Vermont House of Representatives
Vermont House of Representatives | |
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Vermont General Assembly | |
Type | |
Type | |
Term limits | None |
History | |
New session started | January 5, 2015 |
Leadership | |
Speaker of the House | |
Majority Leader | |
Minority Leader | |
Progressive Leader | |
Structure | |
Seats | 150 |
Political groups |
Majority
Minority |
Length of term | 2 years |
Authority | Section 7, Legislative Department, Vermont Constitution |
Salary | $636/week + per diem |
Elections | |
Last election |
November 4, 2014 (150 seats) |
Next election |
November 1, 2016 (150 seats) |
Redistricting | Legislative Control |
Meeting place | |
The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members, with each member representing around 4,100 citizens. Representatives are elected to a two-year term without term limits.
Vermont had a unicameral legislature until 1836. It added a senate by constitutional amendment.[1] The House meets in Representatives Hall at the Vermont State House in Montpelier.
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 for Speaker it is commonly a voice vote for the election of the Speaker. In addition to presiding over the body, the Speaker is also the chief leadership position, and controls the flow of legislation and committee assignments. Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses relative to their party's strength in the chamber.
The current Speaker is Democrat Shap Smith of the Lamoille-Washington-1 District. The Majority Leader is Sarah Copeland-Hanzas of the Orange-2 District. The Minority Leader is Republican Donald H. Turner of the Chittenden-9 District. The current Clerk of the House is Donald Milne, First Assistant Clerk is William MaGill and the Second Assistant Clerk is H. Gwynn Zakov.[2]
Leadership information
Position | Name | Party | Residence | District |
---|---|---|---|---|
Speaker of the House | Shap Smith | Democratic | Morristown | Lamoille-Washington |
Majority Leader | Sarah Copeland-Hanzas | Democratic | Bradford | Orange-2 |
Assistant Majority Leader | Kate Webb | Democratic | Shelburne | Chittenden-5-1 |
Minority Leader | Donald H. Turner | Republican | Milton | Chittenden-10 |
Assistant Minority Leader | Brian K. Savage | Republican | Swanton | Franklin-4 |
Progressive Leader | Christopher Pearson | Progressive | Burlington | Chittenden-6-4 |
Assistant Progressive Leader | Susan Davis | Progressive | West Topsham | Orange-1 |
Composition
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Prog | Ind | Republican | Vacant | ||
End of previous legislature | 94 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 150 | 0 |
Begin[3] | 96 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 149 | 1 |
February 7, 2013[4] | 45 | 150 | 0 | |||
End of previous legislature | ||||||
Begin | 85 | 6 | 6 | 53 | 150 | 0 |
Latest voting share | 64.7% | 35.3% |
Seven members of the Democratic Caucus are also affiliated with the Vermont Working Families Party.
Members
District | Representative | Party | Residence | First elected |
---|---|---|---|---|
Addison-1 | Betty Nuovo | Dem | Middlebury | 1996 (1981–1990) |
Amy Sheldon | Dem | Middlebury | 2014 | |
