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Political party strength in Vermont Table See also Notes Navigation menu

The following table indicates party affiliation in the State of Vermont:

• Governor


• Lieutenant Governor


• Secretary of State


• Attorney General


• State Treasurer


• State Auditor of Accounts

It also indicates historical composition:

• Senate


• House of Representatives


• State delegation to the United States Senate


• State delegation to the United States House of Representatives

Table

The parties are as follows:   Anti-Masonic (AM),   Democratic (D),   Democratic-Republican (DR),   Federalist (F),   Independent (I),   Non-partisan (N),   National Republican (NR), National Union (NU),   Republican (R),   Vermont Progressive (VP),   Whig (W), and   Coalition.

Year	Executive offices						State Legislature		United States Congress			Electoral College votes
	Governor	Lieutenant Governor	Secretary of State	Attorney General	State Treasurer	State Auditor	State Senate	State House	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House
1778	Thomas Chittenden (N)[1]	Joseph Marsh (N)[1]	Not elected	No office	Ira Allen (N)[1]	Not elected			no representation in Congress			no electoral votes
1779		Benjamin Carpenter (N)[1]
1780
1781		Elisha Payne (N)[1]
1782		Paul Spooner (N)[1]
1783
1784
1785
1786					Samuel Mattocks (N)[1]
1787		Joseph Marsh (N)[1]
1788
1789	Moses Robinson (N)[1]
1790	Thomas Chittenden (N)[1]	Peter Olcott (N)[1]		Samuel Hitchcock
1791	Thomas Chittenden (N)						No Senate[2]	DR Majority	Moses Robinson (D-R)	Stephen R. Bradley (AA)	2AA
1792								DR Majority				George Washington and John Adams (I) Y
1793				Daniel Buck				DR Majority
1794		Jonathan Hunt (N)[1]						F Majority
1795				vacant				F Majority		Elijah Paine (F)	1D-R, 1F
1796		Paul Brigham (DR)						F Majority				John Adams and Thomas Pinckney (F) Y
1797	Paul Brigham (DR)	vacant		No office				F Majority	Isaac Tichenor (F)
	Isaac Tichenor (F)	Paul Brigham (DR)							Nathaniel Chipman (F)
1798								F Majority
1799								130F, 34DR
1800					Benjamin Swan (I)			112F, 52DR				John Adams and Charles C. Pinckney (F) N
1801								99F, 75DR
1802								96DR, 82F		Stephen R. Bradley (D-R)
1803								102DR, 81F	Israel Smith (DR)		3F, 1DR
1804								DR Majority				Thomas Jefferson and George Clinton (DR) Y
1805								DR Majority			2DR, 2F
1806								111DR, 80F
1807	Israel Smith (DR)							DR Majority
1808	Isaac Tichenor (F)							DR Majority	Jonathan Robinson (DR)			James Madison and George Clinton (DR) Y
1809	Jonas Galusha (DR)							108DR, 91F			3F, 1DR
1810								122DR, 78F
1811								125DR, 65F			3DR, 1F
1812								129DR, 77F				James Madison and Elbridge Gerry (DR) Y
1813	Martin Chittenden (F)	William Chamberlin (F)						124DR, 85F		Dudley Chase (DR)	6DR
1814								108F, 104DR
1815	Jonas Galusha (DR)	Paul Brigham (DR)						117F, 94DR	Isaac Tichenor (F)		6F
1816								114DR, 101F				James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) Y
1817								119DR, 93F			6DR
1818								148DR, 67F		James Fisk (DR)
1819								DR Majority		William A. Palmer (DR)
1820	Richard Skinner (DR)	William Cahoon (DR)						DR Majority
1821								NR Majority	Horatio Seymour (NR)
1822		Aaron Leland (DR)						NR Majority
1823	Cornelius P. Van Ness (DR)							NR Majority			5D-R
1824								NR Majority				John Quincy Adams and John C. Calhoun (DR) Y
