Franklin S. Billings

Franklin S. Billings

Franklin Swift Billings (May 11, 1862 – January 16, 1935) was an American politician from Woodstock, Vermont, and he served as the 52nd Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1923 to 1925 and as the 60th Governor of Vermont from 1925 to 1927.

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