Addison-2 | Willem Jewett | Dem | Ripton | 2002 |
Addison-3 | Diane Lanpher | Dem | Vergennes | 2008 |
Warren Van Wyck | Rep | Ferrisburgh | 2013† | |
Addison-4 | Fred Baser | Dem | Lincoln | 2000 |
David Sharpe | Rep | Bristol | 2014 | |
Addison-5 | Harvey Smith | Rep | New Haven | 2010 |
Addison-Rutland-1 | Allison Eastman | Ind | Orwell | 2014 |
Bennington-1 | Bill Botzow | Dem | Bennington | 2002 |
Bennington-2-1 | Timothy Corcoran II | Dem | Bennington | 2002 |
Rachael Fields | Dem | Bennington | 2014 | |
Bennington-2-2 | Ruqaiyah "Kiah" Morris | Dem | Bennington | 2014 |
Mary A. Morrissey | Rep | Bennington | 1996 | |
Bennington-3 | Alice Miller | Dem | Shaftsbury | 1996 |
Bennington-4 | Steven Berry | Dem | Manchester | 2014 |
Cynthia Browning | Dem | Arlington | 2006 | |
Bennington-Rutland-1 | Patti Komline | Rep | Dorset | 2004 |
Caledonia-1 | Marcia Martel | Rep | Waterford | 2014 |
Caledonia-2 | Joseph Troiano | Dem | East Hardwick | 2014 |
Caledonia-3 | Scott Beck | Rep | St. Johnsbury | 2014 |
Robert South | Dem | St. Johnsbury | 2008 | |
Caledonia-4 | Martha Feltus | Rep | Lyndonville | 2012 |
Richard Lawrence | Rep | Lyndonville | 2004 | |
Caledonia-Washington-1 | Kitty Beattie Toll | Dem | Danville | 2008 |
Chittenden-1 | Anne Theresa O'Brien | Dem | Richmond | 2008 |
Chittenden-2 | Terence Macaig | Dem | Williston | 2008 |
Jim McCullough | Dem | Williston | 2002 | |
Chittenden-3 | William Frank | Dem | Underhill | 2004 |
George Till | Dem | Jericho | 2008 | |
Chittenden-4-1 | Mike Yantachka | Dem | Charlotte | 2010 |
Chittenden-4-2 | William J. Lippert | Dem | Hinesburg | 1992 |
Chittenden-5-1 | Kate Webb | Dem | Shelburne | 2008 |
Chittenden-5-2 | Joan Lenes | Dem | Shelburne | 2004 |
Chittenden-6-1 | Joanna Cole | Dem | Burlington | 2012 |
Kurt Wright | Rep | Burlington | 2000 | |
Chittenden-6-2 | Jean O'Sullivan | Dem | Burlington | 2012† |
Chittenden-6-3 | Jill Krowinski | Dem | Burlington | 2012† |
Curtis McCormack | Dem | Burlington | 2012 | |
Chittenden-6-4 | Christopher Pearson | Prog | Burlington | 2010 |
Kesha Ram | Dem | Burlington | 2008 | |
Chittenden-6-5 | Johannah Leddy Donovan | Dem | Burlington | 2000 |
Mary Sullivan | Dem | Burlington | 2008 | |
Chittenden-6-6 | Barbara Rachelson | Dem | Burlington | 2012 |
Chittenden-6-7 | Clem Bissonnette | Dem | Winooski | 2008 |
Diana Gonzalez | Prog/Dem | Winooski | 2014 | |
Chittenden-7-1 | Martin Lalonde | Dem | South Burlington | 2014 |
Chittenden-7-2 | Ann Pugh | Dem | South Burlington | 1992 |
Chittenden-7-3 | Helen Head | Dem | South Burlington | 2002 |
Chittenden-7-4 | Maida Townsend | Dem | South Burlington | 2012 |
Chittenden-8-1 | Debbie Evans | Dem | Essex Town | 2004 |
Linda Myers | Rep | Essex Town | 2000 | |
Chittenden-8-2 | Paul Dame | Rep | Essex Junction | 2014 |
Tim Jerman | Dem | Essex Junction | 2004 | |
Chittenden-8-3 | Robert Bancroft | Rep | Westford | 2014 |
Chittenden-9-1 | Jim Condon | Dem | Colchester | 2004 |
Joey Purvis | Rep | Colchester | 2014 | |
Chittenden-9-2 | Patrick Brennan | Rep | Colchester | 2002 |
Maureen Dakin | Dem | Colchester | 2014 | |
Chittenden-10 | Ronald Hubert | Rep | Milton | 2008 |
Donald H. Turner | Rep | Milton | 2006† | |