1825								NR Majority		Dudley Chase (NR)	4NR, 1J
1826	Ezra Butler (NR)							NR Majority
1827		Henry Olin (DR)						DR Majority			5NR
1828	Samuel C. Crafts (NR)							DR Majority				John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush (NR) N
1829								DR Majority			4NR, 1AM
1830		Mark Richards (NR)						136NR, 45J, 33AM
1831	William A. Palmer (AM)	Lebbeus Egerton (AM)						121NR, 76AM, 28J		Samuel Prentiss (NR)	3NR, 2AM
1832								83AM, 79NR, 33J[3]				William Wirt and Amos Ellmaker (AM) N
1833					Augustine Clarke (AM)			87AM, 68NR, 40J[3]	Benjamin Swift (NR)
1834								114AM, 105J/NR, 5?[4]
1835	vacant	Silas H. Jennison (W/AM)						87NR, 86AM, 59J[5]
1836	Silas H. Jennison (W)[6]	David M. Camp (W)						110AM, 75J, 35NR[5]				William Henry Harrison and Francis Granger (W) N
1837					vacant		18W, 12D	118W, 100D, 2?			3W, 1D, 1AM
1838					Henry F. Janes (W)		20W, 10D	128W, 88D, 5?
1839								156W, 70D, 3 Cons.	Samuel S. Phelps (W)		2W, 2D, 1AM
1840							18W, 12D	118W, 112D				William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (W) Y
1841	Charles Paine (W)	Waitstill R. Ranney (W)	John Spaulding (W)		28W, 2D	178W, 56D	4W, 1AM
1842					21W, 9D	127W, 74D, 4?		Samuel C. Crafts (W)
1843	John Mattocks (W)	Horace Eaton (W)			16W, 14D	132W, 99D, 7?	William Upham (W)	3W, 1D
1844	William Slade (W)				21W, 9D	117W, 93D, 7 Lty.				Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen (W) N
1845					20W, 10D	129W, 65D, 8 Lty., 3 vac.
1846	Horace Eaton (W)	Leonard Sargeant (W)	Elisha P. Jewett (W)		23W, 7D	116W, 67D, 12 Lty., 40 vac.
1847			George Howes (W)			116W, 68D, 10 Lty., 39 vac.
1848	Carlos Coolidge (W)	Robert Pierpoint (W)			21W, 9D	104W, 78D, 18 Lty., 37 vac.				Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore (W) Y
1849					21W, 7D, 2FS	102W, 65FS, 49D, 20 vac.
1850	Charles K. Williams (W)	Julius Converse (W)			22W, 7FS, 1D	120W, 84FS, 10D, 22 vac.
1851					20W, 7FS, 3D	132W, 72FS, 19D, 17 vac.			Solomon Foot (R)
1852	Erastus Fairbanks (W)	William C. Kittredge (W)			21W, 8FS, 1D	112W, 69FS, 30D, 29 vac.				Winfield Scott and William A. Graham (W) N
1853	John S. Robinson (D)	Jefferson P. Kidder (D)	John A. Page (D)		20W, 8D, 2FS	98W, 59D, 34FS, 47 vac.	Samuel S. Phelps (W)	3W
1854	Stephen Royce (R)	Ryland Fletcher (R)	Henry M. Bates (R)		17W, 11D, 2FS	95W, 82D, 37FS, 27 vac.[7]	Lawrence Brainerd (FS)
1855					29W, 1D	133W, 46D, 31FS, 20 vac.	Jacob Collamer (R)	1R, 1W, 1O
1856	Ryland Fletcher (R)	James M. Slade (R)			29R, 1D	157R, 30A, 28D, 12 vac.				John C. Fremont and William L. Dayton (R) N
1857					30R	227R, 8D, 4 vac.		3R
1858	Hiland Hall (R)	Burnham Martin (R)				200R, 30D, 2?, 7 vac.
1859					29R, 1D	190R, 38D, 1 Abol., 1W, 9 vac.
1860	Erastus Fairbanks (R)	Levi Underwood (R)	John B. Page (R)	30R	199R, 32D, 3I, 1W, 4 vac.	Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin Y
1861	Frederick Holbrook (R)			29R, 1D	210R, 25D, 2I, 3 vac.
1862		Paul Dillingham (R/NU)		30R	200R, 17D, 5 vac.
1863	J. Gregory Smith (R)				R Majority
1864					224R, 14D, 2 vac.	Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson Y
1865	Paul Dillingham (R)	Abraham B. Gardner (R)			212R, 19D, 2 vac.
1866			John A. Page (R)		213R, 11D, 4 vac.		George F. Edmunds (R)		Luke P. Poland (R)
1867	John B. Page (R)	Stephen Thomas (R)			224R, 13D, 3 vac.				Justin S. Morrill (R)
1868				29R, 1 Cons.	213R, 25D, 3 vac.	Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax (R) Y
