Democratic-RepublicanGovernor · Vermont
Cornelius P. Van Ness
1823 first electedLeft office 18263 years served
Biography
Cornelius Peter Van Ness was an American politician and diplomat who served as the tenth governor of Vermont from 1823 to 1826 and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Spain from 1829 to 1836. Van Ness was a Democratic-Republican and later a Democrat.