Vermont House of Representatives

Vermont House of Representatives
Vermont House of Representatives
Vermont General Assembly
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 6, 2021
Leadership
Speaker	Jill Krowinski (D) ; since January 6, 2021
Majority Leader	Emily Long (D) ; since January 6, 2021
Republican Leader	Patricia McCoy (R) ; since January 8, 2019
Progressive Leader	Selene Colburn (P) ; since January 6, 2021
Structure
Seats	150
Political groups	Majority (104) Democratic (92); Progressive (7); Independent (5); Minority (46) Republican (46);
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Section 7, Legislative Department, Constitution of Vermont
Salary	$636/week + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 3, 2020; (150 seats)
Next election	November 8, 2022; (150 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative control
Meeting place
	State House Chamber,; Vermont State House; Montpelier, Vermont, U.S.

The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members, with each member representing around 4,100 citizens. Representatives are elected to a two-year term without term limits.

Vermont had a unicameral legislature until 1836. It added a senate by constitutional amendment.^[1] The House meets in Representatives Hall at the Vermont State House in Montpelier.

Leadership[]

The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by the full House by Australian Ballot. If there is only one candidate, the election is usually held by voice vote. In addition to presiding over the body, the Speaker controls committee assignments and the flow of legislation. Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders and whips, are elected by their respective party caucuses relative to their party's strength in the chamber. There are three party caucuses in the Vermont House; the Democratic Caucus which is currently in the majority, and the Republican and Progressive Caucuses, each currently being in the minority. Independent members of the House may choose to caucus with a party or none at all.

On January 6, 2021, Jill Krowinski (D-Burlington) was sworn in as the Speaker of the House.^[2] The Progressive Minority Leader was Progressive Robin Chesnut-Tangerman of the Rutland-Bennington district. The Clerk of the House is BetsyAnn Wrask.^[3]

Current leadership[]

Position	Name	Party	Residence	District
Speaker of the House	Jill Krowinski	Democratic	Burlington	Chittenden-6-3
Majority Leader	Emily Long	Democratic	Newfane	Windham-5
Assistant Majority Leader (Whip)	Mike McCarthy	Democratic	St. Albans City	Franklin 3-1
Minority Leader	Patricia McCoy	Republican	Poultney	Rutland-1
Assistant Minority Leader (Whip)	Rob LaClair	Republican	Barre Town	Washington-2
Progressive Leader	Selene Colburn	Progressive	Burlington	Chittenden 6-4
Assistant Progressive Leader (Whip)	Emma Mulvaney-Stanak	Progressive	Burlington	Chittenden 6-2

Composition[]

Affiliation	Party (shading indicates majority caucus)				Total

	Democratic	Progressive	Independent	Republican		Vacant
End 2012	94	5	3	47	150	0

Begin 2013	96	5	4	44	149	1
End 2014	96	5	4	45	150	0

2015–2016	85	6	6	53	150	0

2017-2018	83	7	7	53	150	0

2019-2020	95	7	5	43	150	0

Begin 2021	92	7	5	46	150	0
Latest voting share	69.3%			30.7%

Members[]

