12 Facts About Joel Doolittle

Joel Doolittle was a Vermont attorney, judge and politician.

Joel Doolittle served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, a member of the state executive council, president of the state Council of Censors, and a justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.

Joel Doolittle attended Williams College from 1795 to 1797, and graduated from Yale University in 1799.

Joel Doolittle was admitted to the bar in 1801, and received a Master of Arts degree from Middlebury College in 1802.

Joel Doolittle maintained an extensive practice in Middlebury, and was a sought after legal instructor; among the attorneys who received their training in his office were Asa Aikens and William Slade.

Active politically as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, in 1815 Joel Doolittle was elected to the Vermont Governor's Council, and he served until 1817.

In 1817, Joel Doolittle was elected a justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, and he held this position until 1822.

In 1834, Joel Doolittle was named president of the Vermont Council of Censors, the body which met every seven years to review actions of the state government and ensure their constitutionality.

Joel Doolittle was elected a member of the Middlebury College Corporation in 1819, and he served until his death.

Joel Doolittle was active in the Episcopal denomination, and was one of the founders of St Steven's church in Middlebury.

Joel Doolittle was buried at Middlebury Cemetery.

In 1809, Joel Doolittle married Sarah Porter Fitch of Pawlet, Vermont.