Democrat! That son-of-a-bitch voted twice.” From 1831 to 1962, Vermonters elected Anti-Masonic, Whig, and Republican governors over Democratic candidates with one (or possibly two) exception(s): John Robinson , governor from 1853-54; was definitely a Democrat; Paul Dillingham , governor from 1865-67 might have been one. Since Phillip Hoff got elected in 1962,