List of United States senators from Vermont

Current delegation

Patrick Leahy (D)

Bernie Sanders (I)

Vermont was admitted to the Union on March 4, 1791. From the 1850s until well into 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, making Vermont have the longest current split senate delegation as well as the longest split delegation in history at 46 years currently, though both Independents, Jim Jeffords and Sanders, have caucused with the Senate Democrats since 2001. Vermont holds the distinction of being the only state to simultaneously have a split delegation and have both senators be a member of the same caucus. Having been in office since 1975, Leahy is currently the most senior incumbent Senator, and is the last one to have served during the presidency of Gerald Ford. Vermont is the only State that has never sent a woman to Congress.^[1]^[2]

List of senators[]

#	Senator	Party	Dates in office	Electoral history	T	C	T	Electoral history	Dates in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024.						C	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.
Vacant			March 4, 1791 – October 17, 1791	Vermont elected its senators several months after statehood.	1	2nd	1	Vermont elected its senators several months after statehood.	March 4, 1791 – October 17, 1791	Vacant
1	Moses Robinson	Anti- Administration	October 17, 1791 – October 15, 1796	Elected October 17, 1791. Resigned.		2nd		Elected October 17, 1791. Lost re-election.	October 17, 1791 – March 3, 1795	Anti- Administration	Stephen R. Bradley	1
		Anti- Administration				3rd		Elected October 17, 1791. Lost re-election.	October 17, 1791 – March 3, 1795	Anti- Administration	Stephen R. Bradley	1
		Democratic- Republican				4th	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 October 18, 1796 to finish Robinson's term.
2	Isaac Tichenor	Federalist	October 18, 1796 – October 17, 1797	Elected October 18, 1796 to full term. Resigned to become Governor of Vermont.	2	5th
3	Nathaniel Chipman	Federalist	October 17, 1797 – March 3, 1803	Elected in 1797 to finish Tichenor's term. Lost re-election.		5th
						6th
						7th	3	Re-elected October 21, 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 1802. Resigned.	3	8th
						9th
						10th	4	Re-elected in 1806. 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 1808.^[3] Retired.	4	11th
						12th
						13th	5	Elected October 21, 1812.^[4] Resigned.	March 4, 1813 – November 3, 1817	Democratic- Republican	Dudley Chase	4
6	Isaac Tichenor	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1821	Elected October 25, 1814.^[5] Retired.^[6]	5	14th
						15th
								Elected to finish Chase's term. Resigned to serve as collector of customs for the district of Vermont.	November 4, 1817 – January 8, 1818	Democratic- Republican	James Fisk	5
									January 8, 1818 – October 20, 1818	Vacant
								Elected to finish Fisk's term.	October 20, 1818 – March 3, 1825	Democratic- Republican	William A. Palmer	6
						16th	6	Elected October 20, 1818 to the following term. Retired.
7	Horatio Seymour	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1833	Elected in 1821.	6	17th
		Democratic- Republican				18th
		Anti- Jacksonian				19th	7	Elected in 1825. Declined to run for reelection.^[7]	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831	Anti- Jacksonian	Dudley Chase	7
				Re-elected in 1827. Retired to run for Governor of Vermont;	7	20th
						21st
						22nd	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
		Anti- Jacksonian				24th
		Whig				25th	9	Re-elected in 1837. Resigned.		Whig
9	Samuel S. Phelps	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1851	Elected in 1839.	9	26th
						27th
									April 11, 1842 – April 23, 1842	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Prentiss's term. Elected October 26, 1842 to finish Prentiss's term.^[8] Retired.	April 23, 1842 – March 3, 1843	Whig	Samuel C. Crafts	9
						28th	10	Elected in 1843.	March 4, 1843 – January 14, 1853	Whig	William Upham	10
				Re-elected in 1845. Defeated for reelection in 1850.^[9]	10	29th
						30th
						31st	11	Re-elected in 1848. Died.
10	Solomon Foot	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 28, 1866	Elected in 1850.	11	32nd		Re-elected in 1848. Died.
									January 14, 1853 – January 17, 1853	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Upham's term. Lost entitlement to sit.^[a]	January 17, 1853 – March 16, 1854	Whig	Samuel S. Phelps	11
						33rd			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	12	Elected in 1855.	March 4, 1855 – November 9, 1865	Republican	Jacob Collamer	13
				Re-elected in 1856.	12	35th
						36th
						37th	13	Re-elected in 1861. Died.
				Re-elected in 1862. Died.	13	38th
