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Vermont House of Representatives

Lower house of the Vermont General Assembly


Lower house of the Vermont General Assembly

FieldValue
background_color
nameVermont House of Representatives
legislatureVermont General Assembly
coa_picSeal of Vermont (B&W).svg
session_roomVermont State House Representatives Hall.jpg
house_typeLower house
term_limitsNone
meeting_placeState House Chamber,
Vermont State House
Montpelier, Vermont, U.S.
new_sessionJanuary 8, 2025
leader1_typeSpeaker
leader1Jill Krowinski (D)
election1January 6, 2021
leader2_typeMajority Leader
leader2Lori Houghton (D)
election2January 6, 2025
leader4_typeMinority Leader
leader4Patricia McCoy (R)
election4January 8, 2019
redistrictingLegislative control
term_length2 years
authoritySection 7, Legislative Department, Constitution of Vermont
salary$636/week + per diem
members150
structure1Vermont House October 2025.svg
structure1_res250px
political_groups1Majority (94)
last_election1November 5, 2024
next_election1November 3, 2026
voting_system1First-past-the-post/Plurality-at-large

Vermont State House Montpelier, Vermont, U.S.

Minority (56)

The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members, with each member representing around 4,100 citizens. Representatives are elected to two-year terms without term limits.

Vermont had a unicameral legislature until 1836. It added a senate by constitutional amendment. The House meets in Representatives Hall at the Vermont State House in Montpelier. It is the only U.S. state legislature whose debating chamber seating layout comes closer to that of the Westminster-style parliament found elsewhere, being similar to debating chambers in Australian state parliaments.

One Town, One Vote

From 1777 to 1965, each city/town elected one representative to the Vermont House of Representatives, regardless of the population of the municipality. This changed with the U.S. Supreme Court's 1964 decree of "One Man, One Vote" in Reynolds v. Sims, which affected all state legislatures across the Union.

Leadership

The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by the full House by Australian Ballot. If there is only one candidate, the election is usually held by voice vote. In addition to presiding over the body, the Speaker controls committee assignments and the flow of legislation. Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders and whips, are elected by their respective party caucuses relative to their party's strength in the chamber. There are three party caucuses in the Vermont House; the Democratic Caucus which is currently in the majority, and the Republican and Progressive Caucuses, each currently being in the minority. Independent members of the House may choose to caucus with a party or none at all.

Jill Krowinski (D-Burlington) is serving her second term as House Speaker.

Current leadership

PositionNamePartyResidenceDistrict
Speaker of the HouseJill KrowinskiDemocraticBurlingtonChittenden-16
Majority LeaderEmily LongDemocraticNewfaneWindham-5
Minority LeaderPatricia McCoyRepublicanPoultneyRutland-1

Composition

AffiliationParty (shading indicates majority caucus)TotalDemocraticProgressiveIndependentRepublicanLibertarianVacantEnd 2012150Begin 2013149End 20141502015–20161502017-20181502019-20201502021–2022150Begin 2023150End 2024Begin 2025150January 25, 2025Latest voting share
Democratic Party (United States)}}"Progressive Party (Vermont)}}"Independent Party (United States)}}"Republican Party (United States)}}"Libertarian Party (United States)}}"
94534700
96544401
4500
85665300
83775300
95754300
92754600
104533800
1054371
87435600
34

