List of United States Senators from Vermont

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The List of United States Senators from Vermont pointing to all persons who ever for this state of the US Senate have listened to the Senate classes sorted. One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The elections for the class 1 senators took place in 2018. The class 3 senators were last elected in November 2016.

class 1

Vermont has been a US state since March 4, 1791 and to date has had 21 class 1 senators in Congress , one of whom, Isaac Tichenor, served two non-contiguous terms.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Moses Robinson 1791-1796 Democratic Republican March 22, 1741-26. May 1813
Isaac Tichenor 1796-1797 federalist February 8, 1754-11. December 1838
Nathaniel Chipman 1797-1803 federalist November 15, 1752-13. February 1843
Israel Smith 1803-1807 Democratic Republican April 4, 1759–2. December 1810
Jonathan Robinson 1807-1815 Democratic Republican August 11, 1756-3. November 1819
Isaac Tichenor 1815-1821 federalist February 8, 1754-11. December 1838
Horatio Seymour 1821-1833 Democratic Republican later National Republican
May 31, 1778-21. November 1857
Benjamin Swift 1833-1839 Whig April 3, 1781-11. November 1847
Samuel Shethar Phelps 1839-1851 Whig May 13, 1793-25. March 1855
Solomon Foot 1851-1866 Whig Republican
from 1857
November 19, 1802-28. March 1866
George Franklin Edmunds 1866-1891 republican February 1, 1828-27. February 1919
Redfield Proctor 1891-1908 republican June 1, 1831–4. March 1908
John Wolcott Stewart 1908 republican November 24, 1825-29. October 1915
Carroll Smalley Page 1908-1923 republican January 10, 1843-3. December 1925
Frank Lester Greene 1923-1930 republican February 10, 1870-17. December 1930
Frank Charles Partridge 1930-1931 republican May 7, 1861–2. March 1943
Warren Robinson Austin 1931-1946 republican November 12, 1877-25. December 1962
Ralph Edward Flanders 1946-1959 republican September 28, 1880-19. February 1970
Winston Lewis Prouty 1959-1971 republican September 1, 1906-10. September 1971
Robert Theodore Stafford 1971-1989 republican August 8, 1913-23. December 2006
James Merrill Jeffords 1989-2007 Republican
Independent from 2001
May 11, 1934-18. August 2014
Bernard Sanders since 2007 More independent * September 8, 1941

Class 3

Vermont has 20 class 3 senators to date , two of whom, Stephen Bradley and Dudley Chase, served two non-consecutive terms.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Stephen Row Bradley 1791-1795 Democratic Republican February 20, 1754-9. December 1830
Elijah Paine 1795-1801 federalist January 21, 1757-28. April 1842
Stephen Row Bradley 1801-1813 Democratic Republican February 20, 1754-9. December 1830
Dudley Chase 1813-1817 Democratic Republican December 30, 1771-23. February 1846
James Fisk 1817-1818 Democratic Republican October 4, 1763-17. November 1844
William Adams Palmer 1818-1825 Democratic Republican September 12, 1781-3. December 1860
Dudley Chase 1825-1831 National Republicans December 30, 1771-23. February 1846
Samuel Prentiss 1831-1842 Whig March 31, 1782–15. January 1857
Samuel Chandler Crafts 1842-1843 Whig October 6, 1768-19. November 1853
William Upham 1843-1853 Whig August 5, 1792-14. January 1853
Samuel S. Phelps 1853-1854 Whig May 13, 1793-25. March 1855
Lawrence Brainerd 1854-1855 Free soil March 16, 1794-9. May 1870
Jacob Collamer 1855-1865 republican January 8, 1792–9. November 1865
Luke Potter Poland 1865-1867 republican November 1, 1815–2. July 1887
Justin Smith Morrill 1867-1898 republican April 14, 1810-28. December 1898
Jonathan Ross 1899-1900 republican April 30, 1826-23. February 1905
William Paul Dillingham 1900-1923 republican December 12, 1843-12. July 1923
Porter Hinman Dale 1923-1933 republican March 1, 1867–6. October 1933
Ernest Gibson Sr. 1933-1940 republican December 29, 1872-20. June 1940
Ernest Gibson Jr. 1940-1941 republican March 6, 1901-4. November 1969
George David Aiken 1941-1975 republican August 20, 1892-19. November 1984
Patrick Joseph Leahy since 1975 democrat * March 31, 1940

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