Gideon Olin served as a United States representative from Vermont.
10 Facts About Gideon Olin
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Gideon Olin received limited schooling and engaged in agricultural pursuits.
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Gideon Olin moved to Vermont and settled in Shaftsbury in 1776, becoming one of the founders of Vermont.
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Gideon Olin was a delegate to the Windsor Convention in 1777, which enacted the constitution that formed the Vermont Republic.
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Gideon Olin was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1778,1780 to 1793, and in 1799, serving as Speaker from 1788 to 1793.
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Gideon Olin was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1791 and 1793, and a member of the Governor's council from 1793 to 1798.
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Gideon Olin was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses, serving from March 4,1803 to March 3,1807.
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Gideon Olin served as chief justice of the Bennington county court from 1807 to 1811, and was a founder of the University of Vermont.
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Gideon Olin later married Lydia Myers Pope and they had five children.
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Gideon Olin died in Shaftsbury, Vermont on January 21,1823, and is interred at Center Shaftsbury Cemetery in Shaftsbury, Vermont.