List of governors of Vermont

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

List

As the independent Vermont Republic

# Portrait Governor Took office Left office Party Lieutenant Governor
1   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   Moses Robinson October 1789 October 1790 No party
3   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   Thomas Chittenden October 1790 August 25, 1797 Jonathan Hunt Independent West
Paul Brigham
2   Paul Brigham August 25, 1797 October 16, 1797 Democratic-Republican East
3   Isaac Tichenor October 16, 1797 October 9, 1807 Federalist West
4   Israel Smith October 9, 1807 October 14, 1808 Democratic-Republican West
5   Isaac Tichenor October 14, 1808 October 14, 1809 Federalist West
6   Jonas Galusha October 14, 1809 October 23, 1813 Democratic-Republican West
7   Martin Chittenden October 23, 1813 October 14, 1815 William Chamberlain Federalist West
8   Jonas Galusha October 14, 1815 October 23, 1820 Paul Brigham Democratic-Republican West
9   Richard Skinner October 23, 1820 October 10, 1823 William Cahoon Democratic-Republican West
Aaron Leland
10   Cornelius P. Van Ness October 10, 1823 October 13, 1826 Democratic-Republican West
11   Ezra Butler October 13, 1826 October 10, 1828 National Republican East
Henry Olin
12   Samuel C. Crafts October 10, 1828 October 18, 1831 Mark Richards National Republican East
13   William A. Palmer October 18, 1831 November 2, 1835 Lebbeus Egerton Anti-Masonic East
Silas H. Jennison (Whig)
14   Silas H. Jennison November 2, 1835 October 15, 1841 vacant Whig West
David M. Camp
15   Charles Paine October 15, 1841 October 13, 1843 Waitstill R. Ranney Whig East
16   John Mattocks October 13, 1843 October 11, 1844 Horace Eaton Whig East
17   William Slade October 11, 1844 October 9, 1846 Whig West
18   Horace Eaton October 9, 1846 October 1848 Leonard Sargeant Whig East
19   Carlos Coolidge October 1848 October 11, 1850 Robert Pierpoint Whig East
20   Charles K. Williams October 11, 1850 October 1852 Julius Converse Whig West
21   Erastus Fairbanks October 1852 October 27, 1853 William C. Kittredge Whig East
22   John S. Robinson October 27, 1853 October 13, 1854 Jefferson P. Kidder Democratic West
23   Stephen Royce October 13, 1854 October 10, 1856 Ryland Fletcher Whig (1st term) West
Republican (2nd term)
24   Ryland Fletcher October 10, 1856 October 10, 1858 James M. Slade Republican East
25   Hiland Hall October 10, 1858 October 12, 1860 Burnham Martin Republican West
26   Erastus Fairbanks October 12, 1860 October 11, 1861 Levi Underwood Republican East
27   Frederick Holbrook October 11, 1861 October 9, 1863 Republican East
Paul Dillingham
28   J. Gregory Smith October 9, 1863 October 13, 1865 Republican West
29   Paul Dillingham October 13, 1865 October 13, 1867 Abraham B. Gardner Republican East
30   John B. Page October 13, 1867 October 15, 1869 Stephen Thomas Republican West
31   Peter T. Washburn October 15, 1869 February 7, 1870 George W. Hendee Republican East
32   George W. Hendee February 7, 1870 October 6, 1870 George N. Dale Republican West
33   John W. Stewart October 6, 1870 October 3, 1872 Republican West
34   Julius Converse October 3, 1872 October 8, 1874 Russell S. Taft Republican East
35   Asahel Peck October 8, 1874 October 5, 1876 Lyman G. Hinckley Republican West
36   Horace Fairbanks October 5, 1876 October 3, 1878 Redfield Proctor Republican East
37   Redfield Proctor October 3, 1878 October 7, 1880 Eben Pomeroy Colton Republican West
38   Roswell Farnham October 7, 1880 October 5, 1882 John L. Barstow Republican East
39   John L. Barstow October 5, 1882 October 2, 1884 Samuel E. Pingree Republican West
40   Samuel E. Pingree October 2, 1884 October 7, 1886 Ebenezer J. Ormsbee Republican East
41   Ebenezer J. Ormsbee October 7, 1886 October 4, 1888 Levi K. Fuller Republican West
