Governors of Vermont, 1778-2020(May beincomplete!) ThomasChittenden 1778-89MosesRobinson 1789-90ThomasChittenden 1790-97PaulBrigham 1797IsaacTichenor 1797-1807IsraelSmith 1807-08IsaacTichenor 1808-09JonasGalusha 1809-13MartinChittenden 1813-15JonasGalusha 1815-20RichardSkinner 1820-23CorneliusP. Van Ness 1823-26EzraButler 1826-28SamuelC. Crafts 1828-31WilliamA. Palmer 1831-35SilasH. Jenison 1835-41CharlesPaine 1841-43JohnMattocks 1843-44WilliamSlade 1844-46HoraceEaton 1846-48CarlosCoolidge 1848-50CharlesK. Williams 1850-52ErastusFairbanks 1852-53JohnS. Robinson 1853-54StephenRoyce 1854-56RylandFletcher 1856-58HilandHall 1858-60ErastusFairbanks 1860-61FrederickHolbrook 1861-63J.Gregory Smith 1863-65PaulDillingham, Jr. 1865-67JohnB. Page 1867-69PeterT. Washburn 1869-70GeorgeW. Hendee 1870JohnW. Stewart 1870-72JuliusConverse 1872-74AsahelPeck 1874-76HoraceFairbanks 1876-78RedfieldProctor 1878-80RoswellFarnham 1880-82JohnL. Barstow 1882-84SamuelE. Pingree 1884-86EbenezerJ. Ormsbee 1886-88WilliamP. Dillingham 1888-90CarrollS. Page 1890-92LeviK. Fuller 1892-94UrbanA. Woodbury 1894-96JosiahGrout 1896-98EdwardC. Smith 1898-1900WilliamWallace Stickney 1900-02JohnG. McCullough 1902-04CharlesJ. Bell 1904-06FletcherD. Proctor 1906-08GeorgeH. Prouty 1908-10JohnA. Mead 1910-12AllenM. Fletcher 1912-15CharlesW. Gates 1915-17HoraceF. Graham 1917-19PercivalWood Clement 1919-21JamesHartness 1921-23RedfieldProctor, Jr. 1923-25FranklinS. Billings 1925-27JohnE. Weeks 1927-31StanleyC. Wilson 1931-35CharlesM. Smith 1935-37GeorgeD. Aiken 1937-41WilliamH. Wills 1941-45MortimerR. Proctor 1945-47ErnestW. Gibson 1947-50HaroldJ. Arthur 1950-51LeeE. Emerson 1951-55JosephB. Johnson 1955-59RobertT. Stafford 1959-61F.Ray Keyser, Jr. 1961-63PhilipH. Hoff 1963-69DeaneC. Davis 1969-73ThomasP. Salmon 1973-77RichardA. Snelling 1977-85MadeleineM. Kunin 1985-91RichardA. Snelling 1991HowardDean 1991-2003JimDouglas 2003-11PeterShumlin 2011-17PhilScott 2017- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1797 Aug 25:ThomasChittenden, died in office. 1816:SamuelStrong (Federalist), defeated. 1836:HoratioSeymour (Whig), defeated. 1843:DanielKellogg (Dem), defeated. 1844:DanielKellogg (Dem), defeated. 1845:DanielKellogg (Dem), defeated. 1850:LuciusB. Peck (Dem), defeated. 1870 Feb 7:PeterT. Washburn, died in office. 1872:JuliusConverse (Rep), elected. 1876:JacobEstey, defeated. 1880:EdwardJohn Phelps (Dem), defeated. 1894:JonahFitz Randolph Leonard (Prohibition), defeated. 1906:FletcherD. Proctor (Rep), elected. 1912 Sep 3:AllenM. Fletcher (Rep), elected;HarlandB. Howe (Dem), defeated;FraserMetzger (Progressive), defeated;ClementF. Smith (Prohibition), defeated;FrederickW. Suitor (Socialist), defeated. 1914 Nov 3:CharlesW. Gates (Rep), elected;HarlandB. Howe (Dem), defeated;WalterJ. Aldrich (Progressive), defeated;ClementF. Smith (Prohibition), defeated;WilliamR. Rowland (Socialist), defeated. 