Jonas Galusha 672338 201198621 2008-03-27T00:30:59Z Aspects 4441371 Removed flagicons per [[WP:MOSFLAG#Not for use in locations of birth and death]] {{Infobox_Governor |name= Jonas Galusha |image=Jonas_Galusha.gif |caption= |order=6<sup>th</sup> |office= Governor of Vermont |term_start= 1809 |term_end= 1813 |lieutenant= [[Paul Brigham]] |predecessor=[[Isaac Tichenor]] |successor=[[Martin Chittenden]] |birth_date= {{birth date|1753|2|11|mf=y}} |birth_place= [[Norwich, Connecticut| Norwich]], [[Connecticut]] |death_date= {{death date|1834|9|24|mf=y}} |death_place= [[Shaftsbury, Vermont]] |spouse= Mary Chittenden |profession= [[Judge]] / [[Politician]] |party= [[United States Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic Republican]] |footnotes= First Term |order2=8<sup>th</sup> |office2= Governor of Vermont |term_start2=1815 |term_end2=1820 |lieutenant2= [[Paul Brigham]] |predecessor2=[[Martin Chittenden]] |successor2=[[Richard Skinner]] |footnotes= }} '''Jonas Galusha''' ([[February 11]], [[1753]] - [[September 24]], [[1834]]) was [[Governor]] of [[Vermont]] for two terms in the early 1800s. Galusha was born in [[Norwich, Connecticut]], and migrated to [[Shaftsbury, Vermont]], in [[1775]]. He had a distinguished record in the American Revolution, fighting in the [[Battle of Bennington]] in [[1777]]. He was active in the [[Baptist Church]] and served in several administrative and judicial positions in state government. In [[1808]], he served as a presidential elector for the [[Democratic-Republican]] candidacy of [[James Madison]]. The following year, he was elected Governor of Vermont, serving until 1813. He was both the predecessor and the successor of the [[Federalist]] [[Martin Chittenden]], brother of Galusha's wife, Mary Chittenden. Galusha served another term as [[Governor]] from [[1815]] to [[1820]]. He was later again a Presidential elector in the [[1820]] and [[1824]] elections. He died in Shaftsbury in [[1834]]. [[Image:Galusha house.jpg|thumb|175px|left|His home]] {{VTGovernors}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Galusha, Jonas}} [[Category:1753 births]] [[Category:Shaftsbury, Vermont]] [[Category:1834 deaths]] [[Category:Governors of Vermont]] {{Vermont-politician-stub}} [[de:Jonas Galusha]]