List of United States Senators from Vermont

Vermont was admitted to the Union on March 4, 1791. Its current United States Senators are Democrat Patrick Leahy and Independent Bernie Sanders. Leahy is the only Democrat ever elected to the Senate from Vermont but has held his office since 1975.

1 Class 1
2 Class 3
3 See also
4 Notes

Class 1

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Moses Robinson	Anti- Administration	October 17, 1791 – October 15, 1796	2	1	Elected in 1791 Resigned
		Anti- Administration		3
		Democratic- Republican		4
Vacant			October 15, 1796 – October 18, 1796	4		Vacant
2	Isaac Tichenor	Federalist	October 18, 1796 – October 17, 1797	4 (Continued)		Elected in 1796 to finish Robinson's term
2	Isaac Tichenor	Federalist	October 18, 1796 – October 17, 1797	5	2	Elected in 1796 to full term Resigned to become Governor of Vermont
3	Nathaniel Chipman	Federalist	October 17, 1797 – March 4, 1803	5 (Continued)		Elected in 1797 to finish Tichenor's term Lost re-election
				6
				7
4	Israel Smith	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1803 – October 1, 1807	8	3	Elected in 1803 Resigned
				9
				10
Vacant			October 1, 1807 – October 10, 1807	10		Vacant
5	Jonathan Robinson	Democratic- Republican	October 10, 1807 – March 4, 1815	10 (Continued)		Elected to finish Smith's term
				11	4	Re-elected in 1809 Retired
				12
				13
6	Isaac Tichenor	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1821	14	5	Elected in 1814
				15
				16
7	Horatio Seymour	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1833	17	6	Elected in 1821
		Adams Republican		18
		Anti- Jacksonian		19
		Adams		20	7	Re-elected in 1827 Retired to run for Governor of Vermont
		Anti- Jacksonian		21
		Anti- Jacksonian		22
8	Benjamin Swift	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1839	23	8	Elected in 1833 Retired
				24
				25
9	Samuel S. Phelps	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1851	26	9	Elected in 1839
				27
				28
				29	10	Re-elected in 1845
				30
				31
10	Solomon Foot	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 28, 1866	32	11	Elected in 1851
		Whig		33
		Opposition		34
		Republican		35	12	Re-elected in 1857
				36
				37
				38	13	Re-elected in 1863 Died
				39		Re-elected in 1863 Died
Vacant			March 28, 1866 – April 3, 1866	39		Vacant
11	George F. Edmunds	Republican	April 3, 1866 – November 1, 1891	39 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Foot's term Elected to finish Foot's term
				40
				41	14	Re-elected in 1869
				42
				43
				44	15	Re-elected in 1875
				45
				46
				47	16	Re-elected in 1881
				48
				49
				50	17	Re-elected in 1887 Resigned
				51
				52
12	Redfield Proctor	Republican	November 2, 1891 – March 4, 1908	52 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Edmund's term Elected to finish Edmund's term
				53	18	Re-elected in 1893
				54
				55
				56	19	Re-elected in 1899
				57
				58
				59	20	Re-elected in 1905 Died
				60		Re-elected in 1905 Died
Vacant			March 4, 1908 – March 24, 1908			Vacant
13	John W. Stewart	Republican	March 24, 1908 – October 21, 1908			Appointed to continue Protor's term Retired
14	Carroll S. Page	Republican	October 21, 1908 – March 4, 1923	60 (Continued)		Elected to finish Stewart's term
				61		Elected to finish Stewart's term
				62	21	Re-elected in 1909
				63
				64
				65	22	Re-elected in 1916 Retired
				66
				67
15	Frank L. Greene	Republican	March 4, 1923 – December 17, 1930	68	23	Elected in 1922
				69
				70
				71	24	Re-elected in 1928 Died
Vacant			December 17, 1930 – December 23, 1930	71		Vacant
16	Frank C. Partridge	Republican	December 23, 1930 – March 31, 1931	71 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Greene's term Lost nomination to finish Greene's term
16	Frank C. Partridge	Republican	December 23, 1930 – March 31, 1931	72
17	Warren Austin	Republican	April 1, 1931 – August 2, 1946	72		Elected to finish Greene's term
				73		Elected to finish Greene's term
				74	25	Re-elected in 1934
				75
				76
				77	26	Re-elected in 1940 Resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
				78
				79
Vacant			August 2, 1946 – November 1, 1946	79		Vacant
18	Ralph Flanders	Republican	November 1, 1946 – January 3, 1959	79 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Austin's term
				80	27	Elected in 1946
				81
				82
				83	28	Re-elected in 1952 Retired
				84
				85
19	Winston L. Prouty	Republican	January 3, 1959 – September 10, 1971	86	29	Elected in 1958
				87
				88
				89	30	Re-elected in 1964
				90
				91
				92	31	Re-elected in 1970 Died
Vacant			September 10, 1971 – September 16, 1971	92		Vacant
20	Robert Stafford	Republican	September 16, 1971 – January 3, 1989	92 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Prouty's term Elected to finish Prouty's term
				93
				94
				95	32	Re-elected in 1976
				96
				97
				98	33	Re-elected in 1982 Retired
				99
				100
21	Jim Jeffords	Republican	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2007	101	34	Elected in 1988
				102
				103
				104	35	Re-elected in 1994
				105
				106
				107	36	Re-elected in 2000 Switched parties June 6, 2001 Retired
		Independent		107 (Continued)
				108
				109
22	Bernie Sanders	Independent	January 3, 2007 – Present	110	37	Elected in 2006
				111
				112
				113	38	Re-elected in 2012
				114
				115
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 3

