Franklin Swift Billings (May 11, 1862 – January 16, 1935) was an American

United States

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 politician from Woodstock, Vermont. He served as the 60th Governor of Vermont

Governor of Vermont

The Governor of Vermont is the governor of the U.S. state of Vermont. The governor is elected in even numbered years by direct voting for a term of two years; Vermont and bordering New Hampshire are the only states to hold gubernatorial elections every two years, instead of every four...

 from 1925 to 1927 and as the 52nd Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1923–1925. His parents were Franklin Noble Billings and Nancy Swift Billings. His son, Franklin S. Billings, Jr.

Franklin S. Billings, Jr.

Franklin Swift Billings, Jr. is an American politician and former judge from the state of Vermont. Billings served successively as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives, chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of...

, is a retired U.S. Federal Judge.

Education: Graduate of Milton Academy, Milton, MA. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Billings served in the Vermont house of representatives from 1910–12 and 1921–23, and he was Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives

Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives

The Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives is the Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives, the lower house of the Vermont Legislature....

 from 1921–23.

Sources

• The Political Graveyard