The Vermont Senate is the upper house of the Vermont General Assembly,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The senate consists of 30 members. Senate districting divides the 30 members into three single-member districts,six two-member districts,three three-member districts,and one six-member district. Each senator represents at least 20,300 citizens. Senators are elected to two-year terms and there is no limit to the number of terms that a senator may serve.
Thomas L. Hayes was the 71st lieutenant governor of Vermont and a Vermont Supreme Court Justice. He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1985 by then-Governor Madeleine M. Kunin.
The President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate presides over the Senate of the U.S. state of Vermont in the absence of the Lieutenant Governor. The President pro tempore also sets the policy priorities and legislative agenda for the Senate.
Stephen W. Webster is an American attorney,politician and woodland manager from Vermont. He served as President of the Vermont State Senate from 1995 to 1997.
Charles Bayley Adams was a Vermont politician,judge and attorney who served as President of the Vermont State Senate and a justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.
John A. Page was a Vermont banker and political figure who served as Vermont State Treasurer.
The 1974 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 5,1974. The incumbent Republican Senator,George Aiken,did not run for re-election to another term in the United States Senate. The Democratic nominee,attorney and prosecutor Patrick Leahy,defeated Republican nominee,then-Rep. Richard W. Mallary,to become Aiken's successor.
William H. Dubois was a Vermont businessman and political figure who served for eight years as Vermont State Treasurer.
Rebecca A. "Becca" Balint is an American politician who is a member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's at-large congressional district as a member of the Democratic Party. She served as a member of the Vermont Senate from Windham County from 2015 to 2023,as majority leader from 2017 to 2021,and as president pro tempore from 2021 to 2023.
Harry H. Cooley was a Vermont teacher,farmer and public official who served in the Vermont House of Representatives and as Secretary of State.
Francis K. Brooks is a Vermont educator and politician who served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007. Brooks was a member of the Vermont Senate from 2017 to 2019.
Ann Cummings is a Vermont businesswoman and Democratic politician. She has served as mayor of Montpelier and a State Senator.
Kevin J. Mullin is a Vermont businessman and Republican politician who has served in both the Vermont House of Representatives and Vermont Senate.
Harry B. Amey was a Vermont attorney and public official. He is notable for his service as state's attorney of Essex County,a member of the Vermont House of Representatives and Vermont Senate,and as United States Attorney for the District of Vermont from 1923 to 1932.
Molly Rose Gray is an American attorney and politician who served as the 83rd lieutenant governor of Vermont from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she was an assistant attorney general for Vermont from 2018 to 2021.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont was held on November 8,2022,to elect the U.S. representative from Vermont's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the U.S. Senate,as well as various other state and local elections.
The 1854 Vermont gubernatorial election for governor of Vermont took place on September 5. The Whig nominee was Stephen Royce,former Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. The Democratic nominee was Merritt Clark,and Lawrence Brainerd ran as the nominee of the Free Soil Party even as he was one of the organizers of the new anti-slavery Republican Party and appeared as a Whig candidate for the Vermont Senate on the ballot in Franklin County. Whig William C. Kittredge was nominated for governor against his wishes by advocates of the Temperance movement and Democrat Horatio Needham also attracted the support of some Free Soil advocates.
The 1861 Vermont gubernatorial election for governor of Vermont was held on Tuesday,September 3. In keeping with the "Mountain Rule",incumbent Republican Erastus Fairbanks,who had also served as governor from 1852 to 1853,was not a candidate for a third one-year term. The Republican nominee was Frederick Holbrook,a former member of the Vermont Senate. With the Democratic Party split nationally over the issue of slavery during the American Civil War,Andrew Tracy,a former member of the United States House of Representatives,appeared on the ballot as a pro-Union Democrat. Benjamin H. Smalley was on the ballot as a "Peace Democrat," Democrats who favored a compromise with the states that had formed the Confederacy.
The 1862 Vermont gubernatorial election for governor of Vermont was held on Tuesday,September 2. In keeping with the "Mountain Rule",incumbent Republican Frederick Holbrook was a candidate for a second one-year term. The Democratic nominee was Benjamin H. Smalley,who had been on the ballot in 1861 as the gubernatorial candidate of the "Peace Democrats," who favored compromise with the Confederacy.
The 2022 Vermont Senate election took place on November 8,2022,as part of the biennial United States elections. The election coincided with elections for other offices including the U.S. Senate,U.S. House,Governor,and State House. Vermont voters elected all 30 state senators from 16 districts,with each district electing between one and three senators. State senators serve two-year terms in the Vermont Senate. Primary elections were held on August 9,2022. This election will be the first to use new districts adopted by the Vermont General Assembly to allocate for population changes across the state after the 2020 census.
