Vermont House of Representatives

Vermont House of Representatives
Vermont General Assembly

Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 5, 2015
Leadership
Speaker of the House	Shap Smith(D) Since January 8, 2009
Majority Leader	Sarah Copeland-Hanzas(D) Since January 7, 2015
Minority Leader	Donald H. Turner(R) Since January 5, 2011
Progressive Leader	Christopher Pearson(P) Since January 5, 2011
Structure
Seats	150

Political groups	Majority Democratic (85) Progressive (6) Independent (6) Minority Republican (53)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Section 7, Legislative Department, Vermont Constitution
Salary	$636/week + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 4, 2014 (150 seats)
Next election	November 1, 2016 (150 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place

The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members, with each member representing around 4,100 citizens. Representatives are elected to a two-year term without term limits.

Vermont had a unicameral legislature until 1836. It added a senate by constitutional amendment.^[1] The House meets in Representatives Hall at the Vermont State House in Montpelier.

Leadership

The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by the full House by Australian Ballot. If there is only one candidate for Speaker it is commonly a voice vote for the election of the Speaker. In addition to presiding over the body, the Speaker is also the chief leadership position, and controls the flow of legislation and committee assignments. Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses relative to their party's strength in the chamber.

The current Speaker is Democrat Shap Smith of the Lamoille-Washington-1 District. The Majority Leader is Sarah Copeland-Hanzas of the Orange-2 District. The Minority Leader is Republican Donald H. Turner of the Chittenden-9 District. The current Clerk of the House is Donald Milne, First Assistant Clerk is William MaGill and the Second Assistant Clerk is H. Gwynn Zakov.^[2]

Leadership information

Position	Name	Party	Residence	District
Speaker of the House	Shap Smith	Democratic	Morristown	Lamoille-Washington
Majority Leader	Sarah Copeland-Hanzas	Democratic	Bradford	Orange-2
Assistant Majority Leader	Kate Webb	Democratic	Shelburne	Chittenden-5-1
Minority Leader	Donald H. Turner	Republican	Milton	Chittenden-10
Assistant Minority Leader	Brian K. Savage	Republican	Swanton	Franklin-4
Progressive Leader	Christopher Pearson	Progressive	Burlington	Chittenden-6-4
Assistant Progressive Leader	Susan Davis	Progressive	West Topsham	Orange-1

Composition

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)				Total

	Democratic	Prog	Ind	Republican		Vacant
End of previous legislature	94	5	3	47	150	0

Begin^[3]	96	5	4	44	149	1
February 7, 2013^[4]				45	150	0
End of previous legislature				45	150	0

Begin	85	6	6	53	150	0

Latest voting share	7001647000000000000♠64.7%	7001353009999900000♠35.3%

Seven members of the Democratic Caucus are also affiliated with the Vermont Working Families Party.