1869	Peter T. Washburn (R)[8]	George Whitman Hendee (R)		30R	224R, 15D, 2 vac.
1870	George Whitman Hendee (R)	vacant			210R, 24D, 1 Cons., 1?, 5 vac.
	John W. Stewart (R)	George N. Dale (R)
1871				28R, 2D	208R, 25D, 1 Cons., 1?, 6 vac.
1872	Julius Converse (R)	Russell S. Taft (R)				Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson (R) Y
1873				30R	216R, 16D, 7 Lib. R, 2 vac.
1874	Asahel Peck (R)	Lyman G. Hinckley (R)
1875				29R, 1D	174R, 50D, 8 Lib. R, 4I, 5 vac.
1876	Horace Fairbanks (R)	Redfield Proctor (R)				Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler (R) Y
1877				30R	205R, 31D, 5 vac.
1878	Redfield Proctor (R)	Eben Pomeroy Colton (R)
1879				29R, 1D	175R, 45D, 6GB, 5I, 10 vac.			2R, 1GB
1880	Roswell Farnham (R)	John L. Barstow (R)				James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur (R) Y
1881				30R	217R, 19D, 1GB, 1I, 3 vac.			3R
1882	John L. Barstow (R)	Samuel E. Pingree (R)	William H. Dubois (R)
1883				28R, 2D	183R, 47D, 3ID, 2GB, 1I, 5 vac.			2R
1884	Samuel E. Pingree (R)	Ebenezer J. Ormsbee (R)				George Nichols (R)				E. Henry Powell (R)	James G. Blaine and John A. Logan N
1885				Charles W. Porter (R)	27R, 3D	195R, 35D, 4GB, 3I, 1IR, 1 Proh., 2 vac.
1886	Ebenezer J. Ormsbee (R)	Levi K. Fuller (R)
1887					29R, 1D	206R, 29D, 1I, 1ID, 1IR, 1 Proh. R, 2 vac.
1888	William P. Dillingham (R)	Urban A. Woodbury (R)									Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton (R) Y
1889					30R	219R, 19D, 1ID, 1I, 4 vac.
1890	Carroll S. Page (R)	Henry A. Fletcher (R)	Chauncey W. Brownell (R)	Henry F. Field (R)
1891					29R, 1D	172R, 62D, 2I, 2 Pop., 1ID, 3 vac.
1892	Levi K. Fuller (R)	F. Stewart Stranahan (R)					Franklin D. Hale (R)			Redfield Proctor (R)	Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid (R) N
1893					30R	200R, 40D, 1 Pop., 2 vac.
1894	Urban A. Woodbury (R)	Zophar M. Mansur (R)
1895						228R, 11D, 1I, 1 Pop., 3 vac.
1896	Josiah Grout (R)	Nelson W. Fisk (R)									William McKinley and Garret Hobart (R)
1897						224R, 19D, 1I, 1 Pop., 1 vac.
1898	Edward Curtis Smith (R)	Henry C. Bates (R)	Fred A. Howland (R)	John L. Bacon (R)			Orion M. Barber (R)
1899						203R, 41D, 1I, 1 Proh.			Jonathan Ross (R)
1900	William W. Stickney (R)	Martin F. Allen (R)							William P. Dillingham (R)		William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1901						196R, 48D, 1ID, 1 vac.
1902	John G. McCullough (R)	Zed S. Stanton (R)	Frederick G. Fleetwood (R)				Horace F. Graham (R)
1903					25R, 5D	192R, 48D, 1ID, 1 Lab., 4 vac.
1904	Charles J. Bell (R)	Charles H. Stearns (R)									Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks (R)
1905					30R	206R, 33D, 3I, 2ID, 1 Cit.
1906	Fletcher D. Proctor (R)	George H. Prouty (R)		Clarke C. Fitts (R)								Edward H. Deavitt (R)
1907						199R, 35D, 6I, 2 Fus., 1ID, 1 Pop., 1 Proh., 1 vac.
1908	George H. Prouty (R)	John A. Mead (R)	Guy W. Bailey (R)	John G. Sargent (R)						John Wolcott Stewart (R)	William H. Taft and James S. Sherman (R)
1909					28R, 2D	201R, 29D, 3I, 3IR, 2 vac.				Carroll S. Page (R)
1910	John A. Mead (R)	Leighton P. Slack (R)
1911					30R	194R, 47D, 2I, 1ID, 1IR, 1 Roos.
1912	Allen M. Fletcher (R)	Frank E. Howe (R)		Rufus E. Brown (R)							William H. Taft and Nicholas Murray Butler (R)
1913					27R, 3D	147R, 56D, 22VP, 7 Prog. R, 3IR, 2I, 2I Prog., 1ID, 1 Lab., 1 Prog. D, 1 Proh., 3 vac.