1916 Nov 7:HoraceF. Graham (Rep), elected;WilliamB. Mayo (Dem), defeated;WilliamR. Rowland (Socialist), defeated;LesterW. Hanson (Prohibition), defeated. 1918 Nov 5:PercivalWood Clement (Rep), elected;WilliamB. Mayo (Dem & Prohibition), defeated. 1920 Nov 2:JamesHartness (Rep & Prohibition), elected;FredC. Martin (Dem), defeated. 1922 Nov 7:RedfieldProctor, Jr. (Rep & Prohibition), elected;J.Holmes Jackson (Dem), defeated. 1924 Nov 4:FranklinS. Billings (Rep), elected;FredC. Martin (Dem), defeated;GeorgeS. Wood (Prohibition), defeated. 1926 Sep 14:JohnE. Weeks (Rep), nominated;WalterK. Farnsworth (Rep), defeated in primary;MaxL. Powell (Rep), defeated in primary. 1926 Nov 2:JohnE. Weeks (Rep), elected;HerbertC. Comings (Dem & Prohibition), defeated. 1928 Nov 6:JohnE. Weeks (Rep), elected;HarryC. Shurtleff (Dem), defeated;FrankM. Post (Prohibition), defeated. 1930 Nov 4:StanleyC. Wilson (Rep), elected;ParkH. Pollard (Dem), defeated. 1932 Nov 8:StanleyC. Wilson (Rep), elected;JamesP. Leamy (Dem), defeated;FrederickW. Suitor (Socialist), defeated. 1934 Nov 6:CharlesM. Smith (Rep), elected;JamesP. Leamy (Dem), defeated;JohnG. Hutton (Socialist), defeated;ThomasBoyd (Communist), defeated. 1936 Nov 3:GeorgeD. Aiken (Rep), elected;AlfredH. Heininger (Dem), defeated;FredGardner (Communist), defeated. 1938 Nov 8:GeorgeD. Aiken (Rep), elected;FredC. Martin (Dem), defeated. 1940 Nov 5:WilliamH. Wills (Rep), elected;JohnMcGrath (Dem), defeated. 1942 Nov 3:WilliamH. Wills (Rep), elected;ParkH. Pollard (Dem), defeated. 1944 Nov 7:MortimerR. Proctor (Rep), elected;ErnestH. Bailey (Dem), defeated. 1946 Nov 5:ErnestW. Gibson (Rep), elected;BertholdC. Coburn (Dem), defeated. 1948 Nov 2:ErnestW. Gibson (Rep), elected;CharlesF. Ryan (Dem), defeated. 1950 Nov 7:LeeE. Emerson (Rep), elected;J.Edward Moran (Dem), defeated. 1952 Nov 4:LeeE. Emerson (Rep), elected;RobertW. Larrow (Dem), defeated;HenryW. Vail (Independent Republican), defeated. 1960:RobertS. Babcock, defeated. 1962 Sep 11:PhilipH. Hoff (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1962 Sep 11:F.Ray Keyser, Jr. (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1962 Nov 6:PhilipH. Hoff (Dem), elected;F.Ray Keyser, Jr. (Rep), defeated. 1964:RogerMacBride (Rep), defeated in primary. 1964:RalphA. Foote (Rep), defeated. 1966:RichardA. Snelling (Rep), defeated. 1972:JamesM. Jeffords, defeated for nomination. 1972 Nov 7:BernieSanders (Liberty Union), defeated. 1974 Nov 5:ThomasP. Salmon (Dem & Independent Vermonters), elected;WalterL. Kennedy (Rep), defeated;MarthaB. Abbott (Liberty Union), defeated. 1976 Nov 2:BernieSanders (Liberty Union), defeated. 1986:PeterP. Smith, defeated. 1986 Nov 4:BernieSanders (Ind), defeated. 1991 Aug 13:RichardA. Snelling, died in office. 1996:MaryAlice Herbert (Liberty Union), defeated. 2002:JimDouglas, elected. 2004:JimDouglas (Rep), elected. 2006:JimDouglas (Rep), elected. 2010 Nov 2:PeterShumlin (Dem), elected. 2012 Nov 6:PeterShumlin (Dem), elected. 2016 Nov 8:PhilScott (Rep), elected. | |