District	Representative	Party	Residence	First elected
Addison-1	Amy Sheldon	Dem	Middlebury	2014
Addison-1	Robin Scheu	Dem	Middlebury	2016
Addison-2	Peter Conlon	Dem	Cornwall	2016
Addison-3	Matt Birong	Dem	Vergennes	2018
Addison-3	Diane Lanpher	Dem	Vergennes	2008
Addison-4	Mari Cordes	Dem/Prog	Lincoln	2018
Addison-4	Caleb Elder	Dem	Starksboro	2018
Addison-5	Harvey Smith	Rep	New Haven	2010
Addison-Rutland-1	Terry Norris	Ind	Shoreham	2018↑
Bennington-1		Dem	Pownal	2002
Bennington-2-1	Timothy Corcoran II	Dem	Bennington	2002
Bennington-2-1		Dem	Bennington	2020
Bennington-2-2	Mary A. Morrissey	Rep	Bennington	1996
Bennington-2-2		Dem	Bennington	2020
Bennington-3		Dem	Shaftsbury	2020
Bennington-4	Cynthia Browning	Dem	Arlington	2006
Bennington-4	Kathleen James	Dem	Manchester	2018
Bennington-Rutland-1	Linda Joy Sullivan	Dem/Rep	Dorset	2016
Caledonia-1	Marcia Martel	Rep	Waterford	2014
Caledonia-2	Chip Troiano	Dem	East Hardwick	2014
Caledonia-3	Scott Beck	Rep	St. Johnsbury	2014
Caledonia-3	Scott Campbell	Dem	St. Johnsbury	2018
Caledonia-4	Martha Feltus	Rep	Lyndonville	2012
Caledonia-4	Patrick Seymour	Rep	Sutton	2018
Caledonia-Washington-1		Dem	Danville	2020
Chittenden-1		Dem	Richmond	2020
Chittenden-2		Dem	Williston	2020
Chittenden-2	Jim McCullough	Dem	Williston	2002
Chittenden-3	Trevor Squirrell	Dem	Underhill	2016
Chittenden-3	George Till	Dem	Jericho	2008
Chittenden-4-1	Mike Yantachka	Dem	Charlotte	2010
Chittenden-4-2	Bill Lippert	Dem	Hinesburg	1992
Chittenden-5-1	Kate Webb	Dem	Shelburne	2008
Chittenden-5-2	Jessica Brumsted	Dem	Shelburne	2016
Chittenden-6-1	Carol Ode	Dem	Burlington	2016
Chittenden-6-1		Dem	Burlington	2018
Chittenden-6-2	Emma Mulvaney-Stanak	Prog/Dem	Burlington	2020
Chittenden-6-3	Jill Krowinski	Dem	Burlington	2012↑
Chittenden-6-3	Curtis McCormack	Dem	Burlington	2012
Chittenden-6-4	Brian Cina	Prog/Dem	Burlington	2016
Chittenden-6-4	Selene Colburn	Prog/Dem	Burlington	2016
Chittenden-6-5		Dem	Burlington	2020
Chittenden-6-5		Dem	Burlington	2020
Chittenden-6-6	Barbara Rachelson	Dem/Prog	Burlington	2012
Chittenden-6-7		Dem	Winooski	2008
Chittenden-6-7	Taylor Small	Prog/Dem	Winooski	2020
Chittenden-7-1	Martin LaLonde	Dem	South Burlington	2014
Chittenden-7-2	Ann Pugh	Dem	South Burlington	1992
Chittenden-7-3		Dem	South Burlington	2002
Chittenden-7-4	Maida Townsend	Dem	South Burlington	2012
Chittenden-8-1	Marybeth Redmond	Dem	Essex Town	2018
Chittenden-8-1	Tanya Vyhovsky	Prog/Dem	Essex Town	2020
Chittenden-8-2		Dem	Essex Junction	2020
Chittenden-8-2	Lori Houghton	Dem	Essex Junction	2016
Chittenden-8-3		Dem	Westford	2020
Chittenden-9-1		Dem	Colchester	2018
Chittenden-9-1	Curt Taylor	Dem	Colchester	2016
Chittenden-9-2		Dem	Colchester	2018
Chittenden-9-2	Patrick Brennan	Rep	Colchester	2002
Chittenden-10	Chris Mattos	Rep	Milton	2017↑
Chittenden-10		Rep	Milton	2018
Essex-Caledonia		Rep	Concord	2020
Essex-Caledonia-Orleans	Paul Lefebvre	Ind	Island Pond	2014
Franklin-1	Carl Rosenquist	Rep	Georgia	2016
Franklin-2	Barbara Murphy	Ind	Fairfax	2014
Franklin-3-1	Mike McCarthy	Dem	St. Albans City	2018
Franklin-3-1		Rep	St. Albans City	2018
Franklin-3-2	Eileen Dickinson	Rep/Dem	St. Albans Town	2008
Franklin-4		Rep	Swanton	2020
Franklin-4	Brian K. Savage	Rep/Dem	Swanton	2008
Franklin-5		Rep	Berkshire	2020
Franklin-5		Rep	Berkshire	2019↑
Franklin-6		Rep/Dem	Fairfield	2018
