List of United States Senators from Vermont
Vermont was admitted to the Union on March 4, 1791. Its current United States Senators are Democrat Patrick Leahy and Independent Bernie Sanders. Leahy is the only Democrat ever elected to the Senate from Vermont, and has held his seat since 1975.
List of Senators
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018. |
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Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010. The next election will be in 2016. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | Moses Robinson |
Anti- Administration |
October 17, 1791 – October 15, 1796 |
Elected in 1791. Resigned. |
1 | 2nd Congress | 1 | Elected in 1791. Lost re-election. |
October 17, 1791 – March 3, 1795 |
Anti- Administration |
Stephen R. Bradley |
1 |
3rd Congress | ||||||||||||
Democratic- Republican |
4th Congress | 2 | Elected in 1795. | March 4, 1795 – September 1, 1801 |
Federalist | Elijah Paine |
2 | |||||
Vacant | October 15, 1796 – October 18, 1796 |
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2 | Isaac Tichenor |
Federalist | October 18, 1796 – October 17, 1797 |
Elected in 1796 to finish Robinson's term. | ||||||||
Elected in 1796 to full term. Resigned to become Governor of Vermont. |
2 | 5th Congress | ||||||||||
3 | Nathaniel Chipman | Federalist | October 17, 1797 – March 3, 1803 |
Elected in 1797 to finish Tichenor's term. Lost re-election. | ||||||||
6th Congress | ||||||||||||
7th Congress | 3 | Re-elected in 1800. Resigned. | ||||||||||
September 1, 1801 – October 15, 1801 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Paine's term. | October 15, 1801 – March 3, 1813 |
Democratic- Republican |
Stephen R. Bradley |
3 | ||||||||
4 | Israel Smith |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1803 – October 1, 1807 |
Elected in 1803. Resigned |
3 | 8th Congress | ||||||
9th Congress | ||||||||||||
10th Congress | 4 | Re-elected in 1807. Retired. | ||||||||||
Vacant | October 1, 1807 – October 10, 1807 |
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5 | Jonathan Robinson | Democratic- Republican |
October 10, 1807 – March 3, 1815 |
Elected to finish Smith's term. | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1809 Retired |
4 | 11th Congress | ||||||||||
12th Congress | ||||||||||||
13th Congress | 5 | Elected in 1813. Resigned. |
March 4, 1813 – November 3, 1817 |
Democratic- Republican |
Dudley Chase | 4 | ||||||
6 | Isaac Tichenor |
Federalist | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1821 |
Elected in 1814. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
5 | 14th Congress | ||||||
15th Congress | ||||||||||||
Elected to finish Chase's term. Resigned. |
November 4, 1817 – January 8, 1818 |
Democratic- Republican |
James Fisk |
5 | ||||||||
January 8, 1818 – October 20, 1818 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected in 1818 to finish Fisk's term. | October 20, 1818 – March 3, 1825 |
Democratic- Republican |
William A. Palmer |
6 | ||||||||
16th Congress | 6 | Elected in 1818 also to the following term. Retired. | ||||||||||
7 | Horatio Seymour |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1833 |
Elected in 1821. | 6 | 17th Congress | ||||||
Adams-Clay Democratic- Republican |
18th Congress | Adams-Clay Democratic- Republican | ||||||||||
Anti- Jacksonian |
19th Congress | 7 | Elected in 1825. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831 |
Anti- Jacksonian |
Dudley Chase | 7 | |||||
Adams | Re-elected in 1827. Retired to run for Governor of Vermont |
7 | 20th Congress | Adams | ||||||||
Anti- Jacksonian |
21st Congress | Anti- Jacksonian | ||||||||||
22nd Congress | 8 | Elected in 1831. | March 4, 1831 – April 11, 1842 |
Anti- Jacksonian |
Samuel Prentiss |
8 | ||||||
8 | Benjamin Swift |
Anti- Jacksonian |
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1839 |
Elected in 1833. Retired |
8 | 23rd Congress | ||||||
24th Congress | ||||||||||||
Whig | 25th Congress | 9 | Re-elected in 1837. Resigned. |
Whig | ||||||||
9 | Samuel S. Phelps |
Whig | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1851 |
Elected in 1839. | 9 | 26th Congress | ||||||
27th Congress | ||||||||||||
April 11, 1842 – April 23, 1842 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Prentiss's term. Elected October 26, 1842 to finish Prentiss's term. Retired. |
April 23, 1842 – March 3, 1843 |
Whig | Samuel C. Crafts |
9 | ||||||||
28th Congress | 10 | Elected in 1843. | March 4, 1843 – January 14, 1853 |
Whig | William Upham |
10 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1845. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
10 | 29th Congress | ||||||||||
30th Congress | ||||||||||||
31st Congress | 11 | Re-elected in 1848. Died. | ||||||||||
10 | Solomon Foot |
Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 28, 1866 |
Elected in 1850. | 11 | 32nd Congress | ||||||
January 14, 1853 – January 17, 1853 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Upham's term. Lost entitlement to sit.[1] |
