Charles Winslow Gates was an American politician who served as the 55th Governor of the U.S. state of Vermont from 1915 to 1917.
Gates was born January 12, 1856, son of Harrison and Leona Rebecca Gates, in Franklin, Vermont. He graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1880, and was a teacher and principal of the Franklin Academy until 1884. He married Mary Elizabeth Hayden on April 9, 1890. They had one daughter, Edith Rebecca, and two sons, Paul Hayden and Winslow Harrison.
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