Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
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The Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives is the Speaker
of the Vermont House of Representatives
, the lower house
of the Vermont Legislature.
Vermont was admitted to the Union in 1791 as the fourteenth state; before this time the Vermont Republic
existed. Vermont had a unicameral legislature until 1836.
Speaker (politics)
The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...
of the Vermont House of Representatives
Vermont House of Representatives
The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members. Vermont legislative districting divides representing districts into 66 single-member districts and 42 two-member...
, the lower house
Lower house
A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
of the Vermont Legislature.
Vermont was admitted to the Union in 1791 as the fourteenth state; before this time the Vermont Republic
Vermont Republic
The term Vermont Republic has been used by later historians for the government of what became modern Vermont from 1777 to 1791. In July 1777 delegates from 28 towns met and declared independence from jurisdictions and land claims of British colonies in New Hampshire and New York. They also...
existed. Vermont had a unicameral legislature until 1836.
| Speaker | Term | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Herbert 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.... |
1870–1872 | Republican |
| Franklin Fairbanks Franklin Fairbanks Franklin Fairbanks was an American businessman, political figure, and one of the founders and first trustees of Rollins College. The president of Fairbanks Scales, he was also a philanthropist and a co-founder of the city of Winter Park, Florida.Fairbanks was born in St... |
1872–1874 | Republican |
| Horace 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.... |
1874 | Republican |
| Josiah Grout, Jr. Josiah Grout Josiah Grout, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician in the US state of Vermont.Born in Quebec, Canada to Vermonter parents, he served in the American Civil War as a Union Army officer before entering the legal profession after the war... |
1874–1876 | Republican |
| John Wolcott 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,... |
1876–1878 | Republican |
| James Loren Martin James Loren Martin James Loren Martin was a Vermont lawyer, politician, and federal judge.Martin was born in Landgrove, Vermont. He was educated in the schools of Londonderry, Vermont and Marlow, New Hampshire and received an LL.B. from Albany Law School in 1869. He was in private practice in Londonderry, Vermont... |
1878–1884 | Republican |
| James K. Batchelder James K. Batchelder James Kendrick Batchelder was a Vermont lawyer and politician.Batchelder was born on November 10, 1842, in Peru, Vermont, the son of Ira K. and Nancy Batchelder.... |
1884–1886 | Republican |
| Josiah Grout Josiah Grout Josiah Grout, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician in the US state of Vermont.Born in Quebec, Canada to Vermonter parents, he served in the American Civil War as a Union Army officer before entering the legal profession after the war... |
1886–1890 | Republican |
| Henry R. Start Henry R. Start Henry R. Start was a Vermont lawyer, judge, and politician.Start was born in Bakersfield in Franklin County, Vermont, in 1845, the son of Simeon Gould and Mary Sophia Start... |
1890 | Republican |
| Hosea A. Mann, Jr. Hosea Mann Hosea A. Mann, Jr. was a Vermont lawyer and politician.Mann born in Wilmington, Vermont, on July 13, 1858, the son of Hosea and Maria Mann. Mann was educated in the common schools and at the Brattleboro Academy and Eastman's Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York.He read law under O. E... |
1890–1892 | Republican |
| William Wallace Stickney William W. Stickney William Wallace Stickney was a Vermont lawyer and politician. A Republican, he served as the 48th Governor of Vermont from 1900 to 1902.... |
1892–1896 | Republican |
| William A. Lord | 1896–1898 | Republican |
| Kittredge Haskins Kittredge Haskins Kittredge Haskins was a Vermont lawyer and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.Born in Dover, Vermont, Haskins attended the public schools and received instruction from a private tutor.... |
1898–1900 | Republican |
| Fletcher Dutton Proctor Fletcher D. Proctor Fletcher Dutton Proctor , born in Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont, was a Republican member of the Vermont House of Representatives and the 51st Governor of Vermont, from 1906 to 1908.... |
1900–1902 | Republican |
| John H. Merrifield John H. Merrifield John H. Merrifield was a Vermont politician. Merrifield was a Republican.Merrifield was born in Newfane, Vermont on June 12, 1847... |
1902–1906 | Republican |
| Thomas Charles Cheney | 1906–1910 | Republican |
| Frank E. Howe | 1910–1912 | Republican |
| Charles Albert Plumley Charles Albert Plumley Charles Albert Plumley was a Republican U.S. Representative from Vermont, son of the U.S. Representative Frank Plumley.... |
