Hilton Wick
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Hilton Addison Wick
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| office = Vermont State Senator
| term_start = 1989
| term_end = 1991
| birth_date = February 11, 1920
| birth_place = Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, United States
| death_date = {{death-date and age|March 17, 2006|February 11, 1920}}
| death_place = Burlington, Vermont
| spouse = Barbara Shaw, a multigenerational native to Stowe, Vermont
| children = 5
| relations = Wick family
| education = Harvard Law School
| party = Republican
}}
Hilton Addison Wick (February 11, 1920 – March 17, 2006) was an American politician and Vermont Senator.
Life
Hilton Addison Wick was raised in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania. After serving in World War II, he graduated from Maryville College and Harvard Law School, and in 1949 he moved to Vermont with his wife Barbara Shaw. He practiced law and became the President of the Chittenden Trust Co. He was a Trustee of Middlebury College from 1969 to 1984. His role as a community leader and charitable fundraiser helped to launch his political career.
In 1984, he opposed Vermont Attorney General John Easton, Jr. for the Republican nomination in the 1984 Vermont gubernatorial election, but lost the nomination to Easton. In 1988 he was elected a Senator for the Chittenden district, and served from 1989 until 1991. He then resumed his law practice with his sons until his death in 2006.
Ancestry
He was a distant cousin of the Revolutionary War heroine Temperance Wick and the United States Congressman William W. Wick. In Vermont his name became proverbial for charitable fundraising, and the Hilton Wick Award, which is an annual award honoring persons who have engaged in charitable activities, is named after him.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dreamprogram.org/about/announcement/dream%E2%80%99s-ceo-michael-loner-and-his-wife-victoria-honored-champlain-housing-trust|title = About}}
Wick House
In 2014, the Wick House in Burlington, which was originally built in 1820, was moved several hundred feet from its original site. Hilton Wick was the last member of the Wick family to own the house.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/01/20/historic-burlington-house-moved-to-new-location/4671721/|title = Historic Wick House gets a move-on in Burlington| website=USA Today }}
References
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- [http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2006/03/19/lawyer_and_community_builder_dies/ Boston Globe, "Lawyer and community builder dies" March 19, 2006]
- [http://vermont-archives.org/govinfo/elect/p1984.htm Vermont Republican Primaries 1984]
- [http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/obituaries/obituary-henry-m-wick-jr-respected-lawyer-expert-in-transportation-law-511037/ Henry Wick]
- http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/obituaries/obituary-henry-m-wick-jr-respected-lawyer-expert-in-transportation-law-511037/
- http://www.dreamprogram.org/about/announcement/dream%E2%80%99s-ceo-michael-loner-and-his-wife-victoria-honored-champlain-housing-trust
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/01/20/historic-burlington-house-moved-to-new-location/4671721/
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Category:Republican Party Vermont state senators
Category:20th-century members of the Vermont General Assembly
Category:Harvard Law School alumni
Category:American military personnel of World War II
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