Our Political Ancestor Philip H. Hoff

September 1, 2023: Wow! It's September. Where did the summer go? This week, we will hear from the last governor in our series: Philip Hoff. Hoff is known as the first Democratic governor elected in Vermont since 1853. He is also known for expanding several of the state's services during his tenure. In 1964, he established the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, now known as the Vermont Commission on Women.

Read the 1967 speech here: https://sos.vermont.gov/media/hlsbga0p/hoff1967.pdf

We debated about reading the 1965 speech. Here it is if you're curious: https://sos.vermont.gov/media/ldxpfkvo/hoff1965.pdf

Theme music by Red Heart the Ticker: http://rhtt.net

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Olga Peters

Producer and host Olga is a journalist by day and a screenwriter by night. On the Montpelier Happy Hour she combines a newshound's doggedness with a fiction writer's sense of "what if...".

Emilie Kornheiser

Regular contributor Emilie Kornheiser represents Windham District 2-1 in the Vermont House of Representatives (that’s Brattleboro.) She always appreciates an opportunity to unpack the stories that drive us and hopes her gravestone will read “she asked good questions.” You can find more about her and her work in the legislature at emiliekornheiser.org.