1912–1915 | Republican |
| 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... |
1915–1917 | Republican |
| Stanley C. Wilson Stanley C. Wilson Stanley Calef Wilson was an American politician from Vermont. He served as 62nd Governor of Vermont from 1931 to 1935, and as the 55th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1929 to 1931.-External links:*... |
1917 | Republican |
| Charles S. Dana | 1917–1921 | Republican |
| Franklin S. Billings Franklin S. Billings Franklin Swift Billings was an American politician from Woodstock, Vermont. He served as the 60th Governor of Vermont from 1925 to 1927 and as the 52nd Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1923–1925. His parents were Franklin Noble Billings and Nancy Swift Billings. His son, Franklin S.... |
1921–1923 | Republican |
| Orlando L. Martin | 1923–1925 | Republican |
| Roswell M. Austin | 1925–1927 | Republican |
| Loren R. Pierce | 1927–1929 | Republican |
| Benjamin Williams Benjamin Williams (Vermont) Benjamin Williams was an American politician from Proctor, Vermont. He was born in Fair Haven, Vermont He was Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1929 to 1931 and the 56th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1931 to 1933. He died in Proctor, Vermont.-Sources:*... |
1929–1931 | Republican |
| Edward H. Deavitt | 1931–1933 | Republican |
| George David Aiken George Aiken George David Aiken was an American politician from Vermont. A Republican, he served as the 64th Governor of Vermont from 1937 to 1941 and as a U.S. Senator from 1941 to 1975... |
1933–1935 | Republican |
| Ernest E. Moore | 1935–1937 | Republican |
| Mortimer R. Proctor Mortimer R. Proctor Mortimer Robinson Proctor , known as Mortimer R. Proctor, was an American politician from Vermont. He served as the 66th Governor of Vermont from 1945 to 1947, and as the 60th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1941 to 1945... |
1937–1939 | Republican |
| Oscar L. Shepard | 1939–1941 | Republican |
| Lee Earl Emerson Lee E. Emerson Lee Earl Emerson was the 69th Governor of Vermont. He was born in Hardwick, Vermont, on December 19, 1898, and moved to Barton, Vermont, at the age of 16. He graduated from Barton Academy in 1917, received an A.B. from Syracuse University in 1921 and a LL.B. from George Washington University Law... |
1941–1943 | Republican |
| Asa S. Bloomer | 1943–1945 | Republican |
| Joseph H. Denny | 1945–1946 | Republican |
| Winston L. Prouty Winston L. Prouty Winston Lewis Prouty was a United States Representative and Senator from Vermont.Winston Lewis Prouty was born in Newport, Vermont, to Willard Robert Prouty and Margaret Prouty. The Prouty family owned and operated Prouty & Miller, a lumber and building materials company, with forests east of the... |
1947–1949 | Republican |
| J. Harold Stacey | 1949–1951 | Republican |
| Wallace M. Fay | 1951–1953 | Republican |
| Consuelo N. Bailey Consuelo N. Bailey Consuelo Northrop Bailey was an American lawyer and elected official.Bailey was elected to the Vermont Senate in 1930, and in 1931 became the first woman to be admitted to practice before the Vermont Supreme Court.... |
1953–1955 | Republican |
| John E. Hancock | 1955–1957 | Republican |
| Charles H. Brown | 1957–1959 | Republican |
| F. Ray Keyser, Jr. F. Ray Keyser, Jr. Frank Ray Keyser is a former American politician from Vermont, serving as the 72nd Governor of Vermont from 1961 to 1963.... |
1959–1961 | Republican |
| Leroy Lawrence | 1961–1963 | Republican |
| Franklin S. Billings, Jr. Franklin S. Billings, Jr. Franklin Swift Billings, Jr. is an American politician and former judge from the state of Vermont. Billings served successively as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives, chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of... |
1963–1965 | Republican |
| Richard Walker Mallary Richard W. Mallary Richard Walker Mallary was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Mallary was educated at Bradford Academy, Bradford, Vermont, and attended Dartmouth College, receiving an A.B... |
1966–1968 | Republican |
| John S. Burgess | 1969–1971 | Republican |
| Walter L. Kennedy | 1971–1974 | Republican |
| Timothy J. O'Connor, Jr. | 1975–1981 | Democratic |
| Stephan A. Morse | 1981–1984 | Republican |
| Ralph G. Wright | 1985–1995 | Democratic |
| Michael John Obuchowski | 1995–2000 | Democratic |
| Walter E. Freed | 2001–2004 | Republican |
| Gaye Randolph Symington Gaye Symington Gaye R. Symington is the former Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives, the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly... |
2005–2009 | Democratic |
| Shapleigh "Shap" Smith, Jr. Shap Smith Shapleigh "Shap" Smith, Jr. isan American politician currently serving as the Democratic Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives. Smith is a 5-term member representing the Lamoille-Washington 1 District, which includes the Towns of Elmore and Morristown in Lamoille County and Woodbury and... |
2009–present | Democratic |