About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 62. Chapters: Aaron Leland, Abraham B. Gardner, Abram W. Foote, Barbara W. Snelling, Benjamin Carpenter, Benjamin Williams (Vermont), Brian D. Burns, Brian Dubie, Burnham Martin, Charles H. Stearns, Charles Manley Smith, Consuelo N. Bailey, David M. Camp, Doug Racine, Ebenezer J. Ormsbee, Eben Pomeroy Colton, Elisha Payne, Farrand Stewart Stranahan, Franklin S. Billings, Frank E. Howe, George Aiken, George H. Prouty, George N. Dale, George Whitman Hendee, Hale K. Darling, Harold J. Arthur, Henry A. Fletcher, Henry C. Bates, Hollister Jackson, Horace Eaton, Howard Dean, James M. Slade, Jefferson P. Kidder, John A. Mead, John J. Daley, John L. Barstow, John S. Burgess, Jonathan Hunt (Vermont Lieutenant Governor), Joseph Marsh, Julius Converse, Lebbeus Egerton, Lee E. Emerson, Leighton P. Slack, Leonard Sargeant, Levi K. Fuller, Levi Underwood, List of lieutenant governors of Vermont, Lyman G. Hinckley, Madeleine M. Kunin, Mark Richards (politician), Martin F. Allen, Mason S. Stone, Mortimer R. Proctor, Nelson W. Fisk, Paul Brigham, Paul Dillingham, Paul Spooner, Peter Olcott, Peter Plympton Smith, Phillip Scott (politician), Ralph A. Foote, Redfield Proctor, Robert Pierpoint (Vermont), Robert S. Babcock, Roger W. Hulburd, Russell S. Taft, Samuel E. Pingree, Silas H. Jennison, Stanley C. Wilson, Stephen Thomas (Medal of Honor), T. Garry Buckley, Thomas L. Hayes, Waitstill R. Ranney, Walter K. Farnsworth, William C. Kittredge, William Chamberlain (politician), William Henry Wills (politician), Zed S. Stanton, Zophar M. Mansur. Excerpt: Howard Brush Dean III (born November 17, 1948) is an American politician and physician from Vermont. He served six terms as the 79th Governor of Vermont and ran unsuccessfully for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination. He was chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2005 to 2009. Although his U.S. Presidential campaign was unsuccessful, Dean is regarded as a pioneer in raising the profile of Internet-based fundraising and grassroots organizing. Before entering politics, Dean earned his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1978. Dean was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1982 and was elected lieutenant governor in 1986. Both were part-time positions that enabled him to continue practicing medicine. In 1991, Dean became governor of Vermont when Richard A. Snelling died in office. Dean was subsequently elected to five two-year terms, serving from 1991 to 2003, making him the second longest-serving governor in Vermont history, after Thomas Chittenden (1778-1789 and 1790-1797). Dean served as chairman of the National Governors Association from 1994 to 1995; during his term, Vermont paid off much of its public debt and had a balanced budget 11 times, lowering income taxes twice. Dean also oversaw the expansion of the "Dr. Dynasaur" program, which ensures universal health care for children and pregnant women in the state. He is a noted staunch supporter of universal health care. An early front-runner for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, Dean denounced the 2003 invasion of Iraq and called on Democrats to oppose the Bush administration. Dean showed fundraising ability, and was a pioneer of political fundraising via the Internet; however, he lost the nomination to Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts. Dean formed the organization Democracy for America and later was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee in February 2005. As chairman of the party, Dean created and employed the 50
