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Mrs. Adams’ “NH Government Comics” PART 2: State Executive Branch (GUEST POST)

Including a truly thrilling scene where an angel with a harp escorts a vetoed bill to a celestial RECYCLING BIN lit by apocalyptic lightning bolts…

John T. Gilman

Gilman served as governor of NH from 1794-1805, and again from 1813-1816.  The town of Gilmanton is named after his family.  He was governor when the state legislature passed NH’s first mandatory voter check-list law. During the American Revolution he served in the “Minutemen” militia. Drawn from an engraving by Max Rosenthal. [Also see John Taylor GilmanContinue reading “John T. Gilman”