List of governors of Vermont

Here is the list of individuals who became the Governor of Vermont.

List

As the independent Vermont Republic

See also: Vermont Republic

#	Portrait	Governor	Took office	Left office	Party	Lieutenant Governor
1		Thomas Chittenden	March 1778	October 1789	No party	Joseph Marsh (1778–1779)	No party
						Benjamin Carpenter (1779–1781)	No party
						Elisha Payne (1781–1782)	No party
						Paul Spooner (1782–1787)	No party
						Joseph Marsh (1787–1790)	No party
2		Moses Robinson	October 1789	October 1790	No party
3		Thomas Chittenden	October 1790	October 1791	No party	Peter Olcott (1790–1794)	No party

As a U.S. state

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		Paul Brigham	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		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		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	John S. Burgess (Republican)	Republican
							East
75		Thomas P. Salmon	January 4, 1973	January 6, 1977	Brian D. Burns (Democratic)	Democratic
							East
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