List of United States Senators from Vermont

Vermont was admitted to the Union on March 4, 1791. From the 1850s until well in the 20th century, Vermont was always represented by members of the Republican Party. 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

#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m	C o n g r e s s	T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
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.						C o n g r e s s	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022.
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					1	Elected in 1791. Lost re-election.	October 17, 1791 – March 3, 1795		Stephen R. Bradley	1
		Democratic- Republican				4th Congress	2	Elected in 1794.	March 4, 1795 – September 1, 1801	Federalist	Elijah Paine	2
Vacant			October 15, 1796 – October 18, 1796
2	Isaac Tichenor	Federalist	October 18, 1796 – October 17, 1797	Elected in 1796 to finish Robinson's term.
2	Isaac Tichenor	Elected in 1796 to full term. Resigned to become Governor of Vermont.	October 18, 1796 – October 17, 1797	2	5th Congress
3	Nathaniel Chipman	Federalist	October 17, 1797 – March 3, 1803		5th Congress	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
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. Retired.^[1]		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. Declined to run for reelection.^[2]	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.^[3] 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. Defeated for reelection in 1850.^[4]		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		Re-elected in 1848. Died.		32nd Congress
							January 14, 1853 – January 17, 1853	Vacant
		Appointed to continue Upham's term. Lost entitlement to sit.^[5]					January 17, 1853 – March 16, 1854	Whig		Samuel S. Phelps	11
							January 17, 1853 – March 16, 1854	33rd Congress		Samuel S. Phelps	11
							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.^[3] Lost re-election.	November 21, 1865 – March 3, 1867	Republican	Luke P. Poland	14
Vacant			March 28, 1866 – April 3, 1866
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.^[3]
		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		52nd Congress				Appointed to continue Edmund's term. Elected October 19, 1892 to finish Edmund's term.^[3]
		Re-elected in 1892.		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 1898.		19	56th Congress			January 11, 1899 – October 18, 1900		Jonathan Ross	16
					56th Congress		Elected to finish Morrill's term.	October 18, 1900 – July 23, 1923	Republican	William P. Dillingham	17
					57th Congress		Elected to finish Morrill's term.
					58th Congress	20	Re-elected in 1903.
		Re-elected in 1904. Died.		20	59th Congress
		Re-elected in 1904. Died.			60th Congress
Vacant			March 4, 1908 – March 24, 1908
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.			Elected to finish Stewart's term.
		Re-elected in 1910.		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		Re-elected in 1920. Died.		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
		Elected to finish Dillingham's term.						69th Congress
		70th Congress				24		Re-elected in 1926.
		Re-elected in 1928. Died.		24	71st Congress
Vacant			December 17, 1930 – December 23, 1930
16	Frank C. Partridge	Republican	December 23, 1930 – March 31, 1931						Appointed to continue Greene's term. Lost nomination to finish Greene's term.
16	Frank C. Partridge	72nd Congress	December 23, 1930 – March 31, 1931
17	Warren Austin	72nd Congress	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 January 17, 1934 to finish Dale's term.^[3]	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				November 5, 1940 – January 10, 1941	Vacant
				77th Congress			Elected in 1940 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
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
20	Robert Stafford	Republican	September 16, 1971 – January 3, 1989						Appointed to continue Prouty's term. Elected January 7, 1972 to finish Prouty's term.^[6]
		93rd Congress
		94th Congress			32	Elected in 1974.	January 3, 1975 – present	Democratic		Patrick Leahy	25
		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 – June 6, 2001	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		107th Congress				June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2007
			108th Congress
			109th Congress		37	Re-elected in 2004.
22	Bernie Sanders	Independent^[7]	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		Re-elected in 2016.
To be determined in the 2018 election.					39				116th Congress
									117th Congress
						118th Congress	40	To be determined in the 2022 election.
#	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 of Class 1 (1989-2007), who died August 18, 2014. The most recent Class 3 senator to die was George Aiken (1941-1975) on November 19, 1984.

References

↑ "Election results, Vermont 1820 U.S. Senate". A New Nation Votes: American Election returns 1787-1825. Medford, MA: Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
↑ "U.S. Senator: Samuel Prentiss, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, has been elected a senator to Congress from the state of Vermont, for a term of six years from the fourth of March next, in the place of the Hon. Dudley Chase, the present senator, who declined a re-election.". Maryland Gazette. Annapolis, MD. November 4, 1830. p. 3. (subscription required (help)).
1 2 3 4 5 Byrd, p. 176.
↑ "Vermont Election of U.S. Senator". New-York Daily Tribune. New York, NY. October 21, 1850. p. 4. (subscription required (help)). The ballot stood as follows: Whole number 220; Necessary to a choice 111; Foot 114, Linsley 61, Shafter 18, Smalley 14, Phelps 7, Follett 3, Royce 2, Daniel Roberts, jr 1
↑ 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.
↑ Byrd, p. 175.
↑ 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.)

Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy, ed. "The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992". United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.

External links

https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/308084/US_SenTerms.pdf

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List of United States Senators from Vermont

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