From 1900 to 1923 William Paul Dillingham represented his state in the United States Senate. Last week, after an attack of gallstones and an operation, he died in a hospital at Montpelier, aged 79. His death marks the passing of another of the Dillinghams of Vermont. First there was John, who emigrated to America in 1630; then great-grandfather Paul, who was killed under Wolfe at Quebec; later grandfather Paul, who served in the Revolution; still later father Paul, Governor of Vermont; and most lately William Paul, the Senator and ex-Governor, still in the...
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