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Biography
Lyman Gillett Hinckley (April 13, 1832 – November 26, 1887) was a lawyer a politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1874 to 1876.
Early life
Lyman Gillett Hinckley was born in Post Mills, Vermont on April 13, 1832. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1856, studied law with Congressman William Hebard and Lieutenant Governor Burnham Martin and was admitted to the bar in 1860.
Political career
A Republican, from 1856 to 1859 he was Assistant Clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives, and he was Orange County, Vermont Clerk from 1860 until his death. Hinckley served as a Town of Chelsea Justice of the Peace and Town Meeting Moderator, also serving in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1862 to 1863 and 1868 to 1870. From 1872 to 1874 he served in the Vermont Senate and was Senate President. He was then elected Lieutenant Governor and served one term, 1874 to 1876. In 1878 and 1880 he returned to the Vermont House of Representatives.
Death and burial
Hinckley died suddenly on November 26, 1887 while in Boston to visit his sisters for Thanksgiving. He was buried in Chelsea's Highland Cemetery.