42   William P. Dillingham October 4, 1888 October 2, 1890 Urban A. Woodbury Republican East
43   Carroll S. Page October 2, 1890 October 6, 1892 Henry A. Fletcher Republican West
44   Levi K. Fuller October 6, 1892 October 4, 1894 F. Stewart Stranahan Republican East
45   Urban A. Woodbury October 4, 1894 October 8, 1896 Zophar M. Mansur Republican West
46   Josiah Grout October 8, 1896 October 6, 1898 Nelson W. Fisk Republican East
47   Edward C. Smith October 6, 1898 October 4, 1900 Henry C. Bates Republican West
48   William W. Stickney October 4, 1900 October 3, 1902 Martin F. Allen Republican East
49   John G. McCullough October 3, 1902 October 6, 1904 Zed S. Stanton Republican West
50   Charles J. Bell October 6, 1904 October 4, 1906 Charles H. Stearns Republican East
51   Fletcher D. Proctor October 4, 1906 October 8, 1908 George H. Prouty Republican West
52   George H. Prouty October 8, 1908 October 5, 1910 John A. Mead Republican East
53   John A. Mead October 5, 1910 October 3, 1912 Leighton P. Slack Republican West
54   Allen M. Fletcher October 3, 1912 January 7, 1915 Frank E. Howe Republican East
55   Charles W. Gates January 7, 1915 January 4, 1917 Hale K. Darling Republican West
56   Horace F. Graham January 4, 1917 January 9, 1919 Roger W. Hulburd Republican East
57   Percival W. Clement January 9, 1919 January 6, 1921 Mason S. Stone Republican West
58   James Hartness January 6, 1921 January 4, 1923 Abram W. Foote Republican East
59   Redfield Proctor Jr. January 4, 1923 January 8, 1925 Franklin S. Billings Republican West
60   Franklin S. Billings January 8, 1925 January 6, 1927 Walter K. Farnsworth Republican East
61   John E. Weeks January 6, 1927 January 8, 1931 Hollister Jackson
Stanley C. Wilson
Republican West
62   Stanley C. Wilson January 8, 1931 January 10, 1935 Benjamin Williams
Charles Manley Smith
Republican East
63   Charles M. Smith January 10, 1935 January 7, 1937 George D. Aiken Republican West
64   George David Aiken January 7, 1937 January 9, 1941 William H. Wills Republican East
65   William H. Wills January 9, 1941 January 4, 1945 Mortimer R. Proctor Republican West
66   Mortimer R. Proctor January 4, 1945 January 9, 1947 Lee E. Emerson Republican West
67   Ernest W. Gibson Jr. January 9, 1947 January 16, 1950 Republican East
Harold J. Arthur
68   Harold J. Arthur January 16, 1950 January 4, 1951 vacant Republican West
69   Lee E. Emerson January 4, 1951 January 6, 1955 Joseph B. Johnson Republican East
70   Joseph B. Johnson January 6, 1955 January 8, 1959 Consuelo N. Bailey
Robert T. Stafford
Republican East
71   Robert T. Stafford January 8, 1959 January 5, 1961 Robert S. Babcock Republican West
72   F. Ray Keyser Jr. January 5, 1961 January 10, 1963 Ralph A. Foote (Republican) Republican East
73   Philip H. Hoff January 10, 1963 January 9, 1969 Democratic West
John J. Daley (Democratic)
74   Deane C. Davis January 9, 1969 January 4, 1973 John S. Burgess (Republican) Republican
East
75   Thomas P. Salmon January 4, 1973 January 6, 1977 Brian D. Burns (Democratic) Democratic
East
76   Richard A. Snelling January 6, 1977 January 10, 1985 T. Garry Buckley (Republican) Republican West
Madeleine Kunin (Democratic)
Peter P. Smith (Republican)
77   Madeleine Kunin January 10, 1985 January 10, 1991 Democratic West
Howard Dean (Democratic)
78   Richard A. Snelling January 10, 1991 August 13, 1991 Republican West
79   Howard Dean August 13, 1991 January 9, 2003 vacant Democratic West
Barbara W. Snelling (Republican)
Douglas Racine (Democratic)
80   Jim Douglas January 9, 2003 January 6, 2011 Brian Dubie Republican West
81   Peter Shumlin January 6, 2011 January 5, 2017 Phil Scott (Republican) Democratic East
82   Phil Scott January 5, 2017 Incumbent[1] Template:Party shading/Vermont Progressive|David Zuckerman (Progressive/Democratic) Republican East

References

  1. Scott's second term began January 10, 2019, and will expire January 2021