1914
1915	Charles W. Gates (R)	Hale K. Darling (R)		Herbert G. Barber (R)	Walter F. Scott (R)	30R						175R, 32D, 24VP, 4 Prog. R, 4I, 2ID, 2IR, 2 Lab. R, 1I Prog.
1916											Charles Evans Hughes and Charles W. Fairbanks (R)
1917	Horace F. Graham (R)	Roger W. Hulburd (R)	Frederick G. Fleetwood (R)				Benjamin Gates (R)					195R, 42D, 5I, 2IR, 1S, 1 vac.
1918
1919	Percival W. Clement (R)	Mason S. Stone (R)	Harry A. Black (R)	Frank C. Archibald (R)		29R, 1D						212R, 25D, 5I, 4IR, 1 vac.
1920											Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R)
1921	James Hartness (R)	Abram W. Foote (R)										216R, 22D, 5I, 2IR, 1ID
1922
1923	Redfield Proctor, Jr. (R)	Franklin S. Billings (R)			Thomas H. Cave (R)	30R			203R, 37D, 5I, 1ID, 1IR, 1 vac.	Frank L. Greene (R)		Porter H. Dale (R)
1924											Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes (R)
1925	Franklin S. Billings (R)	Walter K. Farnsworth (R)	Aaron H. Grout (R)						214R, 29D, 5I
1926				J. Ward Carver (R)[9]
1927	John E. Weeks (R)	Hollister Jackson (R)	Rawson C. Myrick (R)						217R, 29D, 1ID, 1I
1928											Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R)
1929		Stanley C. Wilson (R)				29R, 1D			224R, 19D, 4I, 1ID
1930
1931	Stanley C. Wilson (R)	Benjamin Williams (R)		Lawrence C. Jones (R)		27R, 3D			210R, 34D, 3I, 1ID	Frank C. Partridge (R)
										Warren R. Austin (R)
1932
1933		Charles Manley Smith (R)				26R, 4D		200R, 38D, 8I, 2IR	Ernest Willard Gibson (R)
1934									Ernest Willard Gibson (R)			Charles A. Plumley (R)
1935	Charles Manley Smith (R)	George David Aiken (R)				23R, 7D		193R, 48D, 6I, 3IR
1936											Alf Landon and Frank Knox (R)
1937	George David Aiken (R)	William Henry Wills (R)				22R, 8D		203R, 39D, 4I, 2IR
1938
1939						25R, 5D		204R, 31D, 9I, 1ID, 1IR
1940									Ernest W. Gibson, Jr. (R)		Wendell Willkie and Charles L. McNary (R)
1941	William Henry Wills (R)	Mortimer R. Proctor (R)		Alban J. Parker (R)		David V. Anderson (R)	22R, 8D	197R, 37D, 9I, 3IR	George David Aiken (R)
1942
1943					Levi R. Kelley (R)		28R, 2D	206R, 28D, 8I, 4IR
1944											Thomas E. Dewey and John Bricker (R)
1945	Mortimer R. Proctor (R)	Lee E. Emerson (R)					23R, 7D	213R, 23D, 9I, 1IR
1946
1947	Ernest W. Gibson, Jr. (R)		Helen E. Burbank (R)	Clifton G. Parker (R)			27R, 3D	209R, 28D, 5I, 4IR		Ralph E. Flanders (R)
1948											Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren (R)
1949		Harold J. Arthur (R)	Howard E. Armstrong (R)		George H. Amidon (R)		24R, 6D	208R, 33D, 4I, 1IR
1950	Harold J. Arthur (R)	vacant
1951	Lee E. Emerson (R)	Joseph B. Johnson (R)					29R, 1D	216R, 22D, 5I, 3IR				Winston L. Prouty (R)
1952											Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon (R)
1953				F. Elliott Barber Jr. (R)			27R, 3D	223R, 18D, 5I
1954
1955	Joseph B. Johnson (R)	Consuelo N. Bailey (R)		Robert T. Stafford (R)			23R, 7D	221R, 25D
1956
1957		Robert T. Stafford (R)		Frederick M. Reed (R)			24R, 6D	212R, 33D, 3I
1958
1959	Robert T. Stafford (R)	Robert S. Babcock (R)					22R, 8D	200R, 46D		Winston L. Prouty (R)		William H. Meyer(D)
1960				Thomas M. Debevoise (R)							Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R)
1961	F. Ray Keyser, Jr. (R)	Ralph A. Foote (R)					23R, 7D	190R, 50D, 6I				Robert T. Stafford(R)
1962				Charles J. Adams (R)
1963	Philip H. Hoff (D)			Charles E. Gibson Jr. (R)			21R, 9D	193R, 45D, 5I, 2IR, 1ID
