United States congressional delegations from Vermont

These are tables of congressional delegations from Vermont to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.

Current delegation
Senator Patrick Leahy
(D)
Senator Bernie Sanders
(I)
Rep. Peter Welch
(D)

United States Senate

Class 1 Senators Congress Class 3 Senators
Moses Robinson (D-R) 2nd (1791–1793) Stephen R. Bradley
(Anti-Admin)
3rd (1793–1795)
4th (1795–1797) Elijah Paine (F)
Isaac Tichenor (F)
5th (1797–1799)
Nathaniel Chipman (F)
6th (1799–1801)
7th (1801–1803)
Stephen R. Bradley (D-R)
Israel Smith (D-R) 8th (1803–1805)
9th (1805–1807)
10th (1807–1809)
Jonathan Robinson (D-R)
11th (1809–1811)
12th (1811–1813)
13th (1813–1815) Dudley Chase (D-R)
Isaac Tichenor (F) 14th (1815–1817)
15th (1817–1819)
James Fisk (D-R)
William A. Palmer (D-R)
16th (1819–1821)
Horatio Seymour
(Adams, Anti-J)
17th (1821–1823)
18th (1823–1825)
19th (1825–1827) Dudley Chase
(Anti-J)
20th (1827–1829)
21st (1829–1831)
22nd (1831–1833) Samuel Prentiss
(Anti-J)
Benjamin Swift
(Anti-J)
23rd (1833–1835)
24th (1835–1837)
25th (1837–1839)
Samuel S. Phelps (W) 26th (1839–1841)
27th (1841–1843)
Samuel Crafts (W)
28th (1843–1845) William Upham (W)
29th (1845–1847)
30th (1847–1849)
31st (1849–1851)
Solomon Foot (R) 32nd (1851–1853)
33rd (1853–1855) Samuel S. Phelps (W)
Lawrence Brainerd (FS)
34th (1855–1857) Jacob Collamer (R)
35th (1857–1859)
36th (1859–1861)
37th (1861–1863)
38th (1863–1865)
39th (1865–1867)
George F. Edmunds (R) Luke P. Poland (R)
40th (1867–1869) Justin S. Morrill (R)
41st (1869–1871)
42nd (1871–1873)
43rd (1873–1875)
44th (1875–1877)
45th (1877–1879)
46th (1879–1881)
47th (1881–1883)
48th (1883–1885)
49th (1885–1887)
50th (1887–1889)
51st (1889–1891)
52nd (1891–1893)
Redfield Proctor (R)
53rd (1893–1895)
54th (1895–1897)
55th (1897–1899)
Jonathan Ross (R)
56th (1899–1901)
William P. Dillingham (R)
57th (1901–1903)
58th (1903–1905)
59th (1905–1907)
60th (1907–1909)
John W. Stewart (R)
Carroll S. Page (R)
61st (1909–1911)
62nd (1911–1913)
63rd (1913–1915)
64th (1915–1917)
65th (1917–1919)
66th (1919–1921)
67th (1921–1923)
Frank L. Greene (R) 68th (1923–1925)
Porter H. Dale (R)
69th (1925–1927)
70th (1927–1929)
71st (1929–1931)
Frank C. Partridge (R)
72nd (1931–1933)
Warren R. Austin (R)
73rd (1933–1935)
Ernest Willard Gibson (R)
74th (1935–1937)
75th (1937–1939)
76th (1939–1941)
Ernest W. Gibson, Jr. (R)
77th (1941–1943) George Aiken (R)
78th (1943–1945)
79th (1945–1947)
Ralph E. Flanders (R)
80th (1947–1949)
81st (1949–1951)
82nd (1951–1953)
83rd (1953–1955)
84th (1955–1957)
85th (1957–1959)
Winston L. Prouty (R) 86th (1959–1961)
87th (1961–1963)
88th (1963–1965)
89th (1965–1967)
90th (1967–1969)
91st (1969–1971)
92nd (1971–1973)
Robert Stafford (R)
93rd (1973–1975)
94th (1975–1977) Patrick Leahy (D)
95th (1977–1979)
96th (1979–1981)
97th (1981–1983)
98th (1983–1985)
99th (1985–1987)
100th (1987–1989)
Jim Jeffords (R) 101st (1989–1991)
102nd (1991–1993)
103rd (1993–1995)
104th (1995–1997)
105th (1997–1999)
106th (1999–2001)
107th (2001–2003)
Jim Jeffords (I)
108th (2003–2005)
109th (2005–2007)
Bernie Sanders (I) 110th (2007–2009)
111th (2009–2011)
112th (2011–2013)
113th (2013–2015)
114th (2015–2017)
115th (2017–2019)
116th (2019–2021)