						39th
									November 9, 1865 – November 21, 1865	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Collamer's term. Elected October 24, 1866 to finish Collamer's term.^[8] 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.^[8]
						40th	14	Elected in 1866.	March 4, 1867 – December 28, 1898	Republican	Justin S. Morrill	15
				Re-elected in 1868.	14	41st
						42nd
						43rd	15	Re-elected in 1872.
				Re-elected in 1874.	15	44th
						45th
						46th	16	Re-elected in 1878.
				Re-elected in 1880.	16	47th
						48th
						49th	17	Re-elected in 1884.
				Re-elected in 1886. Resigned to start a law practice.	17	50th
						51st
						52nd	18	Re-elected in 1890.
12	Redfield Proctor	Republican	November 2, 1891 – March 4, 1908	Appointed to continue Edmunds's term. Elected October 19, 1892 to finish Edmunds's term.^[8]		52nd
				Re-elected in 1892.	18	53rd
						54th
						55th	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			January 11, 1899 – October 18, 1900	Republican	Jonathan Ross	16
						56th		Elected to finish Morrill's term.	October 18, 1900 – July 12, 1923	Republican	William P. Dillingham	17
						57th		Elected to finish Morrill's term.
						58th	20	Re-elected October 14, 1902.^[11]
				Re-elected in 1904. Died.	20	59th
				Re-elected in 1904. Died.		60th
Vacant			March 4, 1908 – March 24, 1908
13	John W. Stewart	Republican	March 24, 1908 – October 21, 1908	Appointed to continue Proctor'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	21	Re-elected October 20, 1908.
				Re-elected October 18, 1910.	21	62nd
						63rd
						64th	22	Re-elected in 1914.
				Re-elected in 1916. Retired.	22	65th
						66th
						67th	23	Re-elected in 1920. Died.
15	Frank L. Greene	Republican	March 4, 1923 – December 17, 1930	Elected in 1922.	23	68th		Re-elected in 1920. Died.
									July 12, 1923 – November 7, 1923	Vacant
								Elected to finish Dillingham's term.	November 7, 1923 – October 6, 1933	Republican	Porter H. Dale	18
						69th		Elected to finish Dillingham's term.
						70th	24	Re-elected in 1926.
				Re-elected in 1928. Died.	24	71st
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
17	Warren Austin	Republican	April 1, 1931 – August 2, 1946	Elected to finish Greene's term.		72nd
						73rd	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.^[8]	November 21, 1933 – June 20, 1940	Republican	Ernest W. Gibson	19
				Re-elected in 1934.	25	74th
						75th
						76th	26	Re-elected in 1938. Died.
									June 20, 1940 – June 24, 1940	Vacant
								Appointed to continue his father's term. Retired.	June 24, 1940 – January 3, 1941	Republican	Ernest W. Gibson Jr.	20
				Re-elected in 1940. Resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations	26	77th		Elected in 1940 to finish Gibson's term. Didn't take seat until January 10, 1941, as he wanted to remain Governor of Vermont. However, he was duly elected and qualified as senator.	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1975	Republican	George Aiken	21
						78th
						79th	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
						81st
						82nd	28	Re-elected in 1950.
				Re-elected in 1952. Retired.	28	83rd
						84th
						85th	29	Re-elected in 1956.
19	Winston L. Prouty	Republican	January 3, 1959 – September 10, 1971	Elected in 1958.	29	86th
						87th
						88th	30	Re-elected in 1962.
				Re-elected in 1964.	30	89th
						90th
						91st	31	Re-elected in 1968. Retired.
				Re-elected in 1970. Died.	31	92nd
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.^[12]
						93rd
						94th	32	Elected in 1974.	January 3, 1975 – present	Democratic	Patrick Leahy	22
				Re-elected in 1976.	32	95th
						96th
						97th	33	Re-elected in 1980.
				Re-elected in 1982. Retired.	33	98th
						99th
						100th	34	Re-elected in 1986.
21	Jim Jeffords	Republican	January 3, 1989 – June 6, 2001	Elected in 1988.	34	101st
						102nd
						103rd	35	Re-elected in 1992.
				Re-elected in 1994.	35	104th
						105th
						106th	36	Re-elected in 1998.
				Re-elected in 2000. Changed party. Retired.	36	107th
		Independent	June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2007			107th
						108th
						109th	37	Re-elected in 2004.
22	Bernie Sanders	Independent^[b]	January 3, 2007 – present	Elected in 2006.	37	110th
						111th
						112th	38	Re-elected in 2010.
				Re-elected in 2012.	38	113th
						114th
						115th	39	Re-elected in 2016.
				Re-elected in 2018.	39	116th
						117th
						118th	40	To be determined in the 2022 election.
To be determined in the 2024 election.					40	119th	40	To be determined in the 2022 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T		T	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 3