Members

District	Representative	Party	Residence	First elected
Addison-1	Betty Nuovo	Dem	Middlebury	1996 (1981–1990)
Addison-1	Amy Sheldon	Dem	Middlebury	2014
Addison-2	Willem Jewett	Dem	Ripton	2002
Addison-3	Diane Lanpher	Dem	Vergennes	2008
Addison-3	Warren Van Wyck	Rep	Ferrisburgh	2013†
Addison-4	Fred Baser	Dem	Lincoln	2000
Addison-4	David Sharpe	Rep	Bristol	2014
Addison-5	Harvey Smith	Rep	New Haven	2010
Addison-Rutland-1	Allison Eastman	Ind	Orwell	2014
Bennington-1	Bill Botzow	Dem	Bennington	2002
Bennington-2-1	Timothy Corcoran II	Dem	Bennington	2002
Bennington-2-1	Rachael Fields	Dem	Bennington	2014
Bennington-2-2	Ruqaiyah Morris	Dem	Bennington	2014
Bennington-2-2	Mary Morrissey	Rep	Bennington	1996
Bennington-3	Alice Miller	Dem	Shaftsbury	1996
Bennington-4	Steven Berry	Dem	Manchester	2014
Bennington-4	Cynthia Browning	Dem	Arlington	2006
Bennington-Rutland-1	Patti Komline	Rep	Dorset	2004
Caledonia-1	Marcia Martel	Rep	Waterford	2014
Caledonia-2	Joseph Troiano	Dem	East Hardwick	2014
Caledonia-3	Scott Beck	Rep	St. Johnsbury	2014
Caledonia-3	Robert South	Dem	St. Johnsbury	2008
Caledonia-4	Martha Feltus	Rep	Lyndonville	2012
Caledonia-4	Richard Lawrence	Rep	Lyndonville	2004
Caledonia-Washington-1	Kitty Beattie Toll	Dem	Danville	2008
Chittenden-1	Anne Theresa O'Brien	Dem	Richmond	2008
Chittenden-2	Terence Macaig	Dem	Williston	2008
Chittenden-2	Jim McCullough	Dem	Williston	2002
Chittenden-3	William Frank	Dem	Underhill	2004
Chittenden-3	George Till	Dem	Jericho	2008
Chittenden-4-1	Mike Yantachka	Dem	Charlotte	2010
Chittenden-4-2	William J. Lippert	Dem	Hinesburg	1992
Chittenden-5-1	Kate Webb	Dem	Shelburne	2008
Chittenden-5-2	Joan Lenes	Dem	Shelburne	2004
Chittenden-6-1	Joanna Cole	Dem	Burlington	2012
Chittenden-6-1	Kurt Wright	Rep	Burlington	2000
Chittenden-6-2	Jean O'Sullivan	Dem	Burlington	2012†
Chittenden-6-3	Jill Krowinski	Dem	Burlington	2012†
Chittenden-6-3	Curtis McCormack	Dem	Burlington	2012
Chittenden-6-4	Christopher Pearson	Prog	Burlington	2010
Chittenden-6-4	Kesha Ram	Dem	Burlington	2008
Chittenden-6-5	Johannah Leddy Donovan	Dem	Burlington	2000
Chittenden-6-5	Mary Sullivan	Dem	Burlington	2008
Chittenden-6-6	Barbara Rachelson	Dem	Burlington	2012
Chittenden-6-7	Clem Bissonnette	Dem	Winooski	2008
Chittenden-6-7	Diana Gonzalez	Dem/Prog	Winooski	2014
Chittenden-7-1	Martin Lalonde	Dem	South Burlington	2014
Chittenden-7-2	Ann Pugh	Dem	South Burlington	1992
Chittenden-7-3	Helen Head	Dem	South Burlington	2002
Chittenden-7-4	Maida Townsend	Dem	South Burlington	2012
Chittenden-8-1	Debbie Evans	Dem	Essex Town	2004
Chittenden-8-1	Linda Myers	Rep	Essex Town	2000
Chittenden-8-2	Paul Dame	Rep	Essex Junction	2014
Chittenden-8-2	Tim Jerman	Dem	Essex Junction	2004
Chittenden-8-3	Robert Bancroft	Rep	Westford	2014
Chittenden-9-1	Jim Condon	Dem	Colchester	2004
Chittenden-9-1	Joey Purvis	Rep	Colchester	2014
Chittenden-9-2	Patrick Brennan	Rep	Colchester	2002
Chittenden-9-2	Maureen Dakin	Dem	Colchester	2014
Chittenden-10	Ronald Hubert	Rep	Milton	2008
Chittenden-10	Donald H. Turner	Rep	Milton	2006†
Essex-Caledonia	Constance Quimby	Dem/Rep	Concord	2012
Essex-Caledonia-Orleans	Paul Lefebvre	Rep	Island Pond	2014
Franklin-1	Carolyn Whitney Branagan	Rep	Georgia	2002
Franklin-2	Barbara Murphy	Ind	Fairfax	2014
Franklin-3-1	Kathleen Keenan	Dem	St. Albans City	1988
Franklin-3-1	Corey Parent	Rep	St. Albans City	2014
Franklin-3-2	Eileen Dickinson	Rep	St. Albans Town	2008
Franklin-4	Marianna Gamache	Dem	Swanton	2014
Franklin-4	Brian K. Savage	Rep	Swanton	2008
Franklin-5	Stephen Beyor	Rep	Highgate Springs	2012
Franklin-5	Albert Pearce	Rep	Richford	2008
Franklin-6	Daniel Connor	Dem	Fairfield	2012
Franklin-7	Larry Fiske	Rep	Enosburg Falls	2014
