Zedekiah Silloway Stanton[1] (May 1, 1848 – August 15, 1921) was an attorney and judge who served as the 44th lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1902 to 1904.

He then studied law with Congressman Frank Plumley and two other local lawyers, was admitted to the bar in 1880, and became an attorney in Roxbury.

Because a Local Option candidate made the election a three-way race Stanton with 47.2% did not receive the popular vote majority required by the Vermont constitution, so he was officially chosen by the state legislature.

He remained on the bench until his death, and attained by seniority the position of chief judge of the Superior Court.

[11][12] He was succeeded as chief judge by Fred M. Butler, who later served as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.