Living former senators[]

As of January 2021, there are no living former U.S. senators from Vermont. The last living former senator and the most recently serving was Jim Jeffords (served 1989–2007), who died August 18, 2014.

Superlatives[]

Longest service[]

Senator	First served	Last served	Length of service
Patrick Leahy	January 3, 1975	Present	46 years, 240 days (17,042 days)
George Aiken	January 10, 1941	January 3, 1975	33 years, 358 days (12,411 days)
Justin Smith Morrill	March 4, 1867	December 28, 1898	31 years, 299 days (11,622 days)
George F. Edmunds	April 3, 1866	November 1, 1891	25 years, 212 days (9,343 days)
William P. Dillingham	October 18, 1900	July 12, 1923	22 years, 267 days (8,302 days)

Shortest service[]

Senator	First served	Last served	Length of service
James Fisk	November 4, 1817	January 8, 1818	2 months and 4 days (65 days)
Frank C. Partridge	December 23, 1930	March 31, 1931	3 months, 1 week and 1 day (98 days)
Lawrence Brainerd	October 14, 1854	March 3, 1855	4 months, 2 weeks and 3 days (140 days)
Ernest W. Gibson Jr.	June 24, 1940	January 3, 1941	6 months, 1 week and 3 days (193 days)
John Wolcott Stewart	March 24, 1908	October 21, 1908	6 months, 3 weeks and 6 days (211 days)

Youngest at beginning of service[]

Senator	Date of birth	First served	Age
Patrick Leahy	March 31, 1940	January 3, 1975	34 years, 9 months and 3 days
William A. Palmer	September 12, 1781	October 20, 1818	37 years, 1 month and 8 days
Stephen R. Bradley	February 20, 1754	October 17, 1791	37 years, 7 months and 27 days
Elijah Paine	January 21, 1757	March 4, 1795	38 years, 1 month and 11 days
George F. Edmunds	February 1, 1828	April 3, 1866	38 years, 2 months and 2 days

Oldest at end of service[]

Senator	Date of birth	Last served	Age
Justin Smith Morrill	April 14, 1810	December 28, 1898	88 years, 8 months and 14 days
John Wolcott Stewart	November 24, 1825	October 21, 1908	82 years, 10 months and 27 days
George Aiken	August 20, 1892	January 3, 1975	82 years, 4 months and 14 days
Patrick Leahy	March 31, 1940	Present	81 years and 5 months
Carroll S. Page	January 10, 1843	March 3, 1923	80 years, 1 month and 21 days

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.^[10]
^ Although Bernie Sanders ran for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 presidential election, he has not changed his party affiliation on his own Senate webpages.^[13]

References[]

^ Corwin, Emily (February 20, 2020). "Why Has Vermont Never Sent A Woman To Congress?". www.vpr.org. Vermont Public Radio.
^ Levy, Adam (March 21, 2018). "Vermont on track to be the only state that has never sent a woman to Congress". CNN.
^ "Vermont 1808 U.S. Senate". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 18, 2018., citing Weekly Wanderer (Randolph, VT). November 7, 1808.
^ "Vermont 1812 U.S. Senate". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 23, 2018., citing Columbian Phenix: or, Providence Patriot (Providence, RI). October 31, 1812.
^ "Tuesday, October 25th: Senator". Vermont Watchman. Montpelier, VT. October 27, 1814. p. 3.
^ "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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Byrd, p. 176.
^ "Vermont Election of U.S. senator". New-York Daily Tribune. New York, NY. October 21, 1850. p. 4. 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
^ Currie, David P. (May 10, 2005). The Constitution in Congress. ISBN 9780226129006.
^ "Senator Dillingham Re-elected". The New York Times. October 15, 1902. p. 9.
^ Byrd, p. 175.
^ http://www.sanders.senate.gov

Sources[]

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. ISBN 9780160632563.

"U.S. Senators, Terms of Service" (PDF). Vermont Archives and Records Administration. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Secretary of State. 2017.

[11] 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.^[10]

[15] Although Bernie Sanders ran for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 presidential election, he has not changed his party affiliation on his own Senate webpages.^[13]

[vpr-1] Corwin, Emily (February 20, 2020). "Why Has Vermont Never Sent A Woman To Congress?". www.vpr.org. Vermont Public Radio.

[2] Levy, Adam (March 21, 2018). "Vermont on track to be the only state that has never sent a woman to Congress". CNN.

[3] "Vermont 1808 U.S. Senate". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 18, 2018., citing Weekly Wanderer (Randolph, VT). November 7, 1808.

[4] "Vermont 1812 U.S. Senate". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved February 23, 2018., citing Columbian Phenix: or, Providence Patriot (Providence, RI). October 31, 1812.

[5] "Tuesday, October 25th: Senator". Vermont Watchman. Montpelier, VT. October 27, 1814. p. 3.

[6] "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.

[7] "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.

[FOOTNOTEByrd176-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Byrd, p. 176.

[9] "Vermont Election of U.S. senator". New-York Daily Tribune. New York, NY. October 21, 1850. p. 4. 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

[10] Currie, David P. (May 10, 2005). The Constitution in Congress. ISBN 9780226129006.

[NYTVT-12] "Senator Dillingham Re-elected". The New York Times. October 15, 1902. p. 9.

[FOOTNOTEByrd175-13] Byrd, p. 175.

[14] ttp://www.sanders.senate.gov

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show v t United States senators from Vermont
Class 1	M. Robinson Tichenor Chipman Smith J. Robinson Tichenor Seymour Swift Phelps Foot Edmunds Proctor Stewart Page Greene Partridge Austin Flanders Prouty Stafford Jeffords Sanders
Class 3	Bradley Paine Bradley Chase Fisk Palmer Chase Prentiss Crafts Upham Phelps Brainerd Collamer Poland Morrill Ross Dillingham Dale Gibson Sr. Gibson Jr. Aiken Leahy

show v t Vermont's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators	Patrick Leahy (D) Bernie Sanders (I)
Representative	Peter Welch (D)

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