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U.S. Senate seat, Vermont (class 1)

36 members have held this seat since Oct 24, 1791. Now: Bernard Sanders I.

Holders
36
24 R · 3 F · 3 W · 2 A · 2 I · 1 AA · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
20 years
Bernard Sanders
Current
20 years
Bernard Sanders, since Jan 4, 2007
history/seat/vt-sen-1Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Moses Robinson · 1791-10-24 – 1796-10-16 · Anti-AdministrationNathaniel Chipman · 1797-05-15 – 1803-03-04 · FederalistIsrael Smith · 1803-10-17 – 1808-01-01 · RepublicanJonathan Robinson · 1809-05-22 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac Tichenor · 1815-12-04 – 1821-03-04 · FederalistHoratio Seymour · 1821-12-03 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsHoratio Seymour · 1827-12-03 – 1833-03-04 · AdamsBenjamin Swift · 1833-12-02 – 1839-03-04 · WhigSamuel Shethar Phelps · 1839-12-02 – 1845-03-04 · WhigSamuel Shethar Phelps · 1845-12-01 – 1851-03-04 · WhigSolomon Foot · 1851-12-01 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratSolomon Foot · 1857-12-07 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanSolomon Foot · 1863-12-07 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Franklin Edmunds · 1875-12-06 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Franklin Edmunds · 1881-12-05 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Franklin Edmunds · 1887-12-05 – 1892-01-01 · RepublicanRedfield Proctor · 1893-08-07 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanRedfield Proctor · 1899-12-04 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanRedfield Proctor · 1905-12-04 – 1908-03-05 · RepublicanJohn Wolcott Stewart · 1908-03-24 – 1908-10-21 · RepublicanCarroll Smalley Page · 1908-10-21 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanCarroll Smalley Page · 1911-04-04 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanCarroll Smalley Page · 1917-04-02 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Lester Greene · 1923-12-03 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Lester Greene · 1929-04-15 – 1930-12-18 · RepublicanFrank Charles Partridge · 1930-12-23 – 1931-04-01 · RepublicanWarren Robinson Austin · 1931-12-07 – 1946-08-03 · RepublicanRalph Edward Flanders · 1946-11-01 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanWinston Lewis Prouty · 1959-01-07 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Theodore Stafford · 1971-09-16 – 1989-01-04 · RepublicanBernard Sanders · 2007-01-04 – present · IndependentIsaac Tichenor · 1796-01-01 – 1797-03-04 · FederalistJonathan Robinson · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Franklin Edmunds · 1866-01-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanRedfield Proctor · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanJames M. Jeffords · 1989-01-03 – 2007-01-04 · Republican → Independent
Bernard Sanders I
Jan 4, 2007 – present · 20 years
James M. Jeffords R→I
Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 4, 2007 · 18 years
Robert Theodore Stafford R
Sep 16, 1971 – Jan 4, 1989 · 17 years
Winston Lewis Prouty R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1971 · 12 years
Ralph Edward Flanders R
Nov 1, 1946 – Jan 4, 1959 · 12 years
Warren Robinson Austin R
Dec 7, 1931 – Aug 3, 1946 · 15 years
Frank Charles Partridge R
Dec 23, 1930 – Apr 1, 1931 · 3 months
Frank Lester Greene R
Apr 15, 1929 – Dec 18, 1930 · 20 months
Frank Lester Greene R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1929 · 5.3 years
Carroll Smalley Page R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1923 · 5.9 years
Carroll Smalley Page R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1917 · 5.9 years
Carroll Smalley Page R
Oct 21, 1908 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2.4 years
John Wolcott Stewart R
Mar 24, 1908 – Oct 21, 1908 · 7 months
Redfield Proctor R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 5, 1908 · 2.3 years
Redfield Proctor R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1905 · 5.2 years
Redfield Proctor R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1899 · 5.6 years
Redfield Proctor R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
George Franklin Edmunds R
Dec 5, 1887 – Jan 1, 1892 · 4.1 years
George Franklin Edmunds R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1887 · 5.2 years
George Franklin Edmunds R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1881 · 5.2 years
George Franklin Edmunds R
Jan 1, 1866 – Mar 4, 1875 · 9.2 years
Solomon Foot R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1867 · 3.2 years
Solomon Foot R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1863 · 5.2 years
Solomon Foot IRD
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1857 · 5.3 years
Samuel Shethar Phelps W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1851 · 5.3 years
Samuel Shethar Phelps W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1845 · 5.3 years
Benjamin Swift W
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1839 · 5.3 years
Horatio Seymour A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1833 · 5.3 years
Horatio Seymour A
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1827 · 5.2 years
Isaac Tichenor F
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1821 · 5.2 years
Jonathan Robinson R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1815 · 5.8 years
Jonathan Robinson R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
Israel Smith R
Oct 17, 1803 – Jan 1, 1808 · 4.2 years
Nathaniel Chipman F
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1803 · 5.8 years
Isaac Tichenor F
Jan 1, 1796 – Mar 4, 1797 · 14 months
Moses Robinson AA
Oct 24, 1791 – Oct 16, 1796 · 5 years

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.