1964											Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D)
1965		John J. Daley (D)	Harry H. Cooley (D)	John P. Connarn (D)	Peter J. Hincks (D)[8]	Jay H. Gordon (D)	17R, 13D	195R, 50D, 1I
1966							24R, 6D	135R, 15D
1967				James L. Oakes (R)			22R, 8D	93R, 55D, 2I
1968					Madelyn Davidson (D)						Richard M. Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R)
1969	Deane C. Davis (R)	Thomas L. Hayes (R)	Richard C. Thomas (R)	Jim Jeffords (R)	Frank H. Davis (R)	Robert T. King (R)		100R, 50D
1970
1971		John S. Burgess (R)				Alexander V. Acebo (R)		96R, 54D		Robert T. Stafford (R)		Richard W. Mallary (R)
1972
1973	Thomas P. Salmon (D)			Kimberly B. Cheney (R)			23R, 7D	91R, 57D, 1ID, 1I
1974
1975		Brian D. Burns (D)		M. Jerome Diamond (D)	Stella Hackel (D)		18R, 12D	78R, 68D, 2ID, 2I[10]	Patrick Leahy (D)			Jim Jeffords (R)
1976											Gerald Ford and Bob Dole (R)
1977	Richard A. Snelling (R)	T. Garry Buckley (R)	James A. Guest (D)		Emory A. Hebard (R)		21R, 9D	75R, 73D, 1ID, 1I[10]
1978
1979		Madeleine M. Kunin (D)					20R, 10D	79R, 69D, 2I[10]
1980											Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush (R)
1981			Jim Douglas (R)	John J. Easton, Jr. (R)			16R, 14D	84R, 63D, 2I, 1?
1982
1983		Peter Plympton Smith (R)					17R, 13D	84R, 65D, 1I
1984
1985	Madeleine M. Kunin (D)			Jeffrey L. Amestoy (R)			18D, 12R	77R, 72D, 1I[11]
1986
1987		Howard Dean (D)						75D, 74R, 1I
1988											George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R)
1989					Paul W. Ruse Jr. (D)		16D, 14R	76D, 74R		Jim Jeffords (R)		Peter Plympton Smith (R)
1990
1991	Richard A. Snelling (R)						15D, 15R[12]	75R, 73D, 2VP[11]				Bernie Sanders (I)
1992	Howard Dean (D)	vacant									Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D)
1993		Barbara W. Snelling (R)	Donald M. Hooper (D)			Edward S. Flanagan (D)	16R, 14D	87D, 57R, 4I, 2VP
1994
1995			James F. Milne (R)		Jim Douglas (R)		18R, 12D	86D, 61R, 2VP, 1I
1996
1997		Douglas A. Racine (D)		William Sorrell (D)[9]			17D, 13R	89D, 57R, 3VP, 1I
1998
1999			Deborah Markowitz (D)					77D, 66R, 4VP, 2I, 1 Lib.
2000											Al Gore and Joe Lieberman (D)
2001						Elizabeth M. Ready (D)	16D, 14R	83R, 62D, 4VP, 1I		Jim Jeffords (I)
2002								82R, 63D, 4VP, 1I[13]
2003	Jim Douglas (R)	Brian Dubie (R)			Jeb Spaulding (D)		19D, 11R	73R, 70D, 4VP, 3I
2004											John Kerry and John Edwards (D)
2005						Randy Brock (R)	21D, 9R	83D, 60R, 6VP, 1I
2006
2007						Thomas M. Salmon (D)	23D, 7R	93D, 49R, 6VP, 2I		Bernie Sanders (I)		Peter Welch (D)
2008											Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D)
2009						Thomas M. Salmon (R)		95D, 48R, 5VP, 2I
2010
2011	Peter Shumlin (D)	Phil Scott (R)	Jim Condos (D)		Beth Pearce (D)		20D, 8R, 2VP	94D, 48R, 5VP, 3I
2012
2013						Doug Hoffer (D/VP)	20D, 7R, 3VP	96D, 45R, 5VP, 4I
2014
2015							18D, 9R, 3VP	85D, 53R, 6VP, 6I
2016											Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine (D)
2017	Phil Scott (R)	David Zuckerman (VP/D)		T.J. Donovan (D)			21D, 7R, 2VP	83D, 53R, 7VP, 7I
2018
2019							22D, 6R, 2VP	93D, 42R, 7VP, 5I
Year	Governor	Lieutenant Governor	Secretary of State	Attorney General	State Treasurer	State Auditor	State Senate	State House	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House	Electoral College votes
	Executive offices						State Legislature		United States Congress