Essex-Caledonia | Constance Quimby | Dem/Rep | Concord | 2012 |
Essex-Caledonia-Orleans | Paul Lefebvre | Rep | Island Pond | 2014 |
Franklin-1 | Carolyn Whitney Branagan | Rep | Georgia | 2002 |
Franklin-2 | Barbara Murphy | Ind | Fairfax | 2014 |
Franklin-3-1 | Kathleen Keenan | Dem | St. Albans City | 1988 |
Corey Parent | Rep | St. Albans City | 2014 | |
Franklin-3-2 | Eileen Dickinson | Rep | St. Albans Town | 2008 |
Franklin-4 | Marianna Gamache | Dem | Swanton | 2014 |
Brian K. Savage | Rep | Swanton | 2008 | |
Franklin-5 | Stephen Beyor | Rep | Highgate Springs | 2012 |
Albert Pearce | Rep | Richford | 2008 | |
Franklin-6 | Daniel Connor | Dem | Fairfield | 2012 |
Franklin-7 | Larry Fiske | Rep | Enosburg Falls | 2014 |
Grand Isle-Chittenden-1 | Mitzi Johnson | Dem | South Hero | 2002 |
Robert Krebs | Dem | Grand Isle | 2010† | |
Lamoille-1 | Heidi Scheurermann | Rep | Stowe | 2006 |
Lamoille-2 | Linda Martin | Dem | Wolcott | 2004 |
Mark Woodward | Dem | Johnson | 2011† | |
Lamoille-3 | Bernard Juskiewicz | Rep | Cambridge | 2012 |
Lamoille-Washington | Avram Patt | Dem | Worcester | 2014 |
Shap Smith | Dem | Morrisville | 2002 | |
Orange-1 | Susan Davis | Prog | West Topsham | 2006 |
Rodney Graham | Rep | Williamstown | 2014 | |
Orange-2 | Sarah Copeland-Hanzas | Dem | Bradford | 2004 |
Orange-Caledonia | Chip Conquest | Dem | Wells River | 2008 |
Orange-Washington-Addison | Patsy French | Dem | Randolph | 2002 |
Marjorie Ryerson | Dem | Randolph | 2013 | |
Orleans-1 | Lynn Batchelor | Rep | Derby Line | 2010 |
Loren Shaw | Rep | Derby | 2012 | |
Orleans-2 | Michael Marcotte | Rep | Newport Town | 2004 |
Gary Viens | Rep | Newport City | 2014 | |
Orleans-Caledonia | Vicki Strong | Rep | Irasburg | 2010 |
Sam Young | Dem | West Glover | 2010 | |
Orleans-Lamoille | Mark Higley | Rep | Lowell | 2008 |
Rutland-1 | Patricia McCoy | Rep | Poultney | 2014 |
Rutland-2 | Thomas Burditt | Rep | West Rutland | 2010 |
Dave Potter | Dem | Clarendon | 2004 | |
Rutland-3 | William Canfield | Rep | Fair Haven | 2004 |
Robert Helm | Rep | Fair Haven | 1990 | |
Rutland-4 | Thomas Terenzini | Rep | Rutland Town | 2012 |
Rutland-5-1 | Peter Fagan | Rep | Rutland City | 2008 |
Rutland-5-2 | Lawrence Cupoli | Rep | Rutland City | 2012 |
Rutland-5-3 | Herb Font-Russell | Dem | Rutland City | 2010 |
Rutland-5-4 | Douglas Gage | Rep | Rutland City | 2012 |
Rutland-6 | Stephen Carr | Dem | Brandon | 2012 |
Butch Shaw | Rep | Pittsford | 2010 | |
Rutland-Bennington | Robin Chestnut-Tangerman | Prog | Middletown Springs | 2014 |
Rutland-Windsor-1 | Job Tate | Rep | Mendon | 2014 |
Rutland-Windsor-2 | Dennis Devereux | Rep | Belmont | 2006 |
Washington-1 | Anne Donahue | Rep | Northfield | 2002 |
Patti Lewis | Rep | Berlin | 2010 | |
Washington-2 | Robert LeClair | Rep | Barre Town | 2014 |
Francis McFaun | Rep | Barre Town | 2004 | |
Washington-3 | Paul N. Poirier | Ind | Barre City | 2008 |
Tommy Walz | Dem | Barre City | 2014 | |
Washington-4 | Mary Hooper | Dem | Montpelier | 2008 |
Warren F. Kitzmiller | Dem | Montpelier | 2000 | |
Washington-5 | Tony Klein | Dem | Montpelier | 2002 |
Washington-6 | Janet Ancel | Dem | Calais | 2004 |
Washington-7 | Maxine Jo Grad | Dem | Moretown | 2000 |
