As governor of Vermont, Pingree earned the title of Vermont’s “grand old man,” a fitting summation of all that he did for the northeast....

At Dartmouth, Choate was known as a diligent and faithful student with extraordinary progress in mental discipline and study. Fellow students testified to “the supremacy which he held here, in the unanimous judgement of fellow students.”...

A graduate of the Class of 1826, Salmon P. Chase is one of just three people to have served as a state governor and in all three branches of the United States government. He is perhaps best remembered for his contributions as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.

In 1845 President James Polk nominated, and the Senate subsequently confirmed, Senator Woodbury to the Supreme Court of the United States. Woodbury would serve until his death, just six years later at the age of 61.

Throughout his public service, Dartmouth remained a central part of Moses's life. He would return often to campus to give lectures ranging from deforestation to the legislative functions of the senate....

Stevens credited education as his own means for escaping poverty and felt every child deserved a similar chance. He saw education as the greatest path to equality and without it, Stevens believed the country would remain divided along racial and socioeconomic lines.

Bass comes from a lineage of public service: his father, Robert P. Bass, was a New Hampshire governor, and his grandfather, also named Perkins Bass, was Abraham Lincoln’s campaign manager for Illinois and later U.S. Attorney. His son, Charlie Bass '74, also served in the House of Representatives....

Throughout his career in public service, Brown was a tireless campaigner, a dedicated public servant, and a bit of a trailblazer as a liberal Democrat in the state of New Hampshire during the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s. “A notable public servant, he was respected [and] admired by men of both parties and leaves behind him a record that very few New Hampshire citizens will ever attain.” Carroll County Independent, 1955....

Dooley was a member of the DKE fraternity, Casque and Gauntlet, Arts, Pleides, and Green Key organizations. His frequent involvement in school organizations and institutions would eventually be a precursor to his life in public service.

In the 1830s, the College required church attendance every day, tuition was $27, and room and board cost $60 (that totals to $2,810 in 2018 dollars—a bargain by today’s standards)....