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, and 2010. The next election will be in 2016.
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
		Anti- Administration				3rd Congress	1	Elected in 1791. Lost re-election.	October 17, 1791 – March 3, 1795	Anti- Administration	Stephen R. Bradley	1
		Democratic- Republican				4th Congress	2	Elected in 1794.	March 4, 1795 – September 1, 1801	Federalist	100px 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	Federalist	October 18, 1796 – October 17, 1797	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.		5th Congress
						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. [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
		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
		Anti- Jacksonian				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		Re-elected in 1848. Died.
									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			January 17, 1853 – March 16, 1854	Whig	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	100px 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
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.		52nd Congress
				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			January 11, 1899 – October 18, 1900	Republican	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 1905. Died	20	59th Congress
				Re-elected in 1905. 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.
				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		Re-elected in 1920. Died.
									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		Elected to finish Dillingham's term.
						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	Republican	December 23, 1930 – March 31, 1931			72nd Congress
17	Warren Austin	Republican	April 1, 1931 – August 2, 1946	Elected to finish Greene's term.		72nd Congress
						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			November 5, 1940 – January 10, 1941	Vacant
						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
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 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				107th Congress
						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
To be determined in the 2018 election.					39	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.

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 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., 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.)

External links

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

[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 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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[3] 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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