Mitchell, singer-songwriter
• Angelia Thurston Newman, poet, author, lecturer
• Arthur E. Scott, photo-historian of US senate
• Daniel Pierce Thompson, author
• Samuel C. Upham, journalist and counterfeiter
• Thomas Waterman Wood, painter
• Eric Zencey, novelist and essayist

Military

• John W. Clark, Union Army veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Dayton P. Clarke, Union Army veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Richard A. Cody, general, 31st Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
• Robert J. Coffey, Union Army veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Hannibal Day, Union Army brigadier general
• George Dewey, US Navy admiral
• William Charles Fitzgerald, US Navy lieutenant
• Thomas D. Kinley, US Army major general, resided in Montpelier^[1][2]
• William W. Noyes, Union Army veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor
• James Stevens Peck, American Civil War officer who later served as Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard
• Francis V. Randall, Union Army officer in the American Civil War^[3]
• Stephen Thomas, Union Army brigadier general and recipient of the Medal of Honor

Politicians

• James H. Agen, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
• George H. Amidon, Vermont State Treasurer
• Howard E. Armstrong, Secretary of State of Vermont^[4]
• George W. Barker, U.S. Marshal for Vermont, Judge of Maniwitoc County, Wisconsin^[5]
• Francis K. Brooks, majority leader of the Vermont House of Representatives and member of the Vermont Senate^[6]
• George W. Cate, U.S. congressman
• Augustine Clarke, Anti-Masonic Party leader and Vermont State Treasurer
• Jedd Philo Clark Cottrill, Wisconsin state senator
• Ann Cummings, Montpelier mayor and member of the Vermont Senate^[7]
• Madelyn Davidson, Vermont State Treasurer
• Luther C. Dodge, mayor of Burlington, Vermont^[8]
• Benjamin F. Fifield, lawyer who served as United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, 1869–1880^[9]
• Charles E. Gibson Jr., Vermont Attorney General^[10]
• Mary Hooper, state representative and mayor of Montpelier
• George Howes, Vermont State Treasurer
• Vincent Illuzzi, state senator
• Elisha P. Jewett, Vermont State Treasurer
• Levi R. Kelley, Vermont State Treasurer
• Patrick Leahy, U.S. senator, President pro tempore of the United States Senate
• Farrand F. Merrill, Secretary of State of Vermont^[11]
• Timothy Merrill, Secretary of State of Vermont^[12]
• Lucas Miltiades Miller, U.S. congressman from Wisconsin
• William Paddock, Wisconsin State Assembly
• John A. Page, Vermont State Treasurer
• Asahel Peck, 35th governor of Vermont
• Lucius Benedict Peck, U.S. congressman
• Andrew Perchlik, member of the Vermont Senate^[13]
• Clarence H. Pitkin, U.S. Attorney for Vermont and Washington County State's Attorney^[14]
• Charles W. Porter, Secretary of State of Vermont^[15]
• Samuel Prentiss, U.S. senator
• Theodore Prentiss, Wisconsin state assemblyman
• John H. Senter, U.S. Attorney for Vermont, Mayor of Montpelier, Vermont^[16]
• Jeb Spaulding, member of the Vermont Senate, Vermont State Treasurer, Vermont Secretary of Administration, Chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges^[17]
• John Spaulding, Vermont State Treasurer
• John Mellen Thurston, U.S. senator
• William Upham, U.S. senator
• Eliakim Persons Walton, U.S. congressman
• Anne Watson, mayor of Montpelier
• Charles W. Willard, U.S. congressman
• David Wing Jr., Secretary of State of Vermont^[18]

Law and judiciary

• Nicholas Baylies, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[19]
• Louis P. Peck, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[20]
• Marilyn Skoglund, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, notable for becoming an attorney and judge without attending law school^[21]
• Charles Tetzlaff, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont^[22]
• John H. Watson, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[23]

Sports

• Jim Laird, running back for several NFL teams
• Dave Moody, NASCAR commentator
• Bob Yates, professional football player
• Amanda Pelkey (born 1993), American professional ice hockey forward for the Boston Fleet, Olympic gold medalist (2018), two-time World Champion (2016, 2017), and Isobel Cup champion (2016)