Grand Isle-Chittenden-1	Mitzi Johnson	Dem	South Hero	2002
Grand Isle-Chittenden-1	Robert Krebs	Dem	Grand Isle	2010†
Lamoille-1	Heidi Scheurermann	Rep	Stowe	2006
Lamoille-2	Linda Martin	Dem	Wolcott	2004
Lamoille-2	Mark Woodward	Dem	Johnson	2011†
Lamoille-3	Bernard Juskiewicz	Rep	Cambridge	2012
Lamoille-Washington	Avram Patt	Dem	Worcester	2014
Lamoille-Washington	Shap Smith	Dem	Morrisville	2002
Orange-1	Susan Davis	Prog	West Topsham	2006
Orange-1	Rodney Graham	Rep	Williamstown	2014
Orange-2	Sarah Copeland-Hanzas	Dem	Bradford	2004
Orange-Caledonia	Chip Conquest	Dem	Wells River	2008
Orange-Washington-Addison	Patsy French	Dem	Randolph	2002
Orange-Washington-Addison	Marjorie Ryerson	Dem	Randolph	2013
Orleans-1	Lynn Batchelor	Rep	Derby Line	2010
Orleans-1	Loren Shaw	Rep	Derby	2012
Orleans-2	Michael Marcotte	Rep	Newport Town	2004
Orleans-2	Gary Viens	Rep	Newport City	2014
Orleans-Caledonia	Vicki Strong	Rep	Irasburg	2010
Orleans-Caledonia	Sam Young	Dem	West Glover	2010
Orleans-Lamoille	Mark Higley	Rep	Lowell	2008
Rutland-1	Patricia McCoy	Rep	Poultney	2014
Rutland-2	Thomas Burditt	Rep	West Rutland	2010
Rutland-2	Dave Potter	Dem	Clarendon	2004
Rutland-3	William Canfield	Rep	Fair Haven	2004
Rutland-3	Robert Helm	Rep	Fair Haven	1990
Rutland-4	Thomas Terenzini	Rep	Rutland Town	2012
Rutland-5-1	Peter Fagan	Rep	Rutland City	2008
Rutland-5-2	Lawrence Cupoli	Rep	Rutland City	2012
Rutland-5-3	Herb Font-Russell	Dem	Rutland City	2010
Rutland-5-4	Douglas Gage	Rep	Rutland City	2012
Rutland-6	Stephen Carr	Dem	Brandon	2012
Rutland-6	Butch Shaw	Rep	Pittsford	2010
Rutland-Bennington	Robin Chestnut-Tangerman	Prog	Middletown Springs	2014
Rutland-Windsor-1	Job Tate	Rep	Mendon	2014
Rutland-Windsor-2	Dennis Devereux	Rep	Belmont	2006
Washington-1	Anne Donahue	Rep	Northfield	2002
Washington-1	Patti Lewis	Rep	Berlin	2010
Washington-2	Robert LeClair	Rep	Barre Town	2014
Washington-2	Francis McFaun	Rep	Barre Town	2004
Washington-3	Paul Poirier	Ind	Barre City	2008
Washington-3	Tommy Walz	Dem	Barre City	2014
Washington-4	Mary Hooper	Dem	Montpelier	2008
Washington-4	Warren F. Kitzmiller	Dem	Montpelier	2000
Washington-5	Tony Klein	Dem	Montpelier	2002
Washington-6	Janet Ancel	Dem	Calais	2004
Washington-7	Maxine Jo Grad	Dem	Moretown	2000
Washington-7	Adam Greshin	Ind	Warren	2008
Washington-Chittenden	Rebecca Ellis	Dem	Waterbury Center	2011†
Washington-Chittenden	Tom Stevens	Dem	Waterbury	2008
Windham-1	Michael Hebert	Rep	Vernon	2010
Windham-2-1	Valerie Stuart	Dem	Brattleboro	2010
Windham-2-2	Mollie S. Burke	Prog	Brattleboro	2008
Windham-2-3	Tristan Toleno	Dem	Brattleboro	2012
Windham-3	Carolyn Partridge	Dem	Windham	1998
Windham-3	Matthew A. Trieber	Dem	Bellows Falls	2011†
Windham-4	David Deen	Dem	Putney	1990
Windham-4	Mike Mrowicki	Dem	Putney	2008
Windham-5	Emily Long	Dem	Newfane	2014
Windham-6	Ann Manwaring	Dem	Wilmington	2006
Windham-Bennington	Laura Sibilia	Ind	Dover	2014
Windham-Bennington-Windsor	Oliver Olsen	Ind	South Londonderry	2014
Windsor-1	Jon Bartholomew	Dem	Hartland	2010
Windsor-1	Donna Sweaney	Dem	Windsor	1996
Windsor-2	Mark Huntley	Dem	Ludlow	2012
Windsor-3-1	Leigh Dakin	Dem	Chester	2010
Windsor-3-2	Alice Emmons	Dem	Springfield	1982
Windsor-3-2	Robert Forguites	Dem	North Springfield	2014
Windsor-4-1	Teo Zagar	Dem	Barnard	2011†
Windsor-4-2	Kevin Christie	Dem	White River Junction	2010
Windsor-4-2	Gabrielle Lucke	Dem	White River Junction	2014
Windsor-5	Alison Clarkson	Dem	Woodstock	2004
Windsor-Orange-1	Sarah E. Buxton	Dem	South Royalton	2010
Windsor-Orange-2	Timothy Briglin	Dem	Thetford Center	2014
Windsor-Orange-2	Jim Masland	Dem	Thetford Center	1998
Windsor-Rutland	Sandy Haas	Prog	Rochester	2004

