Franklin Swift Billings (May 11, 1862 – January 16, 1935)[1] was an American businessman and politician from Woodstock, Vermont.

[3] Billings worked on a Kansas sheep ranch and then engaged in the import-export business in New York City.

Bell as chief of staff of the Vermont National Guard with the rank of colonel.

The federal government established national forests in Vermont during his gubernatorial administration.

[5] They had one son; Franklin S. Billings Jr. (1922–2014), who became Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and Chief Justice of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.