January 17, 1853 – March 16, 1854 |
Whig | Samuel S. Phelps |
11 | ||||||||
33rd Congress | ||||||||||||
March 16, 1854 – October 14, 1854 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Upham's term. Retired. |
October 14, 1854 – March 3, 1855 |
Free Soil | Lawrence Brainerd |
12 | ||||||||
Republican | 34th Congress | 12 | Elected in 1855. | March 4, 1855 – November 9, 1865 |
Republican | Jacob Collamer |
13 | |||||
Re-elected in 1856. | 12 | 35th Congress | ||||||||||
36th Congress | ||||||||||||
37th Congress | 13 | Re-elected in 1861. Died. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1862. Died |
13 | 38th Congress | ||||||||||
39th Congress | ||||||||||||
November 9, 1865 – November 21, 1865 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Collamer's term. Elected October 24, 1866 to finish Collamer's term.[2] Lost re-election. |
November 21, 1865 – March 3, 1867 |
Republican | Luke P. Poland |
14 | ||||||||
Vacant | March 28, 1866 – April 3, 1866 |
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11 | George F. Edmunds |
Republican | April 3, 1866 – November 1, 1891 |
Appointed to continue Foot's term. Elected October 24, 1866 to finish Foot's term.[2] | ||||||||
40th Congress | 14 | Elected in 1866. | March 4, 1867 – December 28, 1898 |
Republican | Justin S. Morrill |
15 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1868. | 14 | 41st Congress | ||||||||||
42nd Congress | ||||||||||||
43rd Congress | 15 | Re-elected in 1872. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1874. | 15 | 44th Congress | ||||||||||
45th Congress | ||||||||||||
46th Congress | 16 | Re-elected in 1878. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1880. | 16 | 47th Congress | ||||||||||
48th Congress | ||||||||||||
49th Congress | 17 | Re-elected in 1884. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1886. Resigned to start a law practice. |
17 | 50th Congress | ||||||||||
51st Congress | ||||||||||||
52nd Congress | 18 | Re-elected in 1890. | ||||||||||
12 | Redfield Proctor |
Republican | November 2, 1891 – March 3, 1908 |
Appointed to continue Edmund's term. Elected to finish Edmund's term. | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1893. | 18 | 53rd Congress | ||||||||||
54th Congress | ||||||||||||
55th Congress | 19 | Re-elected in 1896. Died. | ||||||||||
December 28, 1898 – January 11, 1899 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Morrill's term. Retired when successor elected. |
January 11, 1899 – October 18, 1900 |
Republican | Jonathan Ross |
16 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1899. | 19 | 56th Congress | ||||||||||
Elected to finish Morrill's term. | October 18, 1900 – July 23, 1923 |
Republican | William P. Dillingham |
17 | ||||||||
57th Congress | ||||||||||||
58th Congress | 20 | Re-elected in 1903. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1905. Died |
20 | 59th Congress | ||||||||||
60th Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | March 4, 1908 – March 24, 1908 |
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13 | John W. Stewart |
Republican | March 24, 1908 – October 21, 1908 |
Appointed to continue Protor's term. Retired. | ||||||||
14 | Carroll S. Page |
Republican | October 21, 1908 – March 3, 1923 |
Elected to finish Stewart's term. | ||||||||
61st Congress | 21 | Re-elected in 1909. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1911. | 21 | 62nd Congress | ||||||||||
63rd Congress | ||||||||||||
64th Congress | 22 | Re-elected in 1914. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1916. Retired |
22 | 65th Congress | ||||||||||
66th Congress | ||||||||||||
67th Congress | 23 | Re-elected in 1920. Died. | ||||||||||
15 | Frank L. Greene |
Republican | March 4, 1923 – December 17, 1930 |
Elected in 1922. | 23 | 68th Congress | ||||||
July 23, 1923 – November 7, 1923 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Dillingham's term. | November 7, 1923 – October 6, 1933 |
Republican | Porter H. Dale |
18 | ||||||||
69th Congress | ||||||||||||
70th Congress | 24 | Re-elected in 1926. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1928. Died |
24 | 71st Congress | ||||||||||
Vacant | December 17, 1930 – December 23, 1930 |
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16 | Frank C. Partridge |
Republican | December 23, 1930 – March 31, 1931 |
Appointed to continue Greene's term. Lost nomination to finish Greene's term. | ||||||||
72nd Congress | ||||||||||||
17 | Warren Austin |
Republican | April 1, 1931 – August 2, 1946 |
Elected to finish Greene's term. | ||||||||
73rd Congress | 25 | Re-elected in 1932. Died. | ||||||||||
October 6, 1933 – November 21, 1933 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Dale's term. Elected to finish Dale's term. |
November 21, 1933 – June 20, 1940 |
Republican | Ernest W. Gibson |
19 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1934. | 25 | 74th Congress | ||||||||||
75th Congress | ||||||||||||
76th Congress | 26 | Re-elected in 1938. Died. | ||||||||||
