Paul Brigham

Paul Brigham
2nd Governor of Vermont
In office
August 25, 1797 – October 16, 1797
LieutenantHimself
Preceded byThomas Chittenden
Succeeded byIsaac Tichenor
3rd and 5th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
In office
October 14, 1815 – October 23, 1820
GovernorJonas Galusha
Preceded byWilliam Chamberlain
Succeeded byWilliam Cahoon
In office
October 13, 1796 – October 23, 1813
GovernorThomas Chittenden (1796–1797)
Himself (1797)
Isaac Tichenor (1797–1807)
Israel Smith (1807–1808)
Isaac Tichenor (1808–1809)
Jonas Galusha (1809–1813)
Preceded byJonathan Hunt
Succeeded byWilliam Chamberlain
Personal details
BornJanuary 1746 (1746-01)
Coventry, Colony of Connecticut, British America
DiedJune 15, 1824 (1824-06-16) (aged 78)
Norwich, Vermont, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
SpouseLydia Sawyer
ProfessionSoldier / Judge / Politician

Paul Brigham (January 1746 – June 15, 1824) was an American Revolutionary soldier and Democratic-Republican politician. He was the second lieutenant governor of Vermont after that state was admitted to the Union in 1791, and upon the death of Vermont's first governor Thomas Chittenden, served as governor for the last seven weeks of Chittenden's term. (During the 14 years before admission to the Union, when Vermont was a largely unrecognized state, several others served as lieutenant governor and two persons served as governor.)