List of 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 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 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 George W. Barker, U.S. Marshal for Vermont, Judge of Maniwitoc County, Wisconsin Francis K. Brooks, majority leader of the Vermont House of Representatives and member of the Vermont Senate 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 Madelyn Davidson, Vermont State Treasurer Luther C. Dodge, mayor of Burlington, Vermont Benjamin F. Fifield, lawyer who served as United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, 1869–1880 Charles E. Gibson Jr., Vermont Attorney General 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 Timothy Merrill, Secretary of State of Vermont 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 Clarence H. Pitkin, U.S. Attorney for Vermont and Washington County State's Attorney Charles W. Porter, Secretary of State of Vermont Samuel Prentiss, U.S. senator Theodore Prentiss, Wisconsin state assemblyman John H. Senter, U.S. Attorney for Vermont, Mayor of Montpelier, Vermont Jeb Spaulding, member of the Vermont Senate, Vermont State Treasurer, Vermont Secretary of Administration, Chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges John Spaulding, Vermont State Treasurer John Mellen Thurston,