House of Representatives

1791–1813: Districts

Congress District
1st2nd3rd4th
2nd
(1791–1793)
Israel Smith (Anti-Admin) Nathan Niles (Anti-Admin)
3rd
(1793–1795)
4th
(1795–1797)
Israel Smith (D-R) Daniel Buck (F)
5th
(1797–1799)
Matthew Lyon (D-R) Lewis Richard Morris (F)
6th
(1799–1801)
7th
(1801–1803)
Israel Smith (D-R)
8th
(1803–1805)
Gideon Olin (D-R) James Elliott (F) William Chamberlain (F) Martin Chittenden (F)
9th
(1805–1807)
James Fisk (D-R)
10th
(1807–1809)
James Witherell (D-R)
Samuel Shaw (D-R)
11th
(1809–1811)
Jonathan Hatch Hubbard (F) William Chamberlain (F)
12th
(1811–1813)
William Strong (D-R) James Fisk (D-R)

1813–1823: Six seats

Vermont used At-large seats, but restored the districts in 1821.

Congress At-large seat A At-large seat B At-large seat C At-large seat D At-large seat E At-large seat F
13th
(1813–1815)
William Czar Bradley (D-R) William Strong (D-R) James Fisk (D-R) Charles Rich (D-R) Richard Skinner (D-R) Ezra Butler (D-R)
14th
(1815–1817)
Daniel Chipman (F) Luther Jewett (F) Chauncey Langdon (F) Asa Lyon (F) Charles Marsh (F) John Noyes (F)
15th
(1817–1819)
Orsamus Cook Merrill (D-R) Mark Richards (D-R) Charles Rich (D-R) Heman Allen (Adams D-R) Samuel C. Crafts (D-R) William Hunter (D-R)
16th
(1819–1821)
William Strong (D-R) Ezra Meech (D-R)
Rollin Carolas Mallary (D-R)
Congress 1st district 2nd district 3rd district 4th district 5th district 6th district
17th
(1821–1823)
Rollin Carolas Mallary (D-R) Phineas White (D-R)
Charles Rich (D-R)

Elias Keyes (D-R) Samuel C. Crafts (D-R) John Mattocks (D-R)

1823–1843: Five seats

Starting after the 1820 United States Census, Vermont had five seats. Initially it used at-large seats, but starting in 1825 those seats were districted.

Congress At-large seat A At-large seat B At-large seat C At-large seat D At-large seat E
18th
(1823–1825)
William Czar Bradley
(Adams-Clay D-R)
Rollin Carolas Mallary
(Adams-Clay D-R)
Samuel C. Crafts
(Adams-Clay D-R)
Henry Olin
(Adams-Clay D-R)
Daniel A. A. Buck
(Adams-Clay D-R)
1st district 2nd district 3rd district 4th district 5th district
19th
(1825–1827)
William Czar Bradley
(Anti-J)
Rollin Carolas Mallary
(Anti-J)
George Edward Wales
(Anti-J)
Ezra Meech (J) John Mattocks
(Anti-J)
20th
(1827–1829)
Jonathan Hunt
(Anti-J)
Benjamin Swift
(Anti-J)
Daniel A. A. Buck
(Anti-J)
21st
(1829–1831)
Horace Everett
(Anti-J)
William Cahoon
(Anti-M)
22nd
(1831–1833)
Heman Allen
(Anti-J)
Hiland Hall
(Anti-J)
William Slade
(Anti-M)
23rd
(1833–1835)
Benjamin F. Deming
(Anti-M)
Henry Fisk Janes
(Anti-M)
24th
(1835–1837)
25th
(1837–1839)
Hiland Hall (W) William Slade (W) Horace Everett (W) Heman Allen (W) Isaac Fletcher (D)
26th
(1839–1841)
John Smith (D)
27th
(1841–1843)
Augustus Young (W) John Mattocks (W)

1843–1853: Four seats

Starting after the 1840 United States Census, Vermont had four seats.

Congress 1st district 2nd district 3rd district 4th district
28th
(1843–1845)
Solomon Foot (W) Jacob Collamer (W) George Perkins Marsh (W) Paul Dillingham Jr. (D)
29th
(1845–1847)
30th
(1847–1849)
William Henry (W) Lucius Benedict Peck (D)
31st
(1849–1851)
William Hebard (W)
James Meacham (W)
32nd
(1851–1853)
Ahiman Louis Miner (W) Thomas Bartlett Jr. (D)

1853–1883: Three seats

Starting after the 1850 United States Census, Vermont had three seats.