Franklin-7	Felisha Leffler	Rep	Enosburg Falls	2018
Grand Isle-Chittenden	Leland Morgan	Rep		2016
Grand Isle-Chittenden	Michael Morgan	Rep		2020
Lamoille-1	Heidi Scheuermann	Rep	Stowe	2006
Lamoille-2		Dem	Wolcott	2020
Lamoille-2	Daniel Noyes	Dem	Wolcott	2016
Lamoille-3	Lucy Rogers	Dem	Cambridge	2018
Lamoille-Washington		Dem	Worcester	2018
Lamoille-Washington	David Yacovone	Dem	Morrisville	2016
Orange-1		Rep	Corinth	2020
Orange-1	Rodney Graham	Rep	Williamstown	2014
Orange-2	Sarah Copeland-Hanzas	Dem	Bradford	2004
Orange-Caledonia		Dem	Wells River	2020
Orange-Washington-Addison	Jay Hooper	Dem	Brookfield	2016
Orange-Washington-Addison	Larry Satcowitz	Dem	Brookfield	2020
Orleans-1		Rep	Derby Line	2010
Orleans-1	Brian Smith	Rep/Dem	Derby	2016
Orleans-2	Michael Marcotte	Rep/Dem	Newport Town	2004
Orleans-2		Rep/Dem	Newport City	2018
Orleans-Caledonia	Vicki Strong	Rep	Irasburg	2010
Orleans-Caledonia	Katherine Sims	Dem	West Glover	2020
Orleans-Lamoille		Rep/Dem	Lowell	2008
Rutland-Bennington		Rep	Middletown Springs	2020
Rutland-1	Patricia McCoy	Rep	Poultney	2014
Rutland-2	Tom Burditt	Rep	West Rutland	2010
Rutland-2	Arthur Peterson	Rep	Clarendon	2020
Rutland-3		Rep	Fair Haven	2004
Rutland-3	Robert Helm	Rep	Fair Haven	1990
Rutland-4		Rep	Rutland Town	2012
Rutland-5-1		Rep	Rutland City	2008
Rutland-5-2	Lawrence Cupoli	Rep	Rutland City	2012
Rutland-5-3		Dem	Rutland City	2016
Rutland-5-4		Dem	Rutland City	2018
Rutland-6		Dem	Brandon	2018
Rutland-6	Butch Shaw	Rep/Dem	Pittsford	2010
Rutland-Windsor-1		Rep/Dem	Mendon	2017↑
Rutland-Windsor-2		Dem	Ludlow	2006
Washington-1	Anne Donahue	Rep	Northfield	2002
Washington-1		Rep	Berlin	2020
Washington-2	Robert LaClair	Rep	Barre Town	2014
Washington-2	Francis McFaun	Rep	Barre Town	2004
Washington-3		Dem	Barre City	2018
Washington-3	Tommy Walz	Dem	Barre City	2014
Washington-4	Mary Hooper	Dem	Montpelier	2008
Washington-4		Dem	Montpelier	2000
Washington-5	Kimberly Jessup	Dem	Middlesex	2016
Washington-6		Dem	Calais	2004
Washington-7	Maxine Grad	Dem	Moretown	2000
Washington-7		Dem	Waitsfield	2018
Washington-Chittenden	Tom Stevens	Dem	Waterbury	2008
Washington-Chittenden		Dem	Waterbury	2015↑
Windham-1	Sara Coffey	Dem	Guilford	2018
Windham-2-1	Emilie Kornheiser	Dem/Prog	Brattleboro	2018
Windham-2-2	Mollie Burke	Prog/Dem	Brattleboro	2008
Windham-2-3	Tristan Toleno	Dem	Brattleboro	2012
Windham-3	Carolyn Partridge	Dem	Windham	1998
Windham-3	Leslie Goldman	Dem	Bellows Falls	2020
Windham-4	Michelle Bos-Lun	Dem	Dummerston	2020
Windham-4	Mike Mrowicki	Dem	Putney	2008
Windham-5	Emily Long	Dem	Newfane	2014
Windham-6	John Gannon	Dem	Wilmington	2016
Windham-Bennington	Laura Sibilia	Ind	Dover	2014
Windham-Bennington-Windsor	Kelly Pajala	Ind	South Londonderry	2017↑
Windsor-1	John Bartholomew	Dem	Hartland	2010
Windsor-1		Dem/Prog	Hartland	2020
Windsor-2		Dem	Perkinsville	2020
Windsor-3-1	Thomas Bock	Dem	Chester	2016
Windsor-3-2	Alice Emmons	Dem	Springfield	1982
Windsor-3-2		Dem	Springfield	2019↑
Windsor-4-1	Heather Surprenant	Prog/Dem	Barnard	2020
Windsor-4-2		Dem	Hartford	2010
Windsor-4-2	Rebecca White	Dem	Hartford	2014
Windsor-5	Charlie Kimbell	Dem	Woodstock	2016
Windsor-Orange-1	John O'Brien	Dem	Tunbridge	2018
Windsor-Orange-2	Timothy Briglin	Dem	Thetford Center	2014
Windsor-Orange-2	Jim Masland	Dem	Thetford Center	1998
Windsor-Rutland	Kirk White	Dem/Prog	Rochester	2020

