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Allen Miller Fletcher (September 25, 1853 – May 11, 1922) was an American politician who served as the 54th governor of Vermont from 1912 to 1915. Biography [ edit ]
Fletcher is located in southern Franklin County, bordered to the southeast by Lamoille County.According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 38.0 square miles (98.4 km 2), of which 37.7 square miles (97.7 km 2) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.7 km 2), or 0.71%, is water. [4]
Fletcher was the son and grandson of prominent Vermont politicians; his father was both the Lieutenant Governor (1854–1856) and the Governor (1856–1858) of Vermont. [2] His grandfather, Asaph Fletcher, was a member of the convention which applied to Congress for the admission of Vermont into the Union, and served for several sessions in the ...
Fletcher named the hospital, which opened in 1879, after her mother, Mary L. Fletcher. It was the largest hospital in Vermont and the first public hospital in the state. In 1882, the Mary Fletcher Training School for Nurses was established there. [2] In addition, Fletcher endowed Burlington's Fletcher Free Library, which is named after her ...
Ebenezer Fletcher (1761–1831) was an American Revolutionary War fifer who was captured by the British Army at the Battle of Hubbardtown (Vermont), during the Saratoga Campaign. He entered the Continental Army in the 2nd New Hampshire Regiment under Col. Nathan Hale.
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He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives for several terms between 1819 and 1825, and served as Speaker from 1824 to 1825. Fletcher was Caledonia County State's Attorney from 1820 until 1828, and a member of the state constitutional convention in 1822. [5] Fletcher received a master's degree from the University of Vermont in 1823 ...
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