Notable people

• Milton Friedman
  Milton Friedman
  Milton Friedman was an American economist, statistician, academic, and author who taught at the University of Chicago for more than three decades...
  
  , economist, former resident of Ely
• Richard W. Mallary
  Richard W. Mallary
  Richard Walker Mallary was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Mallary was educated at Bradford Academy, Bradford, Vermont, and attended Dartmouth College, receiving an A.B...
  
  , congressman
• Samuel Morey
  Samuel Morey
  Samuel Morey was an American inventor, who worked on early internal combustion engines and was a pioneer in steamships who accumulated a total of 20 patents.-Early life:...
  
  , inventor
• George W. Morrison
  George W. Morrison
  George Washington Morrison was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in Fairlee, Vermont, Morrison attended the common schools and Thetford Academy. He engaged in teaching, then studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1835, commencing practice in Manchester, New Hampshire in 1836...
  
  , congressman
• Nathaniel Niles, politician
• Stephen Thomas
  Stephen Thomas
  Stephen Thomas , manufacturer, politician, jurist, and Union Army officer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for gallantry.-Early life:...
  
  , politician and brigadier general