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Ralph Wright, ‘revered and feared’ longest-serving Vermont House speaker, dies at 91

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Ralph Wright, ‘revered and feared’ longest-serving Vermont House speaker, dies at 91
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Rep. Ralph Wright, D-Bennington, waves after his election as Vermont House speaker in 1985. Photo by Ron MacNeil/UPI, courtesy Vermont Historical Society



When Montpelier journalist Chris Graff wrote his 2006 memoir, “Dateline Vermont,” he recounted the rise of such 20th-century politicians as the state’s first woman governor, Madeleine Kunin; its chief executive who died in office, Richard Snelling; and its physician turned presidential candidate, Howard Dean.



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