Democratic groundbreaker former Gov. Phil Hoff dies

Gov. Phil Hoff, center, greets Vice President Lyndon Johnson in Burlington in the fall of 1963. At right, shaking Johnson’s hand, is University of Vermont President John Fey. Photo courtesy of University of Vermont Archives
Philip Hoff, the first modern-day Democrat elected Vermont governor by popular vote, has died at age 93.
Back before Bernie Sanders, Ben & Jerry’s, the interstate and the internet, Vermont was the only state in the nation to have supported the top of every Rep