Adam Greshin | Ind | Warren | 2008 | |
Washington-Chittenden | Rebecca Ellis | Dem | Waterbury Center | 2011† |
Tom Stevens | Dem | Waterbury | 2008 | |
Windham-1 | Michael Hebert | Rep | Vernon | 2010 |
Windham-2-1 | Valerie Stuart | Dem | Brattleboro | 2010 |
Windham-2-2 | Mollie S. Burke | Prog | Brattleboro | 2008 |
Windham-2-3 | Tristan Toleno | Dem | Brattleboro | 2012 |
Windham-3 | Carolyn Partridge | Dem | Windham | 1998 |
Matthew A. Trieber | Dem | Bellows Falls | 2011† | |
Windham-4 | David Deen | Dem | Putney | 1990 |
Mike Mrowicki | Dem | Putney | 2008 | |
Windham-5 | Emily Long | Dem | Newfane | 2014 |
Windham-6 | Ann Manwaring | Dem | Wilmington | 2006 |
Windham-Bennington | Laura Sibilia | Ind | Dover | 2014 |
Windham-Bennington-Windsor | Oliver Olsen | Ind | South Londonderry | 2014 |
Windsor-1 | Jon Bartholomew | Dem | Hartland | 2010 |
Donna Sweaney | Dem | Windsor | 1996 | |
Windsor-2 | Mark Huntley | Dem | Ludlow | 2012 |
Windsor-3-1 | Leigh Dakin | Dem | Chester | 2010 |
Windsor-3-2 | Alice Emmons | Dem | Springfield | 1982 |
Robert Forguites | Dem | North Springfield | 2014 | |
Windsor-4-1 | Teo Zagar | Dem | Barnard | 2011† |
Windsor-4-2 | Kevin Christie | Dem | White River Junction | 2010 |
Gabrielle Lucke | Dem | White River Junction | 2014 | |
Windsor-5 | Alison Clarkson | Dem | Woodstock | 2004 |
Windsor-Orange-1 | Sarah E. Buxton | Dem | South Royalton | 2010 |
Windsor-Orange-2 | Timothy Briglin | Dem | Thetford Center | 2014 |
Jim Masland | Dem | Thetford Center | 1998 | |
Windsor-Rutland | Sandy Haas | Prog | Rochester | 2004 |
† Originally appointed
Past notable members
Nearly all of the governors of the state, most US representatives and most US senators, were first members of this house. The following were also members:
- Nathaniel Chipman, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (1791–1794), U.S. Senator (1797–1803)
- Ray W. Collins, pitcher, Boston Red Sox (1909–1915)
- Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (2005–2009)
- Lyman Enos Knapp, Governor of the District of Alaska (1889–1893)
- Madeleine M. Kunin, U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland (1996–1999)
- Matthew Lyon, Member of the U.S. House from Vermont (1797–1801) and Kentucky (1803–1811), United States Factor to the Cherokee Nation in Arkansas (1820)
- Edna Beard (1877–1928), who was the first woman to be elected to the Vermont House, and the first elected to the Vermont Senate
Operations
The house typically meets Tuesday through Friday during the session.[5]
See also
- Vermont State House
- Vermont General Assembly
- Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
- Vermont Senate
- Members of the Vermont House of Representatives, 2005–2006 session
- Members of the Vermont House of Representatives, 2007–2008 session
- Vermont Representative Districts, 2002–2012
References
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ Republican Gregory Clark (Addison 3) died November 30 in a car crash.
- ↑ Republican Warren Van Wyck appointed to succeed Clark.
- ↑ Remsen, Nancy & Hallenbeck, Teri (January 8, 2009). Following the Legislature. Burlington Free Press.
External links
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