List of Vermont governors from first to last

Vermont joined the Union on March 4, 1791, becoming the 14th state. It was the first state to enter the Union after the original 13 colonies.

Thomas Chittenden became the first governor of the state of Vermont on March 5, 1791.

Here is a chronological list of the governors of Vermont from first to last.

No.	Name	Term in Office	Party
1	Thomas Chittenden	March 5, 1791 – August 25, 1797	No party
2	Paul Brigham	August 25, 1797 – October 16, 1797	Democratic-Republican
3	Isaac Tichenor	October 16, 1797 – October 9, 1807	Federalist
4	Israel Smith	October 9, 1807 – October 14, 1808	Democratic-Republican
5	Isaac Tichenor	October 14, 1808 – October 14, 1809	Federalist
6	Jonas Galusha	October 14, 1809 – October 23, 1813	Democratic-Republican
7	Martin Chittenden	October 23, 1813 – October 14, 1815	Federalist
8	Jonas Galusha	October 14, 1815 – October 13, 1820	Democratic-Republican
9	Richard Skinner	October 13, 1820 – October 10, 1823	Democratic-Republican
10	Cornelius P. Van Ness	October 10, 1823 – October 13, 1826	Democratic-Republican
11	Ezra Butler	October 13, 1826 – October 10, 1828	National Republican
12	Samuel C. Crafts	October 10, 1828 – October 18, 1831	National Republican
13	William A. Palmer	October 18, 1831 – November 2, 1835	Anti-Masonic
14	Silas H. Jennison	November 2, 1835 – October 18, 1841	Whig
15	Charles Paine	October 18, 1841 – October 13, 1843	Whig
16	John Mattocks	October 13, 1843 – October 11, 1844	Whig
17	William Slade	October 11, 1844 – October 9, 1846	Whig
18	Horace Eaton	October 9, 1846 – October 19, 1848	Whig
19	Carlos Coolidge	October 19, 1848 – October 12, 1850	Whig
20	Charles K. Williams	October 12, 1850 – October 18, 1852	Whig
21	Erastus Fairbanks	October 18, 1852 – November 1, 1853	Whig
22	John S. Robinson	November 1, 1853 – October 13, 1854	Democratic
23	Stephen Royce	October 13, 1854 – October 10, 1856	Whig/Republican
24	Ryland Fletcher	October 10, 1856 – October 15, 1858	Republican
25	Hiland Hall	October 15, 1858 – October 12, 1860	Republican
26	Erastus Fairbanks	October 12, 1860 – October 22, 1861	Republican
27	Frederick Holbrook	October 22, 1861 – October 9, 1863	Republican
28	J. Gregory Smith	October 9, 1863 – October 13, 1865	Republican
29	Paul Dillingham	October 13, 1865 – October 13, 1867	Republican
30	John B. Page	October 13, 1867 – October 16, 1869	Republican
31	Peter T. Washburn	October 16, 1869 – February 7, 1870	Republican
32	George Whitman Hendee	February 7, 1870 – October 6, 1870	Republican
33	John Wolcott Stewart	October 6, 1870 – October 3, 1872	Republican
34	Julius Converse	October 3, 1872 – October 8, 1874	Republican
35	Asahel Peck	October 8, 1874 – October 5, 1876	Republican
36	Horace Fairbanks	October 5, 1876 – October 3, 1878	Republican
37	Redfield Proctor	October 3, 1878 – October 7, 1880	Republican
38	Roswell Farnham	October 7, 1880 – October 5, 1882	Republican
39	John L. Barstow	October 5, 1882 – October 2, 1884	Republican
40	Samuel E. Pingree	October 2, 1884 – October 7, 1886	Republican
41	Ebenezer J. Ormsbee	October 7, 1886 – October 4, 1888	Republican
42	William P. Dillingham	October 4, 1888 – October 2, 1890	Republican
43	Carroll S. Page	October 2, 1890 – October 6, 1892	Republican
44	Levi K. Fuller	October 6, 1892 – October 4, 1894	Republican
45	Urban A. Woodbury	October 4, 1894 – October 8, 1896	Republican
46	Josiah Grout	October 8, 1896 – October 6, 1898	Republican
47	Edward Curtis Smith	October 6, 1898 – October 4, 1900	Republican
48	William W. Stickney	October 4, 1900 – October 3, 1902	Republican
49	John G. McCullough	October 3, 1902 – October 6, 1904	Republican
50	Charles J. Bell	October 6, 1904 – October 4, 1906	Republican
51	Fletcher D. Proctor	October 4, 1906 – October 8, 1908	Republican
52	George H. Prouty	October 8, 1908 – October 6, 1910	Republican
53	John A. Mead	October 6, 1910 – October 3, 1912	Republican
54	Allen M. Fletcher	October 3, 1912 – January 7, 1915	Republican
55	Charles W. Gates	January 7, 1915 – January 4, 1917	Republican
56	Horace F. Graham	January 4, 1917 – January 10, 1919	Republican
57	Percival W. Clement	January 10, 1919 – January 7, 1921	Republican
58	James Hartness	January 7, 1921 – January 4, 1923	Republican
59	Redfield Proctor Jr.	January 4, 1923 – January 8, 1925	Republican
60	Franklin S. Billings	January 8, 1925 – January 6, 1927	Republican
61	John E. Weeks	January 6, 1927 – January 8, 1931	Republican
62	Stanley C. Wilson	January 8, 1931 – January 10, 1935	Republican
63	Charles Manley Smith	January 10, 1935 – January 7, 1937	Republican
64	George Aiken	January 7, 1937 – January 9, 1941	Republican
65	William Henry Wills	January 9, 1941 – January 4, 1945	Republican
66	Mortimer R. Proctor	January 4, 1945 – January 9, 1947	Republican
67	Ernest W. Gibson Jr.	January 9, 1947 – January 16, 1950	Republican
68	Harold J. Arthur	January 16, 1950 – January 4, 1951	Republican
69	Lee E. Emerson	January 4, 1951 – January 6, 1955	Republican
70	Joseph B. Johnson	January 6, 1955 – January 15, 1959	Republican
71	Robert Stafford	January 15, 1959 – January 5, 1961	Republican
72	F. Ray Keyser Jr.	January 5, 1961 – January 10, 1963	Republican
73	Philip H. Hoff	January 10, 1963 – January 9, 1969	Democratic
74	Deane C. Davis	January 9, 1969 – January 4, 1973	Republican
75	Thomas P. Salmon	January 4, 1973 – January 6, 1977	Democratic
76	Richard A. Snelling	January 6, 1977 – January 10, 1985	Republican
77	Madeleine Kunin	January 10, 1985 – January 10, 1991	Democratic
78	Richard A. Snelling	January 10, 1991 – August 13, 1991	Republican
79	Howard Dean	August 13, 1991 – January 9, 2003	Democratic
80	Jim Douglas	January 9, 2003 – January 6, 2011	Republican
81	Peter Shumlin	January 6, 2011 – January 5, 2017	Democratic
82	Phil Scott	January 5, 2017 – Incumbent	Republican