June 20, 1940 – June 24, 1940 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue his father's term. Retired. |
June 24, 1940 – November 5, 1940 |
Republican | Ernest W. Gibson, Jr. |
20 | ||||||||
November 5, 1940 – January 10, 1941 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Re-elected in 1940. Resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations |
26 | 77th Congress | ||||||||||
Elected to finish Gibson's term, but took office late to finish Gubernatorial term. | January 10, 1941 – January 3, 1975 |
Republican | George Aiken |
21 | ||||||||
78th Congress | ||||||||||||
79th Congress | 27 | Re-elected in 1944. | ||||||||||
Vacant | August 2, 1946 – November 1, 1946 |
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18 | Ralph Flanders |
Republican | November 1, 1946 – January 3, 1959 |
Appointed to finish Austin's term. | ||||||||
Elected in 1946. | 27 | 80th Congress | ||||||||||
81st Congress | ||||||||||||
82nd Congress | 28 | Re-elected in 1950. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1952. Retired. |
28 | 83rd Congress | ||||||||||
84th Congress | ||||||||||||
85th Congress | 29 | Re-elected in 1956. | ||||||||||
19 | Winston L. Prouty |
Republican | January 3, 1959 – September 10, 1971 |
Elected in 1958. | 29 | 86th Congress | ||||||
87th Congress | ||||||||||||
88th Congress | 30 | Re-elected in 1962. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 30 | 89th Congress | ||||||||||
90th Congress | ||||||||||||
91st Congress | 31 | Re-elected in 1968. Retired. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970. Died |
31 | 92nd Congress | ||||||||||
Vacant | September 10, 1971 – September 16, 1971 |
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20 | Robert Stafford |
Republican | September 16, 1971 – January 3, 1989 |
Appointed to continue Prouty's term. Elected to finish Prouty's term. | ||||||||
93rd Congress | ||||||||||||
94th Congress | 32 | Elected in 1974. | January 3, 1975 – present |
Democratic | Patrick Leahy |
22 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1976. | 32 | 95th Congress | ||||||||||
96th Congress | ||||||||||||
97th Congress | 33 | Re-elected in 1980. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1982. Retired |
33 | 98th Congress | ||||||||||
99th Congress | ||||||||||||
100th Congress | 34 | Re-elected in 1986. | ||||||||||
21 | Jim Jeffords |
Republican | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2007 |
Elected in 1988. | 34 | 101st Congress | ||||||
102nd Congress | ||||||||||||
103rd Congress | 35 | Re-elected in 1992. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1994. | 35 | 104th Congress | ||||||||||
105th Congress | ||||||||||||
106th Congress | 36 | Re-elected in 1998. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2000. Retired. |
36 | 107th Congress | ||||||||||
Independent | ||||||||||||
108th Congress | ||||||||||||
109th Congress | 37 | Re-elected in 2004. | ||||||||||
22 | Bernie Sanders |
Independent[3] | January 3, 2007 – present |
Elected in 2006. | 37 | 110th Congress | ||||||
111th Congress | ||||||||||||
112th Congress | 38 | Re-elected in 2010. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2012. | 38 | 113th Congress | ||||||||||
114th Congress | ||||||||||||
115th Congress | 39 | To be determined in the 2016 election. | ||||||||||
To be determined in the 2018 election. | 39 | 116th Congress | ||||||||||
117th Congress | ||||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 1 | Class 3 |
Living former Senators
There are no living former Senators. The last living former U.S. Senator from Vermont was Jim Jeffords, who died August 18, 2014.
See also
- List of United States Representatives from Vermont
- United States congressional delegations from Vermont
Notes
- ↑ Samuel S. Phelps was appointed by the governor during a recess of the state legislature, and the legislature later convened and adjourned a session without electing a senator to replace fill the vacancy. The Senate ruled that Phelps had lost his entitlement to sit when the legislature adjourned. See The Constitution in Congress.
- 1 2 Byrd, Robert C.; Wolff, Wendy (October 1, 1993). "The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992" (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). U.S. Government Printing Office., page176
- ↑ The United States Senate website includes pages that refer to Bernie Sanders as an Independent (see search results for "Sanders (I-VT)" at www.senate.gov) as well as pages that refer to him as a Democrat, however the pages referring to him as a "Democrat" are dated before 2015 (possibly in error or in reference to his caucusing with the Democrats, not his later-declared party affiliation). (See search results for "Sanders (D-VT)" at www.senate.gov.) Although he is running as a Democrat in the presidential election, he has not changed his party affiliation on his own Senate webpages. (See http://www.sanders.senate.gov.)
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