Vermont's 1st congressional district
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Vermont's 1st congressional district is an obsolete district. Vermont currently has one representative to the United States House of Representatives, elected state-wide At-large. Until 1933, however, the state used to have multiple seats spread out into geographic districts. During that time, the first district elected its own representative.

List of representatives

Representative Lived Party Term Notes
District created: March 4, 1791
Vacant March 4, 1791 - October 16, 1791
Israel Smith
Israel Smith
Israel Smith was an American lawyer and politician who held a wide variety of positions in the state of Vermont....

 
(1759-1810) Anti-Administration
Anti-Administration Party (United States)
Anti-Administration "Party" was the informal faction comprising the opponents of the policies of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in the first term of President George Washington. This was not an organized political party but an unorganized faction...

 
October 17, 1791 – March 3, 1795
Democratic-Republican
Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along...

 
March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 Defeated
Matthew Lyon
Matthew Lyon
Matthew Lyon , father of Chittenden Lyon and great-grandfather of William Peters Hepburn, was a printer, farmer, soldier and politician, serving as a United States Representative from both Vermont and Kentucky....

 
(1749-1822) Democratic-Republican
Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along...

 
March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1801 Retired
Israel Smith
Israel Smith
Israel Smith was an American lawyer and politician who held a wide variety of positions in the state of Vermont....

 
(2nd time)
(1759-1810) Democratic-Republican
Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along...

 
March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 Elected to U.S. Senate
Gideon Olin
Gideon Olin
Gideon Olin was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. He received a limited schooling and engaged in agricultural pursuits. Later, he moved to Vermont and settled in Shaftsbury in 1776.Olin was a delegate to the Windsor Convention in 1777...

 
(1743-1823) Democratic-Republican
Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along...

 
March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 Retired
James Witherell
James Witherell
James Witherell was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Mansfield, Massachusetts. After completing preparatory studies, he served in the Continental Army 1775-1783 during the American Revolutionary War. He entered service as a private and rose to the rank of Adjutant in...

 
(1759-1838) Democratic-Republican
Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along...

 
March 4, 1803 – May 1, 1808 Appt. to MI Supreme Court
Vacant May 2, 1808 - September 5, 1808
Samuel Shaw
Samuel Shaw
Samuel Shaw was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Dighton, Massachusetts. He received a limited schooling as a youth. He moved to Putney, Vermont and studied medicine and commenced practice in Castleton in 1789.Shaw was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives...

 
(1768-1827) Democratic-Republican
Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along...

 
September 6, 1808 – March 3, 1813 Joined military
District inactive March 4, 1813 - March 3, 1821
Rollin C. Mallary
Rollin Carolas Mallary
Rollin Carolas Mallary was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.Born in Cheshire, Connecticut, Mallary was graduated from Middlebury College in 1805....

 
(1784-1831) Democratic-Republican
Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along...

 
March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823
Adams-Clay D-R
Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along...

 
March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825 Re-elected to
William C. Bradley
William Czar Bradley
William Czar Bradley was a U.S. Representative from Vermont, son of Stephen Row Bradley.Born in Westminster, Vermont, Bradley received his early education in the schools of Cheshire, Connecticut, and Charlestown, New Hampshire, and for a short time attended Yale College. He studied law, was...

 
(1782-1867) Adams  March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1827 Defeated
Jonathan Hunt
Jonathan Hunt (Vermont Representative)
General Jonathan Hunt was a member of the United States House of Representatives and the prominent Hunt family of Vermont. He was born in Vernon, Windham County, Vermont, and graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1807. Afterwards, Hunt studied law and was admitted to the bar...

 
(1787-1832) Adams  March 4, 1827 - March 3, 1829
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1829 – May 15, 1832 Died
Vacant May 16, 1832 - December 31, 1832
Hiland Hall
Hiland Hall
Hiland Hall was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Bennington, Vermont. He attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1819 and commenced practice in Bennington....

 
(1795-1885) Anti-Jacksonian  January 1, 1833 - March 3, 1837
Whig
Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

 
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 Appt. Banking Commissioner
Solomon Foot
Solomon Foot
Solomon Foot was a Vermont lawyer, state representative and later senator who spent more than 25 years in elected office. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1826 and was admitted to the bar in 1831. He served as a state representative briefly in 1833, and also from 1836 to 1838...

 
(1802-1866) Whig
Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1847 Defeated
William Henry
William Henry (congressman)
William Henry was an American manufacturer and banker. He represented Vermont in the U.S. Congress from 1847 to 1851.-External links:*...