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Stephen R. Bradley	Anti- Administration	October 17, 1791 – March 4, 1795	2	1	Elected in 1791 Lost re-election
1	Stephen R. Bradley	Anti- Administration	October 17, 1791 – March 4, 1795	3	1	Elected in 1791 Lost re-election
2	Elijah Paine	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – September 1, 1801	4	2	Elected in 1795
				5
				6
				7	3	Re-elected in 1801 Resigned
Vacant			September 1, 1801 – October 15, 1801	7
3	Stephen R. Bradley	Democratic- Republican	October 15, 1801 – March 4, 1813	7 (Continued)		Elected to finish Paine's term
				8
				9
				10	4	Re-elected in 1807 Retired
				11
				12
4	Dudley Chase	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1813 – November 3, 1817	13	5	Elected in 1813 Resigned
				14
				15
5	James Fisk	Democratic- Republican	November 4, 1817 – January 8, 1818			Elected to finish Chase's term Resigned
Vacant			January 8, 1818 – October 20, 1818
6	William A. Palmer	Democratic- Republican	October 20, 1818 – March 4, 1825	15 (Continued)		Elected to finish Fisk's term
				16	6	Re-elected in 1819 Retired
				17
		Adams-Clay Republican		18
7	Dudley Chase	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1831	19	7	Elected in 1825
		Adams		20
		Anti- Jacksonian		21
8	Samuel Prentiss	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – April 11, 1842	22	8	Elected in 1831
				23
				24
		Whig		25	9	Re-elected in 1837 Resigned
				26
				27
Vacant			April 11, 1842 – April 23, 1842	27
9	Samuel C. Crafts	Whig	April 23, 1842 – March 4, 1843	27 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Prentiss's term Elected to finish Prentiss's term Retired
10	William Upham	Whig	March 4, 1843 – January 14, 1853	28	10	Elected in 1843
				29
				30
				31	11	Re-elected in 1849 Died
				32
Vacant			January 14, 1853 – January 17, 1853	32
11	Samuel S. Phelps	Whig	January 17, 1853 – March 16, 1854	32 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Upham's term Lost entitlement to sit^[1]
11	Samuel S. Phelps	Whig	January 17, 1853 – March 16, 1854	33
Vacant			March 16, 1854 – October 14, 1854	33
12	Lawrence Brainerd	Free Soil	October 14, 1854 – March 4, 1855	33 (Continued)		Retired
13	Jacob Collamer	Whig	March 4, 1855 – November 9, 1865	34	12	Elected in 1855
				35
				36
		Republican		37	13	Re-elected in 1861 Died
				38
				39
Vacant			November 9, 1865 – November 21, 1865	39
14	Luke P. Poland	Republican	November 21, 1865 – March 4, 1867	39 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Collamer's term Elected to finish Collamer's term Lost re-election
15	Justin S. Morrill	Republican	March 4, 1867 – December 28, 1898	40	14	Elected in 1867
				41
				42
				43	15	Re-elected in 1873
				44
				45
				46	16	Re-elected in 1879
				47
				48
				49	17	Re-elected in 1885
				50
				51
				52	18	Re-elected in 1891
				53
				54
				55	19	Re-elected in 1897 Died
Vacant			December 28, 1898 – January 11, 1899
16	Jonathan Ross	Republican	January 11, 1899 – October 18, 1900			Appointed to continue Morrill's term Retired when successor elected
17	William P. Dillingham	Republican	October 18, 1900 – July 23, 1923	55 (Continued)		Elected to finish Morrill's term
				56
				57
				58	20	Re-elected in 1903
				59
				60
				61	21	Re-elected in 1909
				62
				63
				64	22	Re-elected in 1914
				65
				66
				67	23	Re-elected in 1920 Died
				68		Re-elected in 1920 Died
Vacant			July 23, 1923 – November 7, 1923	68
18	Porter H. Dale	Republican	November 7, 1923 – October 6, 1933	68 (Continued)		Elected to finish Dillingham's term
				69		Elected to finish Dillingham's term
				70	24	Re-elected in 1926
				71
				72
				73	25	Re-elected in 1932 Died
Vacant			October 6, 1933 – November 21, 1933	73
19	Ernest W. Gibson	Republican	November 21, 1933 – June 20, 1940	73 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Dale's term Elected to finish Dale's term
				74
				75
				76	26	Re-elected in 1938 Died
Vacant			June 20, 1940 – June 24, 1940
20	Ernest W. Gibson, Jr.	Republican	June 24, 1940 – November 5, 1940			Appointed to continue his father's term Retired
Vacant			November 5, 1940 – January 10, 1941
21	George Aiken	Republican	January 10, 1941 – January 3, 1975	76 (Continued)		Elected to finish Gibson's term, but took office late to finish Gubernatorial term
				77
				78
				79	27	Re-elected in 1944
				80
				81
				82	28	Re-elected in 1950
				83
				84
				85	29	Re-elected in 1956
				86
				87
				88	30	Re-elected in 1962
				89
				90
				91	31	Re-elected in 1968 Retired
				92
				93
22	Patrick Leahy	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – Present	94	32	Elected in 1974
				95
				96
				97	33	Re-elected in 1980
				98
				99
				100	34	Re-elected in 1986
				101
				102
				103	35	Re-elected in 1992
				104
				105
				106	36	Re-elected in 1998
				107
				108
				109	37	Re-elected in 2004
				110
				111
				112	38	Re-elected in 2010
				113
				114

Notes

^ Phelps had been appointed by the governor during a recess of the state legislature, and the legislature later convened and adjourned a session without electing a senator to replace fill the vacancy. The Senate ruled that Phelps had lost his entitlement to sit when the legislature adjourned. See The Constitution in Congress.

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