The following table indicates party affiliation in the State of Vermont:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
- State Treasurer
- State Auditor of Accounts
It also indicates historical composition:
- Senate
- House of Representatives
- State delegation to the United States Senate
- State delegation to the United States House of Representatives
1778–1883
[edit]Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Governor | Lieutenant Governor |
Attorney General |
Treasurer | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class III) |
U.S. House | ||
1778 | Thomas Chittenden (I)[a] | Joseph Marsh (I)[a] | no such office | Ira Allen (I)[a] | no representation in Congress | no electoral votes | ||||
1779 | Benjamin Carpenter (I)[a] | |||||||||
1780 | ||||||||||
1781 | Elisha Payne (I)[a] | |||||||||
1782 | Paul Spooner (I)[a] | |||||||||
... | ||||||||||
1785 | ||||||||||
1786 | Samuel Mattocks (I)[a] | |||||||||
1787 | Joseph Marsh (I)[a] | |||||||||
1788 | ||||||||||
1789 | Moses Robinson (I)[a] | |||||||||
1790 | Thomas Chittenden (I)[a] | Peter Olcott (I)[a] | Samuel Hitchcock (F) | |||||||
1791 | Thomas Chittenden (I) | DR majority | Moses Robinson (AA) | Stephen R. Bradley (AA) | 2AA | |||||
1792 | DR majority | Washington/ Adams (I) ![]() | ||||||||
1793 | Daniel Buck (F) | DR majority | ||||||||
1794 | Jonathan Hunt (F)[a] | F majority | ||||||||
1795 | vacant | F majority | Moses Robinson (DR) | Elijah Paine (F) | 1DR, 1F | |||||
1796 | Paul Brigham (DR) | F majority | John Adams/ T. Pinckney (F) ![]() | |||||||
1797 | Paul Brigham (DR) | vacant | no such office | F majority | Isaac Tichenor (F) | |||||
Isaac Tichenor (F) | Paul Brigham (DR) | Nathaniel Chipman (F) | ||||||||
1798 | F majority | |||||||||
1799 | 130F, 34DR | |||||||||
1800 | Benjamin Swan (I) | 112F, 52DR | John Adams/ C. C. Pinckney (F) ![]() | |||||||
1801 | 99F, 75DR | |||||||||
1802 | 96DR, 82F | Stephen R. Bradley (DR) | ||||||||
1803 | 102DR, 81F | Israel Smith (DR) | 3F, 1DR | |||||||
1804 | DR majority | Jefferson/ Clinton (DR) ![]() | ||||||||
1805 | DR majority | 2DR, 2F | ||||||||
1806 | 111DR, 80F | |||||||||
1807 | Israel Smith (DR) | DR majority | ||||||||
1808 | Isaac Tichenor (F) | DR majority | Jonathan Robinson (DR) | Madison/ Clinton (DR) ![]() | ||||||
1809 | Jonas Galusha (DR) | 108DR, 91F | 3F, 1DR | |||||||
1810 | 122DR, 78F | |||||||||
1811 | 125DR, 65F | 3DR, 1F | ||||||||
1812 | 129DR, 77F | Madison/ Gerry (DR) ![]() | ||||||||
1813 | Martin Chittenden (F) | William Chamberlin (F) | 124DR, 85F | Dudley Chase (DR) | 6DR | |||||
1814 | 108F, 104DR | |||||||||
1815 | Jonas Galusha (DR) | Paul Brigham (DR) | 117F, 94DR | Isaac Tichenor (F) | 6F | |||||
1816 | 114DR, 101F | Monroe/ Tompkins (DR) ![]() | ||||||||
1817 | 119DR, 93F | 6DR | ||||||||
1818 | 148DR, 67F | James Fisk (DR) | ||||||||
1819 | DR majority | William A. Palmer (DR) | ||||||||
1820 | Richard Skinner (DR) | William Cahoon (DR) | DR majority | |||||||
1821 | DR (A-C) majority | Horatio Seymour (DR) | ||||||||
1822 | Aaron Leland (DR) | DR (A-C) majority | ||||||||
1823 | Cornelius P. Van Ness (DR) | DR (A-C) majority | 5DR | |||||||
1824 | DR (A-C) majority | Adams/ Calhoun (DR) ![]() | ||||||||
1825 | NR majority | Horatio Seymour (NR) | Dudley Chase (NR) | 4NR, 1J | ||||||
1826 | Ezra Butler (NR) | NR majority | ||||||||
1827 | Henry Olin (DR) | DR majority | 5NR | |||||||
1828 | Samuel C. Crafts (NR) | DR majority | Adams/ Rush (NR) ![]() | |||||||
1829 | DR majority | 4NR, 1A-M | ||||||||
1830 | Mark Richards (NR) | 136NR, 45J, 33A-M | ||||||||
1831 | William A. Palmer (A-M) | Lebbeus Egerton (A-M) | 121NR, 76A-M, 28J | Samuel Prentiss (NR) | 3NR, 2A-M | |||||
1832 | 83A-M, 79NR, 33J[b] | Wirt/ Ellmaker (A-M) ![]() | ||||||||
