Vermont Auditor of Accounts | |
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Residence | Vermont |
Term length | Two years (no term limits) |
Formation | 1790 |
First holder | Elisha Clark |
Deputy | Tim Ashe (Since 2021) |
Salary | $116,730 (As of 2021) |
Website | auditor |
The Vermont State Auditor of Accounts is one of six constitutional officers in Vermont, elected statewide every two years. The Office provides an independent and objective assessment of Vermont's governmental operations.
The current Auditor is Douglas R. Hoffer, a Democrat/Progressive. He was first elected to office in 2012.
Until 1870, Vermont elected the Auditor of Accounts for one-year terms. [1] Prior to an 1883 constitutional amendment, the state auditor was chosen by a vote of the Vermont General Assembly, as was the Secretary of State of Vermont. [1] Since then, these two officials are elected by statewide popular vote, as are the governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, and attorney general. [1]
In the event of a vacancy, the governor is empowered to appoint a successor. [2] Vermont statutes require the governor to solicit recommendations from the political party of the individual who held the office prior to the vacancy, but the governor is empowered to appoint any qualified individual whether or not he or she was recommended. [2]
# | Auditor | Picture | Term | Party |
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1 | Elisha Clark | 1790–1797 | No party affiliation | |
2 | Seth Storrs | 1797–1801 | No party affiliation | |
3 | Benjamin Emmons Jr. | 1801–1807 | No party affiliation | |
4 | Alex Hutchinson | 1807–1813 | Democratic-Republican | |
5 | Job Lyman | 1813–1815 | No party affiliation | |
Alex Hutchinson | 1815–1817 | Democratic-Republican | ||
7 | Willis Hall Jr. | 1817–1819 | No party affiliation | |
8 | Norman Williams | 1819–1823 | Democratic-Republican | |
9 | David Pierce | 1823–1829 | Democratic-Republican | |
1829-1835 | National Republican | |||
1835-1839 | Anti-Masonic | |||
1839-1845 | Whig | |||
10 | Silas H. Hodges | 1845–1850 | Whig | |
11 | Frederick E. Woodbridge | 1850–1853 | Whig | |
12 | William M. Pingry | 1853–1855 | Free Soil | |
1855-1860 | Republican | |||
13 | Jeptha Bradley | 1860–1864 | Republican | |
14 | Dugald Stewart | 1864–1870 | National Union | |
1867-1870 | Republican | |||
15 | Whitman G. Ferrin | 1870–1877 | Republican | |
16 | Jedd P. Ladd | 1877–1879 | Republican | |
17 | E. Henry Powell | 1879–1892 | Republican | |
18 | Franklin D. Hale | 1892–1898 | Republican | |
19 | Orion M. Barber | 1898–1902 | Republican | |
20 | Horace F. Graham | 1902–1917 | Republican | |
21 | Benjamin Gates | 1917–1941 | Republican | |
22 | David V. Anderson | 1941–1965 | Republican | |
23 | Jay H. Gordon | 1965–1969 | Democratic | |
24 | Robert T. King | 1969–1970 | Republican | |
25 | Alexander V. Acebo | 1970–1993 | Republican | |
26 | Edward S. Flanagan | 1993–2001 | Democratic | |
27 | Elizabeth M. Ready | 2001–2005 | Democratic | |
28 | Randy Brock | 2005–2007 | Republican | |
29 | Thomas M. Salmon | 2007-2009 | Democratic | |
2009–2013 | Republican [11] | |||
29 | Doug Hoffer | 2013–present | Democratic/Progressive [12] |
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