 
(1788-1861) Whig
Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1851 Defeated
Ahiman L. Miner
Ahiman Louis Miner
Ahiman Louis Miner was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.Born in Middletown, Vermont, Miner attended the common schools and Castleton Academy. He studied law in Poultney and Rutland, Vermont. He was admitted to the bar in 1832 and practiced in Wallingford 1833-1836. He moved to Manchester,...

 
(1804-1886) Whig
Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

 
March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853 Retired
James Meacham
James Meacham
James Meacham was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Rutland, Vermont. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1832 and taught in the seminary at Castleton, Vermont. In addition, he attended the local academy at St. Albans, Vermont and attended Andover Theological...

 
(1810–1856) Whig
Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

 
March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855
Opposition
Opposition Party (United States)
The Opposition Party in the United States is a label with two different applications in Congressional history, as a majority party in Congress 1854-58, and as a Third Party in the South 1858-1860....

 
March 4, 1855 – August 23, 1856 Died
Vacant August 24, 1856 - November 30, 1856
George T. Hodges
George Tisdale Hodges
George Tisdale Hodges was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.Born in Clarendon, Vermont, Hodges attended the common schools.He engaged in business in Rutland, Vermont....

 
(1789-1860) Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 
December 1, 1856 - March 3, 1857 Retired
Eliakim P. Walton
Eliakim Persons Walton
Eliakim Persons Walton was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.Born in Montpelier, Vermont, Walton attended the common schools.Apprenticed to a printer.He studied law, but did not practice....

 
(1812-1890) Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 
March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1863 Retired
Frederick E. Woodbridge
Frederick E. Woodbridge
Frederick Enoch Woodbridge was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Vermont.-Biography:Born in Vergennes, Vermont, Woodbridge graduated from the University of Vermont in 1840, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1843, commencing practice in Vergennes...

 
(1818-1888) Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 
March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1869 Retired
Charles W. Willard
Charles W. Willard
Charles Wesley Willard was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.Born in Lyndon, Vermont, Willard was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1851. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Montpelier in 1853. He was Secretary of State of Vermont in...

 
(1827-1880) Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 
March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1875 Defeated
Charles H. Joyce
Charles Herbert Joyce
Charles Herbert Joyce was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.Joyce was born near Andover, England. At age six, in 1836, he immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Waitsfield, Vermont....

 
(1830-1916) Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 
March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1883 Retired
John W. Stewart
John Wolcott Stewart
John Wolcott Stewart was an American lawyer and politician from Vermont. He served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives and as the 33rd Governor of Vermont before serving in the United States House of Representatives and briefly in the United States Senate.Born in Middlebury,...

 
(1825-1915) Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 
March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1891 Retired
H. Henry Powers
H. Henry Powers
Horace Henry Powers was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.Born in Morristown, Vermont, Powers attended Peoples Academy.He was graduated from the University of Vermont at Burlington in 1855.He studied law....

 
(1835-1913) Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 
March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1901 Defeated
David J. Foster
David J. Foster
David Johnson Foster was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.Born in Barnet, Vermont, Foster attended the public schools of his native city and was graduated from the St...

 
(1857-1912) Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 
March 4, 1901 - March 21, 1912 Died
Vacant March 22, 1912 - July 29, 1912 Special election
Frank L. Greene
Frank L. Greene
Frank Lester Greene was a United States Representative and Senator from Vermont. Born in St. Albans, Vermont, he attended the public schools and was employed by the Central Vermont Railway Co. in various capacities from 1883 to 1891...

 
(1870-1930) Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 
July 30, 1912 - March 3, 1923 Elected to U.S. Senate
Frederick G. Fleetwood
Frederick G. Fleetwood
Frederick Gleed Fleetwood was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont, Fleetwood attended the common schools of St. Johnsbury, and was graduated from St...

 
(1868-1938) Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 
March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1925 Retired
Elbert S. Brigham
Elbert S. Brigham
Elbert Sidney Brigham was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.Born in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, Brigham attended the graded schools....

 
(1877-1962) Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 
March 4, 1925 - March 3, 1931 Retired
John E. Weeks
John E. Weeks
John Eliakim Weeks was an American politician from Vermont. He served as the 61st Governor of Vermont from 1927 to 1931. He served as a Vermont state court judge from 1884 to 1886, and 1902 to 1904...

 
(1853-1949) Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1931 - March 3, 1933 Retired
District inactive March 4, 1933 - Current
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