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American politician

Thomas P. Salmon
Salmon in 1975

75th Governor of Vermont
In office January 4, 1973 – January 6, 1977
Lieutenant	John S. Burgess Brian D. Burns
Preceded by	Deane C. Davis
Succeeded by	Richard A. Snelling
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Rockingham
In office January 1965 – January 1971
Member of the Rockingham Town Council
In office 1959–1972

Personal details
Born	Thomas Paul Salmon (1932-08-19) August 19, 1932 (age 92) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Madge Savaria (m. 1958; div. 1983) Susan June Bisson (m. 1984)
Children	4
Education	Boston College (BA, JD) New York University (LLM)

Thomas Paul Salmon (born August 19, 1932) is an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 75th governor of Vermont from 1973 to 1977.

Biography

Salmon was born in Cleveland, Ohio, raised in Stow, Massachusetts, and attended Hudson High School in Hudson, Massachusetts. He earned his undergraduate degree from Boston College in 1954, and earned a J.D. from Boston College Law School in 1957. He earned an LL.M. degree in taxation from New York University Law School in 1958. He married Madeleine G. Savaria and they had four children. His son, Thomas M. Salmon served as State Auditor of Vermont from 2007 to 2013, and switched his political affiliation to Republican in 2009.

Career

In 1959, Salmon was elected as Town Councilor for Rockingham, Vermont, serving until 1972. From 1963 to 1965, he served as a municipal court judge in Bellows Falls, Vermont, a village within the town of Rockingham. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Rockingham in 1965, and from District 13-1 for 1966, from 1967 to 1968 and from 1969 to 1970. He served one year as House Minority Leader.

Governor of Vermont 1973-1977

In 1972, Salmon won a surprise election for governor, only entering the race 3 months before the general election. As Governor of Vermont from 1973 to 1977, Salmon chaired the New England Governors' Conference for two years and was a member of the National Governors Association's Executive Committee. He was an unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Senator from Vermont in the 1976 election, losing to the incumbent Robert Stafford.

Later career

In 1991, Salmon was appointed interim president of the University of Vermont and served as the university's permanent president from 1993 to 1998. Since retiring from UVM, he has practiced law in Bellows Falls, Vermont. He also served as chairman of the board for Green Mountain Power from 1983 to 2002.

Salmon is a Catholic; and a member of several organization including the Elks, Moose, Knights of Columbus, Jaycees, Rotary, and the American Bar Association.

References

^ "Thomas P. Salmon". National Governors Association. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
^ "Thomas P. Salmon". Soylent Communications. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
"50 years later, Tom Salmon revisits 'the biggest political upset in Vermont history'". VTDigger. 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
Thomas P. Salmon-Of Counsel-Salmon Nostrand Archived 2015-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
"Thomas P. Salmon". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 16 November 2012.

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Party political offices
Preceded byThomas P. Whalen	Democratic nominee for Vermont Attorney General 1970	Succeeded byRichard Gadbois
Preceded byLeo O'Brien Jr.	Democratic nominee for Governor of Vermont 1972, 1974	Succeeded byStella Hackel Sims
Preceded byRandolph Major	Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Vermont (Class 1) 1976	Succeeded byJames A. Guest
Political offices
Preceded byDeane C. Davis	Governor of Vermont 1973–1977	Succeeded byRichard A. Snelling
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded byMartha McSallyas Former US Senator	Order of precedence of the United States Within Vermont	Succeeded byMadeleine M. Kuninas Former Governor
Preceded byDonald Carcierias Former Governor	Order of precedence of the United States Outside Vermont	Succeeded byMadeleine M. Kuninas Former Governor

v t e Governors of Vermont
Vermont Republic (1777–1791)	Chittenden Robinson Chittenden
State of Vermont (since 1791)	Chittenden Brigham Tichenor I. Smith Tichenor Galusha M. Chittenden Galusha Skinner Van Ness Butler Crafts Palmer Jennison Paine Mattocks Slade Eaton Coolidge Williams E. Fairbanks Robinson Royce Fletcher Hall E. Fairbanks Holbrook G. Smith P. Dillingham Page Washburn Hendee Stewart Converse Peck H. Fairbanks R. Proctor Sr. Farnham Barstow Pingree Ormsbee W.P. Dillingham Page Fuller Woodbury Grout E. Smith Stickney McCullough Bell F. Proctor Prouty Mead Fletcher Gates Graham Clement Hartness R. Proctor Jr. Billings Weeks Wilson C. Smith Aiken Wills M. Proctor Gibson Arthur Emerson Johnson Stafford Keyser Hoff Davis Salmon Snelling Kunin Snelling Dean Douglas Shumlin Scott
Italics indicate acting governor

v t e Presidents of the University of Vermont
Sanders (1800–1814) Austin (1815–1821) Haskel (1821–1824) Preston (1825–1826) Marsh (1826–1833) Wheeler (1833–1849) Smith (1849–1855) Pease (1855–1861) Torrey (1862–1866) Angell (1866–1871) Buckham (1871–1910) Benton (1911–1919) Bailey (1920–1940) Millis (1941–1949) Carlson (1950–1952) Borgmann (1952–1958) Fey (1958–1964) McCune (1965–1966) Rowell (1966–1970) Andrews (1970–1976) Coor (1976–1989) Davis (1990–1991) Salmon (1991–1997) Ramaley (1997–2001) Fogel (2002–2011) Bramley # (2011–2012) Sullivan (2012– ) # denotes interim president

Presidents of the University of Vermont

Sanders (1800–1814)
Austin (1815–1821)
Haskel (1821–1824)
Preston (1825–1826)
Marsh (1826–1833)
Wheeler (1833–1849)
Smith (1849–1855)
Pease (1855–1861)
Torrey (1862–1866)
Angell (1866–1871)
Buckham (1871–1910)
Benton (1911–1919)
Bailey (1920–1940)
Millis (1941–1949)
Carlson (1950–1952)
Borgmann (1952–1958)
Fey (1958–1964)
McCune (1965–1966)
Rowell (1966–1970)
Andrews (1970–1976)
Coor (1976–1989)
Davis (1990–1991)
Salmon (1991–1997)
Ramaley (1997–2001)
Fogel (2002–2011)
Bramley # (2011–2012)
Sullivan (2012– )

# denotes interim president

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