Members

DistrictRepresentativePartyResidenceFirst electedAddison-1Addison-2Addison-3Addison-4Addison-5Addison-RutlandBennington-1Bennington-2Bennington-3Bennington-4Bennington-5Bennington-RutlandCaledonia-1Caledonia-2Caledonia-3Caledonia-EssexCaledonia-WashingtonChittenden-1Chittenden-2Chittenden-3Chittenden-4Chittenden-5Chittenden-6Chittenden-7Chittenden-8Chittenden-9Chittenden-10Chittenden-11Chittenden-12Chittenden-13Chittenden-14Chittenden-15Chittenden-16Chittenden-17Chittenden-18Chittenden-19Chittenden-20Chittenden-21Chittenden-22Chittenden-23Chittenden-24Chittenden-25Chittenden-FranklinEssex-CaledoniaEssex-OrleansFranklin-1Franklin-2Franklin-3Franklin-4Franklin-5Franklin-6Franklin-7Franklin-8Grand Isle-ChittendenLamoille-1Lamoille-2Lamoille-3Lamoille-WashingtonOrange-1Orange-2Orange-3Orange-CaledoniaOrange-Washington-AddisonOrleans-1Orleans-2Orleans-3Orleans-4Orleans-LamoilleRutland-1Rutland-2Rutland-3Rutland-4Rutland-5Rutland-6Rutland-7Rutland-8Rutland-9Rutland-10Rutland-11Rutland-BenningtonRutland-WindsorWashington-1Washington-2Washington-3Washington-4Washington-5Washington-6Washington-ChittendenWashington-OrangeWindham-1Windham-2Windham-3Windham-4Windham-5Windham-6Windham-7Windham-8Windham-9Windham-Windsor-BenningtonWindsor-1Windsor-2Windsor-3Windsor-4Windsor-5Windsor-6Windsor-AddisonWindsor-Orange-1Windsor-Orange-2Windsor-Windham
Robin ScheuDemMiddlebury2016
Amy SheldonDemMiddlebury2014
Peter ConlonDemCornwall2016
Matt BirongDemVergennes2018
Rob NorthRepVergennes2024
Karen LuedersDemLincoln2025↑
Herb OlsonDemStarksboro2024
Jubilee McGillDemBridport2022
Jim CaseyRepOrwell2024
Jonathan CooperDemPownal2024
Timothy Corcoran IIDemBennington2002
Will GreerDemNorth Bennington2024
David DurfeeDemShaftsbury2018
Robert HunterDemManchester2024
Kathleen JamesDemManchester2018
Mary A. MorrisseyRepBennington1996
Michael NigroDemBennington2024 (2021–2023)
Sandra "Sandy" PinsonaultRepDorset2024
Debra PowersRepMcIndoe Falls2024
Michael SouthworthRepEast Hardwick2024
Martha FeltusRepLyndon2024 (2013–2023)
Beth QuimbyRepLyndon2024↑
Scott CampbellDemSt. Johnsbury2018
Deborah Cordz DolginRepSt. Johnsbury2024
Greg BurttRepDanville2024
Jana BrownDemRichmond2020
Angela ArsenaultDemWilliston2022
Erin BradyDemWilliston2022
Edye GraningDemJericho2022
Trevor SquirrellDemUnderhill2016
Phil PouechDemHinesburg2022
Chea Waters EvansDemCharlotte2022
Kate LalleyDemShelburne2022
Shawn SweeneyDemShelburne2024
Bridget BurkhardtDemSouth Burlington2024
Emilie KrasnowDemSouth Burlington2022
Kate NugentDemSouth Burlington2022
Brian MinierDemSouth Burlington2022
Martin LaLondeDemSouth Burlington2014
Tiff BluemleDemBurlington2020
Bram KleppnerDemBurlington2024
Barbara RachelsonDemBurlington2012
Mary-Katherine StoneDem/ProgBurlington2022
Brian CinaProg/DemBurlington2016
Troy HeadrickIndBurlington2022
Jill KrowinskiDemBurlington2012↑
Kate LoganProg/DemBurlington2012
Abbey DukeDemBurlington2024↑
Robert HooperDemBurlington2018
Carol OdeDemBurlington2016
Sarita AustinDemColchester2018
Wendy CritchlowDemColchester2024
Doug BishopDemColchester2024
Gayle PezzoDemColchester2024
Daisy BerbecoDemWinooski2022
Chloe TomlinsonProg/DemWinooski2024
Karen DolanDemEssex Junction2020
Lori HoughtonDemEssex Junction2016
Leonora DodgeDemEssex Town2022
Rey GarofanoDemEssex Town2021
Alyssa BlackDemEssex Town2020
Brenda SteadyRepMilton2024
Anthony MicklusRepMilton2024
Chris TaylorRepMilton2022
John KascenskaRepEast Burke2024 (2022–2023)
Larry LaborRepMorgan2022
Ashley BartleyRep/DemFairfax2022
Carolyn BranaganRepGeorgia2022 (2003–2017)
Eileen DickinsonRepSt. Albans Town2008
Joe LuneauRepSt. Albans City2024
Thomas OliverRep/DemSheldon2022
Matt WalkerRepSwanton2022↑
Lisa HangoRepBerkshire2019↑
Wayne LarocheRepFranklin2022↑
James GregoireRepFairfield2018
Penny DemarRepEnosburg2022
VacantRep
Leland MorganRepMilton2024
Michael MorganRepWest Milton2020
Jed LipskyIndStowe2022
Richard J. BaileyRepHyde Park2024
Daniel NoyesDemWolcott2016
Lucy BoydenDemCambridge2022
Saudia LaMontDemMorrisville2022
David YacovoneDemMorrisville2024 (2017–2023)
Michael TagliaviaRepCorinth2024
Monique PriestleyDemBradford2022
Joshua DobrovichRepWilliamstown2024
Joseph ParsonsRepNewbury2020
Jay HooperDemRandolph2016
Larry SatcowitzDemBrookfield2020
Richard M. NelsonRepDerby2024
Woodman PageRepNewport City2018
Ken WellsRepNewport City2024
Leanne HarpleDemGlover2024
Mark HigleyRepLowell2008
Michael MarcotteRepNewport Town2004
Patricia McCoyRepPoultney2014
David BoschRepClarendon2024
Tom BurdittRepWest Rutland2010
Zachary HarveyRepCastleton2025↑
Christopher HowlandRepRutland Town2024
Eric MaguireRepRutland City2022
Mary HowardDemRutland City2016
Chris KeyserRepRutland City2024
Alicia MalayRep/DemPittsford2024
Todd NielsenRepBrandon2024
Bill CanfieldRepFair Haven2004
Valorie TaylorRepMendon2026↑
Chris PritchardRepPawlet2024
Kevin C. WinterRepLudlow2024
Anne DonahueIndNorthfield2002
Kenneth GoslantRepBerlin2020
Dara TorreDemMoretown2022
Candice WhiteDemWaitsfield2024
Michael BoutinRepBarre City2024
Edward WaszazakDemBarre City2024
Conor CaseyDemMontpelier2022
Kate McCannDemMontpelier2022
Ela ChapinDemEast Montpelier2022
Marc MihalyDemEast Calais2022
Tom StevensDemWaterbury2008
Theresa WoodDemWaterbury2015↑
Gina GalfettiRepBarre Town2022
Francis McFaunRepBarre Town2004
Zon EastesDemGuilford2024
Laura SibiliaIndDover2014
Michelle Bos-LunDemDummerston2020
Leslie GoldmanDemBellows Falls2020
Mike MrowickiDemPutney2008
Emily LongDemNewfane2014
Emily Carris-DuncanDemWhitingham2024
Emilie KornheiserDemBrattleboro2018
Mollie BurkeDemBrattleboro2008
Ian GoodnowDemBrattleboro2024
Christopher MorrowDemWeston2024
John BartholomewDemHartland2010
Elizabeth BurrowsDem/ProgWest Windsor2020
VL CoffinRepCavendish2024
Alice EmmonsDemSpringfield1982
Kristi MorrisDemSpringfield2019↑
Michael HoytDemWest Hartford2025↑
Charles KimbellDemWoodstock2024 (2017–2023)
Kevin "Coach" ChristieDemHartford2010
Esme ColeDemHartford2022
Kirk WhiteDemBethel2020
John O'BrienDemTunbridge2018
Rebecca HolcombeDemNorwich2022
Jim MaslandDemThetford Center1998
Thomas F. CharltonRepChester2024
  • ↑: Member was originally appointed

