Nelson Wilbur Fisk (August 5, 1854 – October 1, 1923) was a Vermont businessman and political figure who served as the 41stlieutenant governor of Vermont from 1896 to 1898.
A Republican, Fisk was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1882 to 1888 and the Vermont Senate from 1888 to 1890. As a legislator he played a key role in the construction of three Grand Isle bridges, including the first one to connect it with the Vermont mainland at Alburg.[7][8] He served as a Trustee of the State Normal School (now Johnson State College), the State Industrial School in Vergennes (then Vermont's reform institution for juveniles) and the University of Vermont. He was also a Delegate to the 1888 and 1892 Republican national conventions. In 1896 he was elected Lieutenant Governor and served one term, 1896 to 1898.[9]
Fisk died in Isle La Motte on October 1, 1923, and was buried in Isle La Motte's South Cemetery.[13][14] The Fisk quarry on Isle La Motte's West Shore Road has been turned into an environmental interpretive site that is open to the public.[3]