1833 | Augustine Clarke (A-M) | 87A-M, 68NR, 40J[b] | Benjamin Swift (NR) | |||||||
1834 | 114A-M, 105J/NR, 5?[c] | |||||||||
1835 | vacant | Silas H. Jennison (A-M) | 87NR, 86A-M, 59J[d] | |||||||
1836 | Silas H. Jennison (W)[e] | David M. Camp (W) | 110A-M, 75J, 35NR[d] | Harrison/ Granger (W) ![]() | ||||||
1837 | vacant | 18W, 12D | 118W, 100D, 2? | Benjamin Swift (W) | Samuel Prentiss (W) | 3W, 1D, 1A-M | ||||
1838 | Henry Fisk Janes (W) | 20W, 10D | 128W, 88D, 5? | |||||||
1839 | 156W, 70D, 3Cons | Samuel S. Phelps (W) | 2W, 2D, 1A-M | |||||||
1840 | 18W, 12D | 118W, 112D | Harrison/ Tyler (W) ![]() | |||||||
1841 | Charles Paine (W) | Waitstill R. Ranney (W) | John Spaulding (W) | 28W, 2D | 178W, 56D | 4W, 1A-M | ||||
1842 | 21W, 9D | 127W, 74D, 4? | Samuel C. Crafts (W) | |||||||
1843 | John Mattocks (W) | Horace Eaton (W) | 16W, 14D | 132W, 99D, 7? | William Upham (W) | 3W, 1D | ||||
1844 | William Slade (W) | 21W, 9D | 117W, 93D, 7Lty | Clay/ Frelinghuysen (W) ![]() | ||||||
1845 | 20W, 10D | 129W, 65D, 8Lty, 3 vac. | ||||||||
1846 | Horace Eaton (W) | Leonard Sargeant (W) | Elisha P. Jewett (W) | 23W, 7D | 116W, 67D, 12Lty, 40 vac. | |||||
1847 | George Howes (W) | 116W, 68D, 10Lty, 39 vac. | ||||||||
1848 | Carlos Coolidge (W) | Robert Pierpoint (W) | 21W, 9D | 104W, 78D, 18Lty, 37 vac. | Taylor/ Fillmore (W) ![]() | |||||
1849 | 21W, 7D, 2FS | 102W, 65FS, 49D, 20 vac. | ||||||||
1850 | Charles K. Williams (W) | Julius Converse (W) | 22W, 7FS, 1D | 120W, 84FS, 10D, 22 vac. | ||||||
1851 | 20W, 7FS, 3D | 132W, 72FS, 19D, 17 vac. | Solomon Foot (W) | |||||||
1852 | Erastus Fairbanks (W) | William C. Kittredge (W) | 21W, 8FS, 1D | 112W, 69FS, 30D, 29 vac. | Scott/ Graham (W) ![]() | |||||
1853 | John S. Robinson (D) | Jefferson P. Kidder (D) | John A. Page (D) | 20W, 8D, 2FS | 98W, 59D, 34FS, 47 vac. | Samuel S. Phelps (W) | 3W | |||
1854 | Stephen Royce (R) | Ryland Fletcher (R) | Henry M. Bates (R) | 17W, 11D, 2FS | 95W, 82D, 37FS, 27 vac.[f] | Lawrence Brainerd (FS) | ||||
1855 | 29W, 1D | 133W, 46D, 31FS, 20 vac. | Solomon Foot (R) | Jacob Collamer (R) | 1R, 1W, 1O | |||||
1856 | Ryland Fletcher (R) | James M. Slade (R) | 29R, 1D | 157R, 30A, 28D, 12 vac. | Frémont/ Dayton (R) ![]() | |||||
1857 | 30R | 227R, 8D, 4 vac. | 3R | |||||||
1858 | Hiland Hall (R) | Burnham Martin (R) | 200R, 30D, 2?, 7 vac. | |||||||
1859 | 29R, 1D | 190R, 38D, 1Abol, 1W, 9 vac. | ||||||||
1860 | Erastus Fairbanks (R) | Levi Underwood (R) | John B. Page (R) | 30R | 199R, 32D, 3I, 1W, 4 vac. | Lincoln/ Hamlin (R) ![]() | ||||
1861 | Frederick Holbrook (R) | 29R, 1D | 210R, 25D, 2I, 3 vac. | |||||||
1862 | Paul Dillingham (NU) | 30R | 200R, 17D, 5 vac. | |||||||
1863 | J. Gregory Smith (R) | R majority | ||||||||
1864 | 224R, 14D, 2 vac. | Lincoln/ Johnson (NU) ![]() | ||||||||
1865 | Paul Dillingham (R) | Abraham B. Gardner (R) | 212R, 19D, 2 vac. | |||||||
1866 | John A. Page (R) | 213R, 11D, 4 vac. | George F. Edmunds (R) | Luke P. Poland (R) | ||||||
1867 | John B. Page (R) | Stephen Thomas (R) | 224R, 13D, 3 vac. | Justin S. Morrill (R) | ||||||
1868 | 29R, 1Cons | 213R, 25D, 3 vac. | Grant/ Colfax (R) ![]() | |||||||
1869 | Peter T. Washburn (R)[g] | George Whitman Hendee (R) | 30R | 224R, 15D, 2 vac. | ||||||
1870 | George Whitman Hendee (R) | vacant | 210R, 24D, 1Cons, 1?, 5 vac. | |||||||
John Wolcott Stewart (R) | George N. Dale (R) | |||||||||
1871 | 28R, 2D | 208R, 25D, 1Cons, 1?, 6 vac. | ||||||||
1872 | Julius Converse (R) | Russell S. Taft (R) | Grant/ Wilson (R) ![]() | |||||||
1873 | 30R | 216R, 16D, 7LR, 2 vac. | ||||||||
1874 | Asahel Peck (R) | Lyman G. Hinckley (R) | ||||||||
1875 | 29R, 1D | 174R, 50D, 8LR, 4I, 5 vac. | ||||||||
1876 | Horace Fairbanks (R) | Redfield Proctor (R) | Hayes/ Wheeler (R) ![]() | |||||||