See also

• Vermont


• Politics of Vermont


• Elections in Vermont


• Government of Vermont

Notes

1. 
   ^ ^abcdefghijkl Represented the Vermont Republic.
   


2. 
   ^ Vermont had a unicameral legislature until 1836, when a constitutional amendment was passed establishing the Senate.
   


3. 
   ^ ^ab The Anti-Masons joined with the Jacksonians and elected John Smith, a Jacksonian, as Speaker, and organized the chamber.
   


4. 
   ^ The Anti-Masons re-elected John Smith, a Jacksonian, as Speaker, and organized the chamber.
   


5. 
   ^ ^ab The Anti-Masons joined with the National Republicans to re-elect Ebenezer N. Briggs, a National Republican, as Speaker, and organized the chamber.
   


6. 
   ^ During his lieutenant governorship, no governor was elected, and Jennison became acting governor. In 1836, he was elected governor.
   


7. 
   ^ A Free Soil Democrat, Horatio Needham, was elected as Speaker in a coalition between the Democrats and Free Soilers.
   


8. 
   ^ ^ab Died in office.
   


9. 
   ^ ^ab Appointed to fill vacancy.
   


10. 
    ^ ^abc A Democrat, Timothy J. O'Connor, Jr., was elected as Speaker. [1]
    


11. 
    ^ ^ab A Democrat, Ralph G. Wright, was elected as Speaker. [2] [3]
    


12. 
    ^ Lt. Governor Howard Dean broke the tie, giving power to the Democrats
    


13. 
    ^ Democrat Tim Ryan replaced Republican Tom McGrath on January 8, 2002.