Hundreds pay tribute to former Gov. Philip Hoff

The presider reads the commendation prayer over the body of Gov. Philip Hoff Saturday at Burlington’s Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Paul. Photo by Bob LoCicero/VT Digger
BURLINGTON — U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., forever will remember the late former Gov. Philip Hoff — the first modern-day Democrat elected to the state post by popular vote — as “a visionary, a trailblazer, a reformer and a transformative influence in both Vermont and on the national stage.&rdq