William Weston (January 24, 1803 - March 19, 1875) was an attorney and politician in Burlington, Vermont, and Brooklyn, New York.
[12] Prior to Burlington's incorporation as a city, it had a town government, and Weston served as a justice of the peace,[13] and was a member of the board of selectmen in 1829, and from 1850 to 1853.
[14] From 1836 to 1847, Weston was Chittenden County's register of probate,[15] and he was the assistant secretary of the Vermont Senate in 1836,[16] 1837,[17] 1838,[18] 1839,[19] and 1840.
[19] From 1839 to 1842 he was the reporter of decisions for the Vermont Supreme Court,[1] and in 1842, Weston served as secretary for the state Council of Censors, the body that met every seven years to review actions of the executive and legislative branches and ensure their constitutionality.
[1] In 1872, Weston was a supporter of the Liberal Republican Party and the presidential candidacy of Horace Greeley.