Gideon Olin

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Gideon Olin

| image name =

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1743|11|2|mf=y}}

| birth_place = East Greenwich, Rhode Island Colony, British America

| state1 = Vermont

| district1 = 1st

| term_start1 = March 4, 1803

| term_end1 = March 3, 1807

| preceded1 = Israel Smith

| succeeded1 = James Witherell

| office2 = Member of the Vermont House of Representatives

| term2 = 1780-1793
1799

| death_date = {{death date and age|1823|1|21|1743|11|2|mf=y}}

| death_place = Shaftsbury, Vermont, U.S.

| spouse = Lydia Myers Pope Olin and Patience Dwinnell Olin

| children = Benjamin Olin, Esther Olin, Nathaniel Green Olin, Abram Baldwin Olin and Job S. Olin

| profession = farmer, congressman

| religion =

| party = Democratic-Republican

}}

Gideon Olin (November 2, 1743{{spnd}}January 21, 1823) was an American politician. He served as a United States representative from Vermont.

Biography

Olin was born in East Greenwich in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations to John and Susannah Pierce Olin. He received limited schooling and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He moved to Vermont and settled in Shaftsbury in 1776, becoming one of the founders of Vermont.

Olin was a delegate to the Windsor Convention in 1777, which enacted the constitution that formed the Vermont Republic. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1778, 1780 to 1793, and in 1799, serving as Speaker from 1788 to 1793.{{cite web|url=http://vermont-archives.org/govhistory/Officials/legislative/speakerlist.htm|title=Speakers of the House|publisher=Vermont Office of the Secretary of the State|accessdate=November 1, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720071232/http://vermont-archives.org/govhistory/Officials/legislative/speakerlist.htm|archive-date=July 20, 2012|url-status=usurped}}

During the American Revolutionary War, Olin was appointed Major in the Second Regiment under Colonels Samuel Herrick and Ebenezer Walbridge, and served on the frontier.{{cite web|url=http://www.rockvillemama.com/bennington/olingideonjohn.txt|title= Biographical Note on Gideon OLIN (father of John H.)|publisher= Vermont Historical Magazine |accessdate= November 1, 2012}} After the war, he served as an assistant judge of the Bennington County Court from 1781 to 1798. He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1791 and 1793, and a member of the Governor’s council from 1793 to 1798.{{cite web|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000067|title=OLIN, Gideon, (1743 - 1823)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= November 1, 2012}}

Olin was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1803 to March 3, 1807.{{cite web|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/gideon_olin/408340|title= Rep. Gideon Olin

|publisher= govtrack.us |accessdate= November 1, 2012}} He served as chief justice of the Bennington county court from 1807 to 1811,{{cite web|url= http://www.history50states.com/RI-Kent-East_Greenwich|title= Biography of Gideon Olin|publisher= History50States.com|accessdate= November 1, 2012|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130126012828/http://www.history50states.com/RI-Kent-East_Greenwich|archive-date= January 26, 2013|url-status= dead}} and was a founder of the University of Vermont.{{cite book|last=Johnson|first=Rossiter|title=The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans|year=1904|publisher=Biographical Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ElIDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT134 }} After leaving office, he resumed agricultural pursuits.

Family life

Olin married Patience Dwinnell on December 13, 1768. He later married Lydia Myers Pope and they had five children.

Olin was the uncle of Henry Olin. Both Abram Baldwin Olin{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000066|title= OLIN, Abram Baldwin, (1808 - 1879)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |accessdate= November 1, 2012}} and Henry Olin{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000068|title= OLIN, Henry, (1768 - 1837)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |accessdate= November 1, 2012}} served as United States Representatives in the 19th century.

Death

Olin died in Shaftsbury, Vermont on January 21, 1823, and is interred at Center Shaftsbury Cemetery in Shaftsbury, Vermont.{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/olden-oliven.html|title= Olin, Gideon (1743–1823)|publisher= The Political Graveyard |accessdate= November 1, 2012}}

References

External links

[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/gideon_olin/408340 govtrack.us]
[http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10911.html The Political Graveyard: Olin family of Vermont] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105165724/http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10911.html |date=November 5, 2012 }}
[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/olden-oliven.html The Political Graveyard: Olin, Gideon (1743–1823)]
[http://www.rockvillemama.com/bennington/olingideonjohn.txt Vermont Historical Magazine]

{{US House succession box

| state=Vermont

| district=1

| before=Israel Smith

| years=1803-1807

| after=James Witherell}}

Category:1743 births

Category:1823 deaths

Category:People from colonial Rhode Island

Category:Members of the Vermont House of Representatives

Category:Speakers of the Vermont House of Representatives

Category:People of Vermont in the American Revolution