1877 | 30R | 205R, 31D, 5 vac. | ||||||||
1878 | Redfield Proctor (R) | Eben Pomeroy Colton (R) | ||||||||
1879 | 29R, 1D | 175R, 45D, 6GB, 5I, 10 vac. | 2R, 1GB | |||||||
1880 | Roswell Farnham (R) | John L. Barstow (R) | Garfield/ Arthur (R) ![]() | |||||||
1881 | 30R | 217R, 19D, 1GB, 1I, 3 vac. | 3R | |||||||
1882 | John L. Barstow (R) | Samuel E. Pingree (R) | William H. Dubois (R) | |||||||
1883 | 28R, 2D | 183R, 47D, 4I,[h] 2GB, 5 vac. | 2R | |||||||
Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor |
Attorney General |
Treasurer | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class III) |
U.S. House | Electoral votes |
Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress |
1884–present
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Held office in the Vermont Republic.
- ^ a b The Anti-Masons joined with the Jacksonians and elected John Smith, a Jacksonian, as Speaker, and organized the chamber.
- ^ The Anti-Masons re-elected John Smith, a Jacksonian, as Speaker, and organized the chamber.
- ^ a b The Anti-Masons joined with the National Republicans to re-elect Ebenezer N. Briggs, a National Republican, as Speaker, and organized the chamber.
- ^ During his lieutenant governorship, no governor was elected, and Jennison became acting governor. In 1836, he was elected governor.
- ^ A Free Soil Democrat, Horatio Needham, was elected as Speaker in a coalition between the Democrats and Free Soilers.
- ^ a b Died in office.
- ^ Includes 3 Independent Democrats.
- ^ Includes 3 Independent Democrats.
- ^ a b c d Includes 1 Independent Republican.
- ^ Includes 1 Prohibitionist Republican.
- ^ a b c d Includes 1 Independent Democrat and 1 Independent Republican.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Includes 1 Independent Democrat.
- ^ a b Includes 2 Independent Democrats.
- ^ a b c d Includes 3 Independent Republicans.
- ^ Includes 7 Progressive Republicans, 2 Independent Progressives, and 1 Progressive Democrat.
- ^ Includes 3 Independent Republicans, 2 Independent Progressives and 1 Independent Democrat.
- ^ Includes 2 Labor Republicans.
- ^ Includes 4 Progressive Republicans.
- ^ Includes 2 Independent Democrats, 2 Independent Republicans, and 1 Independent Progressive.
- ^ a b c Includes 4 Independent Republicans.
- ^ Includes 2 Independent Republicans and 1 Independent Democrat.
- ^ a b c Appointed to fill vacancy.
- ^ a b Includes 2 Independent Republicans.
- ^ Includes 2 Independent Republicans and 1 Independent Democrat.
- ^ a b c A Democrat, Timothy J. O'Connor Jr., was elected as Speaker.[1]
- ^ a b A Democrat, Ralph G. Wright, was elected as Speaker.[2][3]
- ^ Lt. Governor Howard Dean broke the tie, giving power to the Democrats.
- ^ a b Sanders caucused with Congressional Democrats for most of his tenure, though remained a registered Independent.
- ^ Democrat Tim Ryan replaced Republican Tom McGrath on January 8, 2002.
- ^ Jarrod Sammis switched parties from Republican to Libertarian.[4]
- ^ Democrat Abbey Duke was appointed to succeed Progressive Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, who resigned. [5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Vermont House of Representatives". www.leg.state.vt.us. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
- ^ Butterfield, Fox (1985-01-11). "VERMONT'S NEW GOVERNOR CONFRONTS DEVELOPMENT AND BUDGET PROBLEMS". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
- ^ "Vermont House of Representatives". www.leg.state.vt.us. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
- ^ https://www.rutlandherald.com/news/local/sammis-makes-party-switch-official/article_761e2d22-f09e-54c0-8e44-db2d91079169.html [bare URL]
- ^ https://www.mynbc5.com/article/vermont-abbey-duke-chittenden-17-representative-house/60700047 [bare URL]