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Washburn, Peter Thacher

lawyer, governor, author, was born Sept. 7, 1814, in Lynn, Mass. He was reporter of the Vermont supreme court for eight years at Woodstock; was adjutant and inspector-general for Vermont from 1861 to 1866; and was governor of the state from 1869 until his death. He was the author of Reports of the Supreme Court of Vermont; and Digest of All Cases in the Vermont Supreme Court. He died Feb. 7, 1870, in Woodstock, Vt.

WASHBURN, WILLIAM BARRETT, manufacturer, banker, congressman, governor, United States senator, was born Jan. 31, 1820, in Winchendon, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts state senate in 1850, and of the lower house in 1854; and was subsequently president of the Greenfield bank. He was elected a representative from Massachusetts to the thirty-eighth congress; and was reelected to the thirty-ninth congress. He was re-elected to the fortieth congress; and continued to serve in the house of representatives until 1872, when he resigned. In 1872 and 1873 he was governor of Massachusetts; resigned, and was elected a senator in congress to fill a vacancy, and continued in the senate until 1875. He died Oct. 5, 1887, in Springfield, Mass.