Congress 1st district 2nd district 3rd district
33rd
(1853–1855)
James Meacham (W) Andrew Tracy (W) Alvah Sabin (W)
34th
(1855–1857)
James Meacham (O) Justin Smith Morrill (O) Alvah Sabin (O)
George Tisdale Hodges (R)
35th
(1857–1859)
Eliakim Persons Walton (R) Justin Smith Morrill (R) Homer Elihu Royce (R)
36th
(1859–1861)
37th
(1861–1863)
Portus Baxter (R)
38th
(1863–1865)
Frederick E. Woodbridge (R)
39th
(1865–1867)
40th
(1867–1869)
Luke P. Poland (R) Worthington Curtis Smith (R)
41st
(1869–1871)
Charles W. Willard (R)
42nd
(1871–1873)
43rd
(1873–1875)
George Whitman Hendee (R)
44th
(1875–1877)
Charles Herbert Joyce (R) Dudley C. Denison (R)
45th
(1877–1879)
46th
(1879–1881)
James Manning Tyler (R) Bradley Barlow (GB)
47th
(1881–1883)
William W. Grout (R)

1883–1933: Two seats

Starting after the 1880 United States Census, Vermont had two seats.

Congress 1st district 2nd district
48th
(1883–1885)
John W. Stewart (R) Luke P. Poland (R)
49th
(1885–1887)
William W. Grout (R)
50th
(1887–1889)
51st
(1889–1891)
52nd
(1891–1893)
H. Henry Powers (R)
53rd
(1893–1895)
54th
(1895–1897)
55th
(1897–1899)
56th
(1899–1901)
57th
(1901–1903)
David J. Foster (R) Kittredge Haskins (R)
58th
(1903–1905)
59th
(1905–1907)
60th
(1907–1909)
61st
(1909–1911)
Frank Plumley (R)
62nd
(1911–1913)
Frank L. Greene (R)
63rd
(1913–1915)
64th
(1915–1917)
Porter H. Dale (R)
65th
(1917–1919)
66th
(1919–1921)
67th
(1921–1923)
68th
(1923–1925)
Frederick G. Fleetwood (R) Ernest W. Gibson (R)
69th
(1925–1927)
Elbert S. Brigham (R)
70th
(1927–1929)
71st
(1929–1931)
72nd
(1931–1933)
John Eliakim Weeks (R)

1933–present: At-large

Since 1933, Vermont has had one at-large seat.

Congress At-large representative
73rd
(1933–1935)
Ernest W. Gibson (R)
Charles A. Plumley (R)
74th
(1935–1937)
75th
(1937–1939)
76th
(1939–1941)
77th
(1941–1943)
78th
(1943–1945)
79th
(1945–1947)
80th
(1947–1949)
81st
(1949–1951)
82nd
(1951–1953)
Winston L. Prouty (R)
83rd
(1953–1955)
84th
(1955–1957)
85th
(1957–1959)
86th
(1959–1961)
William H. Meyer (D)
87th
(1961–1963)
Robert Stafford (R)
88th
(1963–1965)
89th
(1965–1967)
90th
(1967–1969)
91st
(1969–1971)
92nd
(1971–1973)
Richard W. Mallary (R)
93rd
(1973–1975)
94th
(1975–1977)
Jim Jeffords (R)
95th
(1977–1979)
96th
(1979–1981)
97th
(1981–1983)
98th
(1983–1985)
99th
(1985–1987)
100th
(1987–1989)
101st
(1989–1991)
Peter P. Smith (R)
102nd
(1991–1993)
Bernie Sanders (I)
103rd
(1993–1995)
104th
(1995–1997)
105th
(1997–1999)
106th
(1999–2001)
107th
(2001–2003)
108th
(2003–2005)
109th
(2005–2007)
110th
(2007–2009)
Peter Welch (D)
111th
(2009–2011)
112th
(2011–2013)
113th
(2013–2015)
114th
(2015–2017)
115th
(2017–2019)
116th
(2019–2021)

Living former members of the House

As of April 2015, there are two living former members of the House from Vermont.

Representative Term of office District Date of birth (and age)
Peter P. Smith 1989–1991 At-large (1945-10-31) October 31, 1945
Bernie Sanders 1991–2007 At-large (1941-09-08) September 8, 1941

Living former U.S. Senators from Vermont

As of April 2015, there are no former U.S. Senators from the U.S. State of Vermont who are currently living at this time.

References

  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
  • Information from the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

Key

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress
American (Know Nothing) (K-N)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J),
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (Anti-Admin)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Democratic (D)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (D-R)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Free Soil (FS)
Free Silver (FSv)
Fusion (FU)
Greenback (GB)
Jacksonian (J)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Pro-Administration (Pro-Admin)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Whig (W)
Independent,
None,
or Unaffiliated
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