† Originally appointed to the House.

Past notable members

Nearly all of the governors of the state, most US representatives and most US senators, were first members of this house. The following were also members:

Nathaniel Chipman, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (1791–1794), U.S. Senator (1797–1803).
Ray W. Collins, pitcher, Boston Red Sox (1909–1915)
Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (2005–2009).
Lyman Enos Knapp, Governor of the District of Alaska (1889–1893).
Madeleine M. Kunin, U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland (1996–1999).
Matthew Lyon, Member of the U.S. House from Vermont (1797–1801) and Kentucky (1803–1811), United States Factor to the Cherokee Nation in Arkansas (1820)
Edna Beard (1877–1928) was the first woman to be elected to both the Vermont House of Representatives and the Vermont Senate.

Operations

The house typically meets Tuesday through Friday during the session.^[5]

References

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↑ Republican Gregory Clark (Addison 3) died November 30 in a car crash.
↑ Republican Warren Van Wyck appointed to succeed Clark.
↑ Remsen, Nancy and Hallenbeck, Teri (January 8, 2009). Following the Legislature. Burlington Free Press.

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Members of the Vermont House of Representatives

Speaker of the House: Shap Smith (D) Majority Leader: Willem Jewett (D) Minority Leader: Donald H. Turner (R) Progressive Leader: Christopher Pearson (P)

