Philip K. Gleed

Philip King Gleed (September 10, 1834 – June 29, 1897) was a Vermont attorney and politician who served as President of the Vermont State Senate.

Biography Gleed was born in Granby, Quebec, Canada on September 10, 1834, the son of Reverend John and Elizabeth (Prettyjohn) Gleed, formerly of England. He was raised in Morrisville, Vermont, and attended People's Academy in Morrisville, Bakersfield Academy in Bakersfield, and Troy Conference Academy in Poultney, from which he graduated in 1855. He then studied law with his brother Thomas, attained admission to the bar, and practiced in Morrisville.

Gleed served in the American Civil War, attaining the rank of Captain in the 4th Vermont Militia Regiment, which protected the Vermont-Canada border following the St. Albans Raid.

A Republican, Gleed served in several local and county offices, including school board member, village trustee for Morrisville, Selectman for Morristown, Vermont, State's Attorney for Lamoille County from 1863 to 1868, Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1867 to 1868, and a federal assessor of internal revenue from 1870 to 1874.

Gleed was State's Attorney again from 1880 to 1882.

Philip K. Gleed died in Morrisville on June 29, 1897. He was buried in Morrisville's Pleasant View Cemetery.

Family Gleed married his first wife, Ellen Jane Fuller (1833–1883) of Moira, New York in 1861.