List of lieutenant governors of Vermont

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Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
Coat of Arms of Vermont
Incumbent
David Zuckerman

since January 5, 2023
Term lengthTwo years, no term limit
Inaugural holderJonathan Hunt
Formation1791; Constitution of Vermont
SuccessionEvery two years, unless re-elected.
Salary$78,145[1]

The Lieutenant Governor of Vermont is elected for a two-year term and chosen separately from the governor.

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Parties

  Democratic (7)   Democratic-Republican (5)   Federalist (1)   Republican/National Union (57)   Whig/National Republican/Anti-Masonic (10)   Progressive (1)

# Name Party Term Governor(s) served under
1 Peter Olcott 1791–1794 Thomas Chittenden
2 Jonathan Hunt 1794–1796 Thomas Chittenden
3 Paul Brigham Democratic-Republican 1796–1813 Thomas Chittenden
himself
Isaac Tichenor
Israel Smith
Isaac Tichenor
Jonas Galusha
4 William Chamberlain Federalist 1813–1815 Martin Chittenden
5 Paul Brigham Democratic-Republican 1815–1820 Jonas Galusha
6 William Cahoon Democratic-Republican 1820–1822 Richard Skinner
7 Aaron Leland Democratic-Republican 1822–1827 Richard Skinner
Cornelius P. Van Ness
Ezra Butler
8 Henry Olin Democratic-Republican 1827–1830 Ezra Butler
9 Mark Richards National Republican 1830–1831 Samuel C. Crafts
10 Lebbeus Egerton Anti-Masonic 1831–1835 William A. Palmer
11 Silas H. Jennison Whig / Anti-Masonic 1835–1836 Silas H. Jennison
12 David M. Camp Whig 1836–1841 Silas H. Jennison
13 Waitstill R. Ranney Whig 1841–1843 Charles Paine
14 Horace Eaton Whig 1843–1846 John Mattocks
William Slade
15 Leonard Sargeant Whig 1846–1848 Horace Eaton
16 Robert Pierpoint Whig 1848–1850 Carlos Coolidge
17 Julius Converse Whig 1850–1852 Charles K. Williams
18 William C. Kittredge Whig 1852–1853 Erastus Fairbanks
19 Jefferson P. Kidder Democratic 1853–1854 John S. Robinson
20 Ryland Fletcher Republican 1854–1856 Stephen Royce
21 James M. Slade Republican 1856–1858 Ryland Fletcher
22 Burnham Martin Republican 1858–1860 Hiland Hall
23 Levi Underwood Republican 1860–1862 Hiland Hall
Erastus Fairbanks
24 Paul Dillingham Republican / National Union 1862–1865 Frederick Holbrook
J. Gregory Smith
25 Abraham B. Gardner Republican 1865–1867 Paul Dillingham
26 Stephen Thomas Republican 1867–1869 John B. Page
27 George W. Hendee Republican 1869–1870 Peter T. Washburn
28 George N. Dale Republican 1870–1872 George W. Hendee
John W. Stewart
29 Russell S. Taft Republican 1872–1874 Julius Converse
30 Lyman G. Hinckley Republican 1874–1876 Asahel Peck
31 Redfield Proctor Republican 1876–1878 Horace Fairbanks
32 Eben Pomeroy Colton Republican 1878–1880 Redfield Proctor
33 John L. Barstow Republican 1880–1882 Roswell Farnham
34 Samuel E. Pingree Republican 1882–1884 John L. Barstow
35 Ebenezer J. Ormsbee Republican 1884–1886 Samuel E. Pingree
36 Levi K. Fuller Republican 1886–1888 Ebenezer J. Ormsbee
37 Urban A. Woodbury Republican 1888–1890 William P. Dillingham
38 Henry A. Fletcher Republican 1890–1892 Carroll S. Page
39 F. Stewart Stranahan Republican 1892–1894 Levi K. Fuller
40 Zophar M. Mansur Republican 1894–1896 Urban A. Woodbury
41 Nelson W. Fisk Republican 1896–1898 Josiah Grout
42 Henry C. Bates Republican 1898–1900 Edward C. Smith
43 Martin F. Allen Republican 1900–1902 William W. Stickney
44 Zed S. Stanton Republican 1902–1904 John G. McCullough
45 Charles H. Stearns Republican 1904–1906 Charles J. Bell
46 George H. Prouty Republican 1906–1908 Fletcher D. Proctor
47 John A. Mead Republican 1908–1910 George H. Prouty
48 Leighton P. Slack Republican 1910–1912 John A. Mead
49 Frank E. Howe Republican 1912–1915 Allen M. Fletcher
50 Hale K. Darling Republican 1915–1917 Charles W. Gates
51 Roger W. Hulburd Republican 1917–1919 Horace F. Graham
52 Mason S. Stone Republican 1919–1921 Percival W. Clement
53 Abram W. Foote Republican 1921–1923 James Hartness
54 Franklin S. Billings Republican 1923–1925 Redfield Proctor Jr.
55 Walter K. Farnsworth Republican 1925–1927 Franklin S. Billings
56 Hollister Jackson Republican 1927–1927 John E. Weeks
57 Stanley C. Wilson Republican 1929–1931 John E. Weeks
58 Benjamin Williams Republican 1931–1933 Stanley C. Wilson
59 Charles M. Smith Republican 1933–1935 Stanley C. Wilson
60 George D. Aiken Republican 1935–1937 Charles Manley Smith
61 William H. Wills Republican 1937–1941 George D. Aiken
62 Mortimer R. Proctor Republican 1941–1945 William H. Wills
63 Lee E. Emerson Republican 1945–1949 Mortimer R. Proctor
Ernest W. Gibson Jr.
64 Harold J. Arthur Republican 1949–1950 Ernest W. Gibson Jr.
65 Joseph B. Johnson Republican 1951–1955 Lee E. Emerson
66 Consuelo N. Bailey Republican 1955–1957 Joseph B. Johnson
67 Robert T. Stafford Republican 1957–1959 Joseph B. Johnson
68 Robert S. Babcock Republican 1959–1961 Robert T. Stafford
69 Ralph A. Foote Republican 1961–1965 F. Ray Keyser Jr.
Philip H. Hoff
70 John J. Daley Democratic 1965–1969 Philip H. Hoff
71 Thomas L. Hayes Republican 1969–1971 Deane C. Davis
72 John S. Burgess Republican 1971–1975 Deane C. Davis
Thomas P. Salmon
73 Brian D. Burns Democratic 1975–1977 Thomas P. Salmon
74 T. Garry Buckley Republican 1977–1979 Richard Snelling
75 Madeleine Kunin Democratic 1979–1983 Richard Snelling
76 Peter P. Smith Republican 1983–1987 Richard Snelling
Madeleine Kunin
77 Howard Dean Democratic 1987–1991 Madeleine Kunin
Richard Snelling
78 Barbara Snelling Republican 1993–1997 Howard Dean
79 Doug Racine Democratic 1997–2003 Howard Dean
80 Brian Dubie Republican 2003–2011 Jim Douglas
81 Phil Scott Republican 2011–2017 Peter Shumlin
82 David Zuckerman ProgressiveDemocratic 2017–2021 Phil Scott
83 Molly Gray Democratic 2021–2023 Phil Scott
84 David Zuckerman Democratic Since 2023 Phil Scott
  • Italics denote a governor of a different party than the lieutenant governor.

References[change | change source]

  1. "State of Vermont Employee Salaries - Open Data". State of Vermont. Retrieved 28 November 2020.

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