Betty Nuovo (D, Add.-1) Amy Sheldon (D, Add.-1) Willem Jewett (D, Add.-2) Diane Lanpher (D, Add.-3) Warren Van Wyck (R, Add.-3) Fred Baser (R, Add.-4) David Sharpe (D, Add.-4) Harvey Smith (R, Add.-5) Alyson Eastman (I, Add.-Rut.-1) Bill Botzow (D, Benn.-1) Timothy Corcoran II (D, Benn.-2-1) Rachael Fields (D, Benn.-2-1) Ruqaiyah Morris (D, Benn.-2-2) Mary Morrissey (R, Benn.-2-2) Alice Miller (D, Benn.-3) Steven Berry (D, Benn.-4) Cynthia Browning (D, Benn.-4) Patti Komline (R, Benn.-Rut.-1) Marcia Martel (R, Cal.-1) Joseph Troiano (D, Cal.-2) Scott Beck (R, Cal.-3) Janssen Willhoit (R, Cal.-3) Richard Lawrence (R, Cal.-4) Martha Feltus (R, Cal.-4) Kitty Beattie Toll (D, Cal.-Wash.-1) Anne Therea O'Brien (D, Chit.-1) Terence Macaig (D, Chit.-2) Jim McCullough (D, Chit.-2) William Frank (D, Chit.-3) George Till (D, Chit.-3) Mike Yantachka (D, Chit.-4-1) William J. Lippert (D, Chit.-4-2) Kate Webb (D, Chit.-5-1) Joan Lenes (D, Chit.-5-2) Joanna Cole (D, Chit.-6-1) Kurt Wright (R, Chit.-6-1) Jean O'Sullivan (D, Chit.-6-2) Jill Krowinski (D, Chit.-6-3) Curtis McCormack (D, Chit.-6-3) Christopher Pearson (P, Chit.-6-4) Kesha Ram (D, Chit.-6-4) Johannah Leddy Donovan (D, Chit.-6-5) Mary Sullivan (D, Chit.-6-5) Barbara Rachelson (D, Chit.-6-6) Clem Bissonnette (D, Chit.-6-7) Diana Gonzalez (P, Chit.-6-7) Martin LaLonde (D, Chit.-7-1) Ann Pugh (D, Chit.-7-2) Helen Head (D, Chit.-7-3) Maida Townsend (D, Chit.-7-4) Debbie Evans (D, Chit.-8-1) Linda Myers (R, Chit.-8-1) Tim Jerman (D, Chit.-8-2) Paul Dame (R, Chit.-8-2) Robert Bancroft (R, Chit.-8-3) Joey Purvis (R, Chit.-9-1) Jim Condon (D, Chit.-9-1) Patrick Brennan (R, Chit.-9-2) Maureen Dakin (D, Chit.-9-2) Ronald Hubert (R, Chit.-10) Donald H. Turner (R, Chit.-10) Constance Quimby (R, Ess.-Cal.) Paul Lefebvre (R, Ess.-Cal.-Orl.) Carolyn Whitney Branagan (R, Frank.-1) Barbara Murphy (I, Frank.-2) Kathleen Keenan (D, Frank.-3-1) Corey Parent (R, Frank.-3-1) Eileen Dickinson (R, Frank.-3-2) Marianna Gamache (R, Frank.-4) Brian K. Savage (R, Frank.-4) Stephen Beyor (R, Frank.-5) Albert Pearce (R, Frank.-5) Daniel Connor (D, Frank.-6) Larry Fiske (R, Frank.-7) Mitzi Johnson (D, G.I.-Chit.-1) Robert Krebs (D, G.I.-Chit.-1) Heidi Scheurermann (R, Lam.-1) Linda Martin (D, Lam.-2) Mark Woodward (D, Lam.-2) Bernard Juskiewicz (R, Lam.-3) Avram Patt (D, Lam.-Wash.) Shap Smith (D, Lam.-Wash.) Susan Davis (P, Oran.-1) Rodney Graham (R, Oran.-1) Sarah Copeland-Hanzas (D, Oran.-2) Chip Conquest (D, Oran.-Cal.) Patsy French (D, Oran.-Wash.-Add.) Marjorie Ryerson (D, Oran.-Wash.-Add.) Lynn Batchelor (R, Orl.-1) Loren Shaw (R, Orl.-1) Gary Viens (R, Orl.-2) Michael Marcotte (R, Orl.-2) Vicki Strong (R, Orl.-Cal.) Sam Young (D, Orl.-Cal.) Mark Higley (R, Orl.-Lam.) Patricia McCoy (R, Rut.-1) Joseph Burditt (R, Rut.-2) Dave Potter (D, Rut.-2) William Canfield (R, Rut.-3) Robert Helm (R, Rut.-3) Thomas Terenzini (R, Rut.-4) Peter Fagan (R, Rut.-5-1) Lawrence Cupoli (R, Rut.-5-2) Herb Russell (D, Rut.-5-3) Douglas Gage (R, Rut.-5-4) Stephen Carr (D, Rut.-6) Butch Shaw (R, Rut.-6) Robin Chesnut-Tangerman (P, Rut.-Benn.) Job Tate (R, Rut.-Winds.-1) Dennis Devereux (R, Rut.-Winds.-2) Anne Donahue (R, Wash.-1) Patti Lewis (R, Wash.-1) Robert LaClair (R, Wash.-2) Francis McFaun (R, Wash.-2) Paul Poirier (I, Wash.-3) Tommy Walz (D, Wash.-3) Mary Hooper (D, Wash.-4) Warren F. Kitzmiller (D, Wash.-4) Tony Klein (D, Wash.-5) Janet Ancel (D, Wash.-6) Maxine Jo Grad (D, Wash.-7) Adam Greshin (I, Wash.-7) Rebecca Ellis (D, Wash.-Chit.) Tom Stevens (D, Wash.-Chit.) Michael Herbert (R, Windh.-1) Valerie Stewart (D, Windh.-2-1) Mollie S. Burke (P, Windh.-2-2) Tristan Toleno (D, Windh.-2-3) Carolyn Partridge (D, Windh.-3) Matthew A. Trieber (D, Windh.-3) David Deen (D, Windh.-4) Mike Mrowicki (D, Windh.-4) Emily Long (D, Windh.-5) Ann Manwaring (D, Windh.-6) Laura Sibilia (I, Windh.-Benn.) Oliver Olsen (I, Windh.-Benn.-Winds.) Jon Batholomew (D, Winds.-1) Donna Sweaney (D, Winds.-1) Mark Huntley (D, Winds.-2) Leigh Dakin (D, Winds.-3-1) Alice Emmons (D, Winds.-3-2) Robert Forguites (D, Winds.-3-2) Teo Žagar (D, Winds.-4-1) Kevin Christie (D, Winds.-4-2) Gabrielle Lucke (D, Winds.-4-2) Alison H. Clarkson (D, Winds.-5) Sarah Buxton (D, Winds.-Oran.-1) Timothy Briglin (D, Winds.-Oran.-2) Jim Masland (D, Winds.-Oran.-2) Sandy Haas (P, Winds.-Rut.)

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