List of Governors of Vermont
As a U.S. state
Political party Democratic (6) Democratic-Republican (6) Federalist (3) No party (1) National Republican (2) Republican (54) Whig (8)

List of Governors of Vermont

Section Title: As a U.S. state
Table Section Text: 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	-	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	VshPaine.JPG	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	VshJosiahGrout.JPG	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	Republican	East

John S. Burgess (Republican)

75	-	Thomas P. Salmon	January 4, 1973	January 6, 1977	Democratic	East

Brian D. Burns (Democratic)

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	David Zuckerman (Progressive/Democratic)	Republican	East

Sentence(s)

Richard Skinner served as the ninth Governor of Vermont.

final_sentence: Richard Skinner served as the ninth Governor of Vermont.