↑: Member was originally appointed

Past notable members[]

Nearly all of the Governors of the state and most of its U.S. representatives and U.S. senators were first members of this house. Other prominent members include:

Consuelo N. Bailey, first woman elected lieutenant governor in the United States
Edna Beard (1877–1928), first woman to be elected to the Vermont House, and the first elected to the Vermont Senate
Francis William Billado, adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard
Ray W. Collins, pitcher, Boston Red Sox (1909–1915)
John Calvin Coolidge Sr., father of President Calvin Coolidge
Donald E. Edwards, adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard
Roger Enos, commander of the Vermont Militia during the American Revolution
William H. Gilmore, adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard
Lyman Enos Knapp, Governor of the District of Alaska (1889–1893)
Bruce M. Lawlor, major general in the Army National Guard and one of the creators of the Department of Homeland Security
Trenor W. Park, businessman and philanthropist
Alden Partridge, founder of Norwich University
Lewis Samuel Partridge, adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard
Edward H. Ripley, Union Army officer in the American Civil War, businessman and horse breeder
James Watson Webb II, businessman, philanthropist, and champion polo player
William Seward Webb, businessman and philanthropist

Operations[]

The house typically meets Tuesday through Friday during the session.^[4]

References[]

^ [1]
^ "MEET THE SPEAKER". Vermont General Assembly. 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
^ "Clerk of the House | Vermont General Assembly | Vermont Legislature". legislature.vermont.gov. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
^ Remsen, Nancy & Hallenbeck, Teri (January 8, 2009). Following the Legislature. Burlington Free Press.

External links[]

Coordinates: 44°15′46″N 72°34′51″W / 44.26268°N 72.58075°W / 44.26268; -72.58075

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[2] "MEET THE SPEAKER". Vermont General Assembly. 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021.

[3] "Clerk of the House | Vermont General Assembly | Vermont Legislature". legislature.vermont.gov. Retrieved June 14, 2021.

[4] Remsen, Nancy & Hallenbeck, Teri (January 8, 2009). Following the Legislature. Burlington Free Press.

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