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  Galusha, Jonas
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NameJonas Galusha
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Shaftsbury, Vermont , United States
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Born February 11, 1753
DiedSeptember 24, 1834 (81 years)
ContributorJoshua L.
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Jan 10, 2015 09:34pm
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InfoGALUSHA, Jonas, statesman, born in Norwalk, Connecticut, 11 February, 1753; died in Shaftsbury, Vermont, 24 September, 1834. He removed to Shaftsbury in 1775, and in the battle of Bennington led two companies. Besides filling many minor offices, he was councillor for thirteen years, judge of the Supreme Court for two years, and governor of the state from 1809 till 1813, and again from 1815 till 1820. In 1808, 1820, and 1824 he was a presidential elector. He was president of the constitutional conventions of 1814 and 18'22. In his religious sentiments Governor Galusha took an interest in the affairs of the Baptist Church, of which he was a member.--His son, Elon, clergyman, born in Shaftsbury, Vermont ; died in Lock-port, New York, 13 June, 1859, was ordained to the Baptist ministry in early life, and served as pastor of Churches in Whitesborough, Utica, Rochester, and Lockport, New York At one time he was president of the Baptist missionary convention of New York. He was an attractive preacher, and one of the most widely known and esteemed among the Baptist ministers of his generation.

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  09/07/1819 VT Governor Won 80.72% (+72.70%)
  09/01/1818 VT Governor Won 95.32% (+90.63%)
  09/02/1817 VT Governor Won 64.27% (+29.56%)
  09/03/1816 VT Governor Won 55.23% (+10.80%)
  09/05/1815 VT Governor Won 52.09% (+5.84%)
  09/06/1814 VT Governor Lost 49.28% (-0.16%)
  09/07/1813 VT Governor Lost 49.55% (+0.87%)
  09/01/1812 VT Governor Won 53.59% (+8.97%)
  09/03/1811 VT Governor Won 54.02% (+10.21%)
  09/04/1810 VT Governor Won 57.33% (+16.16%)
  09/05/1809 VT Governor Won 51.08% (+3.91%)
  09/06/1808 VT-Southwestern District Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
  09/06/1808 VT - Southwestern District - Special Election Lost 2.41% (-54.33%)
  09/02/1806 VT Southwestern District Lost 29.41% (-24.69%)
  09/04/1804 VT-Southwestern District Lost 23.96% (-32.13%)
  12/13/1802 VT-Southwestern District Lost 18.17% (-36.11%)
  02/07/1797 VT - Western District - Third Trial Lost 3.88% (-51.21%)
  09/06/1796 VT - Western District - First Trial Lost 3.35% (-37.32%)
  09/06/1796 VT Governor Lost 0.04% (-60.91%)
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