He was notable for his service as Vermont State Treasurer from 1965 until his death, the first Democrat to hold the office since the founding of the Republican Party in the 1850s.
[2] Hincks remained with the bank for more than 50 years, and eventually became its vice president and treasurer and a member of its board of directors.
[7] Hincks was a Democrat, and as part of a concerted effort to make the party more viable in Vermont by running legitimate candidates for all statewide races, he ran for state treasurer every two years from 1938 to 1946, and again in 1950 and 1962.
[9] He won as part of the Democratic wave brought in by the landslide victory of Lyndon B. Johnson, defeating longtime incumbent George H.
[11] He was planning to run for reelection in 1968, but collapsed while attending mass on July 7, 1968, and died at Middlebury's Porter Hospital.