List of governors of Vermont

Here is the list of individuals who became the Governor of Vermont.

List

As the independent Vermont Republic

See also: Vermont Republic

#	Portrait	Governor	Took office	Left office	Party	Lieutenant Governor
1	75px	Thomas Chittenden	March 1778	October 1789	No party	Joseph Marsh (1778–1779)	No party
						Benjamin Carpenter (1779–1781)	No party
						Elisha Payne (1781–1782)	No party
						Paul Spooner (1782–1787)	No party
						Joseph Marsh (1787–1790)	No party
2	75px	Moses Robinson	October 1789	October 1790	No party
3	75px	Thomas Chittenden	October 1790	October 1791	No party	Peter Olcott (1790–1794)	No party

As a U.S. state

Political party

      Democratic (6)       Democratic-Republican (6)       Federalist (3)       No party (1)       National Republican (2)       Republican (54)       Whig (8)

#	Portrait	Governor	Took office	Left office	Lieutenant Governor	Party	Side of the Green Mountains
1	121x121px	Thomas Chittenden	October 1790	August 25, 1797	Jonathan Hunt	Independent	West
					Paul Brigham
2	119x119px	Paul Brigham	August 25, 1797	October 16, 1797		Democratic-Republican	East
3	124x124px	Isaac Tichenor	October 16, 1797	October 9, 1807		Federalist	West
4	135x135px	Israel Smith	October 9, 1807	October 14, 1808		Democratic-Republican	West
5	124x124px	Isaac Tichenor	October 14, 1808	October 14, 1809		Federalist	West
6	107x107px	Jonas Galusha	October 14, 1809	October 23, 1813		Democratic-Republican	West
7	108x108px	Martin Chittenden	October 23, 1813	October 14, 1815	William Chamberlain	Federalist	West
8	107x107px	Jonas Galusha	October 14, 1815	October 23, 1820	Paul Brigham	Democratic-Republican	West
9	133x133px	Richard Skinner	October 23, 1820	October 10, 1823	William Cahoon	Democratic-Republican	West
					Aaron Leland
10	135x135px	Cornelius P. Van Ness	October 10, 1823	October 13, 1826		Democratic-Republican	West
11	136x136px	Ezra Butler	October 13, 1826	October 10, 1828		National Republican	East
					Henry Olin
12	116x116px	Samuel C. Crafts	October 10, 1828	October 18, 1831	Mark Richards	National Republican	East
13	118x118px	William A. Palmer	October 18, 1831	November 2, 1835	Lebbeus Egerton	Anti-Masonic	East
					Silas H. Jennison (Whig)
14	130x130px	Silas H. Jennison	November 2, 1835	October 15, 1841	vacant	Whig	West
					David M. Camp
15	123x123px	Charles Paine	October 15, 1841	October 13, 1843	Waitstill R. Ranney	Whig	East
16	105x105px	John Mattocks	October 13, 1843	October 11, 1844	Horace Eaton	Whig	East
17	131x131px	William Slade	October 11, 1844	October 9, 1846		Whig	West
18	134x134px	Horace Eaton	October 9, 1846	October 1848	Leonard Sargeant	Whig	East
19	125x125px	Carlos Coolidge	October 1848	October 11, 1850	Robert Pierpoint	Whig	East
20	107x107px	Charles K. Williams	October 11, 1850	October 1852	Julius Converse	Whig	West
21	150x150px	Erastus Fairbanks	October 1852	October 27, 1853	William C. Kittredge	Whig	East
22	138x138px	John S. Robinson	October 27, 1853	October 13, 1854	Jefferson P. Kidder	Democratic	West
23	133x133px	Stephen Royce	October 13, 1854	October 10, 1856	Ryland Fletcher	Whig (1st term)	West
						Republican (2nd term)
24	155x155px	Ryland Fletcher	October 10, 1856	October 10, 1858	James M. Slade	Republican	East
25	159x159px	Hiland Hall	October 10, 1858	October 12, 1860	Burnham Martin	Republican	West
26	150x150px	Erastus Fairbanks	October 12, 1860	October 11, 1861	Levi Underwood	Republican	East
27	140x140px	Frederick Holbrook	October 11, 1861	October 9, 1863		Republican	East
					Paul Dillingham
28	140x140px	J. Gregory Smith	October 9, 1863	October 13, 1865		Republican	West
29	163x163px	Paul Dillingham	October 13, 1865	October 13, 1867	Abraham B. Gardner	Republican	East
30	112x112px	John B. Page	October 13, 1867	October 15, 1869	Stephen Thomas	Republican	West
31	112x112px	Peter T. Washburn	October 15, 1869	February 7, 1870	George W. Hendee	Republican	East
32	157x157px	George W. Hendee	February 7, 1870	October 6, 1870	George N. Dale	Republican	West
33	128x128px	John W. Stewart	October 6, 1870	October 3, 1872		Republican	West
34	143x143px	Julius Converse	October 3, 1872	October 8, 1874	Russell S. Taft	Republican	East
35	145x145px	Asahel Peck	October 8, 1874	October 5, 1876	Lyman G. Hinckley	Republican	West
36	140x140px	Horace Fairbanks	October 5, 1876	October 3, 1878	Redfield Proctor	Republican	East
37	133x133px	Redfield Proctor	October 3, 1878	October 7, 1880	Eben Pomeroy Colton	Republican	West
38	145x145px	Roswell Farnham	October 7, 1880	October 5, 1882	John L. Barstow	Republican	East
