Silas Hemenway Jennison was an American Anti-Masonic and Whig politician who served as Vermont's 11th lieutenant governor and 14th governor of Vermont – the first born in the state.
Silas Hemenway Jenison (or Jennison), circa 1837
The Anti-Masonic Party was the earliest third party in the United States. Formally a single-issue party, it strongly opposed Freemasonry in the United States. It was active from the late 1820s, especi
Silas H. Jennison
…Silas Hemenway Jennison (May 17, 1791 – September 30, 1849) was an American Anti-Masonic and Whig politician who served as Vermont's 11th lieutenant governor and 14th governor of Vermont – the first born in the state. Jennison (Sometimes…
William Morgan, whose disappearance and probable murder led to creation of the Anti-Masonic Party
Thurlow Weed, newspaper editor who helped form the Anti-Masonic Party
Solomon Southwick, newspaper publisher and 1828 Anti-Masonic candidate for Governor of New York
Former Mason William Wirt won Vermont's Electoral College votes in the 1832 presidential election for the Anti-Masonic Party