Past notable members

Nearly all of the Governors of the state and most of its U.S. representatives and U.S. senators were first members of this house. Other prominent members include:

  • Consuelo N. Bailey, first woman elected lieutenant governor in the United States
  • Edna Beard (1877–1928), first woman to be elected to the Vermont House, and the first elected to the Vermont Senate
  • Francis William Billado, adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard
  • Ray W. Collins, pitcher, Boston Red Sox (1909–1915)
  • John Calvin Coolidge Sr., father of President Calvin Coolidge
  • Donald E. Edwards, adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard
  • Roger Enos, commander of the Vermont Militia during the American Revolution
  • William H. Gilmore, adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard
  • Lyman Enos Knapp, Governor of the District of Alaska (1889–1893)
  • Bruce M. Lawlor, major general in the Army National Guard and one of the creators of the Department of Homeland Security
  • Trenor W. Park, businessman and philanthropist
  • Alden Partridge, founder of Norwich University
  • Lewis Samuel Partridge, adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard
  • Edward H. Ripley, Union Army officer in the American Civil War, businessman and horse breeder
  • James Watson Webb II, businessman, philanthropist, and champion polo player
  • William Seward Webb, businessman and philanthropist

Operations

The house typically meets Tuesday through Friday during the session.

References

References

  1. "REPORT OF THE LEGISLATIVE APPORTIONMENT BOARD: The 2001 Tentative Plan for the Vermont Senate".
  2. (24 July 2014). "Power of Place".
  3. (2021-12-15). "Unpacking Vermont’s history of reapportionment - Mountain Times".
  4. Bushnell, Mark. (2020-01-12). "Then Again: Until 1965, the smallest town had as much clout as the biggest city in the Vermont House".
  5. Shull, Charles W. (1941). "Reapportionment: A Chronic Problem". ''National Municipal Review''. '''30''' (2): 73–79. [[Digital object identifier. doi]]:[[doi:10.1002/ncr.4110300204. 10.1002/ncr.4110300204]]
  6. (January 4, 2023). "After record turnover, a new crop of Vermont legislators is sworn in for the 2023 session". [[Newspapers of New England]].
  7. [[Troy Headrick]] changed his affiliation from Progressive to Independent. [https://www.troyheadrick.com/2025/01/25/a-change-in-my-legislative-affiliation/]
  8. (January 8, 2009). "Following the Legislature". Burlington Free Press.
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