39	132x132px	John L. Barstow	October 5, 1882	October 2, 1884	Samuel E. Pingree	Republican	West
40	134x134px	Samuel E. Pingree	October 2, 1884	October 7, 1886	Ebenezer J. Ormsbee	Republican	East
41	107x107px	Ebenezer J. Ormsbee	October 7, 1886	October 4, 1888	Levi K. Fuller	Republican	West
42	125x125px	William P. Dillingham	October 4, 1888	October 2, 1890	Urban A. Woodbury	Republican	East
43	137x137px	Carroll S. Page	October 2, 1890	October 6, 1892	Henry A. Fletcher	Republican	West
44	114x114px	Levi K. Fuller	October 6, 1892	October 4, 1894	F. Stewart Stranahan	Republican	East
45	100x100px	Urban A. Woodbury	October 4, 1894	October 8, 1896	Zophar M. Mansur	Republican	West
46	125x125px	Josiah Grout	October 8, 1896	October 6, 1898	Nelson W. Fisk	Republican	East
47	132x132px	Edward C. Smith	October 6, 1898	October 4, 1900	Henry C. Bates	Republican	West
48	121x121px	William W. Stickney	October 4, 1900	October 3, 1902	Martin F. Allen	Republican	East
49	100x100px	John G. McCullough	October 3, 1902	October 6, 1904	Zed S. Stanton	Republican	West
50	118x118px	Charles J. Bell	October 6, 1904	October 4, 1906	Charles H. Stearns	Republican	East
51	138x138px	Fletcher D. Proctor	October 4, 1906	October 8, 1908	George H. Prouty	Republican	West
52	143x143px	George H. Prouty	October 8, 1908	October 5, 1910	John A. Mead	Republican	East
53	146x146px	John A. Mead	October 5, 1910	October 3, 1912	Leighton P. Slack	Republican	West
54	100x100px	Allen M. Fletcher	October 3, 1912	January 7, 1915	Frank E. Howe	Republican	East
55	101x101px	Charles W. Gates	January 7, 1915	January 4, 1917	Hale K. Darling	Republican	West
56	118x118px	Horace F. Graham	January 4, 1917	January 9, 1919	Roger W. Hulburd	Republican	East
57	143x143px	Percival W. Clement	January 9, 1919	January 6, 1921	Mason S. Stone	Republican	West
58	134x134px	James Hartness	January 6, 1921	January 4, 1923	Abram W. Foote	Republican	East
59	143x143px	Redfield Proctor Jr.	January 4, 1923	January 8, 1925	Franklin S. Billings	Republican	West
60	135x135px	Franklin S. Billings	January 8, 1925	January 6, 1927	Walter K. Farnsworth	Republican	East
61	140x140px	John E. Weeks	January 6, 1927	January 8, 1931	Hollister Jackson Stanley C. Wilson	Republican	West
62	145x145px	Stanley C. Wilson	January 8, 1931	January 10, 1935	Benjamin Williams Charles Manley Smith	Republican	East
63	143x143px	Charles M. Smith	January 10, 1935	January 7, 1937	George D. Aiken	Republican	West
64	128x128px	George David Aiken	January 7, 1937	January 9, 1941	William H. Wills	Republican	East
65	144x144px	William H. Wills	January 9, 1941	January 4, 1945	Mortimer R. Proctor	Republican	West
66	126x126px	Mortimer R. Proctor	January 4, 1945	January 9, 1947	Lee E. Emerson	Republican	West
67	127x127px	Ernest W. Gibson Jr.	January 9, 1947	January 16, 1950		Republican	East
					Harold J. Arthur
68	144x144px	Harold J. Arthur	January 16, 1950	January 4, 1951	vacant	Republican	West
69	162x162px	Lee E. Emerson	January 4, 1951	January 6, 1955	Joseph B. Johnson	Republican	East
70	143x143px	Joseph B. Johnson	January 6, 1955	January 8, 1959	Consuelo N. Bailey Robert T. Stafford	Republican	East
71	126x126px	Robert T. Stafford	January 8, 1959	January 5, 1961	Robert S. Babcock	Republican	West
72	178x178px	F. Ray Keyser Jr.	January 5, 1961	January 10, 1963	Ralph A. Foote (Republican)	Republican	East
73	154x154px	Philip H. Hoff	January 10, 1963	January 9, 1969		Democratic	West
					John J. Daley (Democratic)
74	154x154px	Deane C. Davis	January 9, 1969	January 4, 1973	John S. Burgess (Republican)	Republican
							East
75	154x154px	Thomas P. Salmon	January 4, 1973	January 6, 1977	Brian D. Burns (Democratic)	Democratic
							East
76	145x145px	Richard A. Snelling	January 6, 1977	January 10, 1985	T. Garry Buckley (Republican)	Republican	West
					Madeleine Kunin (Democratic)
					Peter P. Smith (Republican)
77	133x133px	Madeleine Kunin	January 10, 1985	January 10, 1991		Democratic	West
					Howard Dean (Democratic)
78	145x145px	Richard A. Snelling	January 10, 1991	August 13, 1991		Republican	West
79	160x160px	Howard Dean	August 13, 1991	January 9, 2003	vacant	Democratic	West
					Barbara W. Snelling (Republican)
					Douglas Racine (Democratic)
80	141x141px	Jim Douglas	January 9, 2003	January 6, 2011	Brian Dubie	Republican	West
81	141x141px	Peter Shumlin	January 6, 2011	January 5, 2017	Phil Scott (Republican)	Democratic	East
82	141x141px	Phil Scott	January 5, 2017	Incumbent	Template:Party shading/Vermont Progressive|David Zuckerman (Progressive/Democratic)	Republican	East