Vermont House of Representatives

Vermont House of Representatives
Vermont General Assembly

Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 5, 2015
Leadership
Speaker of the House	Mitzi Johnson (D) Since January 4, 2017
Majority Leader	Jill Krowinski (D) Since January 7, 2015
Minority Leader	Donald H. Turner (R) Since January 5, 2011
Progressive Leader	Robin Chesnut-Tangerman (P) Since January 4, 2017
Structure
Seats	150

Political groups	Majority Democratic (83) Progressive (7) Independent (7) Minority Republican (53)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Section 7, Legislative Department, Vermont Constitution
Salary	$636/week + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 8, 2016 (150 seats)
Next election	November 6, 2018 (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 Mitzi Johnson of the Grand Isle-Chittenden District. The Majority Leader is Jill Krowinski of the Chittenden-6-3 District. The Minority Leader is Republican Donald H. Turner of the Chittenden-9 District.

The current Clerk of the House is William MaGill. The First Assistant Clerk is Melissa Kucserik, and the Second Assistant Clerk is Rebecca Silbernagel.^[2]

Leadership information

Position	Name	Party	Residence	District
Speaker of the House	Mitzi Johnson	Democratic	Grand Isle	Chittenden
Majority Leader	Jill Krowinski	Democratic	Bradford	Chittenden-6-3
Assistant Majority Leader	Tristan Toleno	Democratic	Brattleboro	Windham-2-3
Deputy Assistant Majority Leader	Emily Long	Democratic	Newfane	Windham-5
Minority Leader	Donald H. Turner	Republican	Milton	Chittenden-10
Assistant Minority Leader	Brian K. Savage	Republican	Swanton	Franklin-4
Assistant Minority Leader	Patricia McCoy	Republican	Poultney	Rutland-1
Progressive Leader	Robin Chesnut-Tangerman	Progressive	Middletown Springs	Rutland-Bennington

Composition

For past partisan compositions of the House see Political party strength in Vermont.

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)				Total

	Democratic	Prog	Ind	Republican		Vacant
End of previous legislature	94	5	3	47	150	0

Begin 2013	96	5	4	44	149	1
End 2014	96	5	4	45	150	0

Begin 2015	85	6	6	53	150	0
End 2016	85	6	6	53	150	0

Begin 2017	83	7	7	53	150	0
April 7, 2017^[3]				52	149	1
April 10, 2017^[4]				53	150	0
July 1, 2017^[5]				52	149	1
Latest voting share	7001647000000000000♠64.7%	7001353009999900000♠35.3%

Members

District	Representative	Party	Residence	First elected
Addison-1	Amy Sheldon	Dem/Prog	Middlebury	2014
Addison-1	Robin Scheu	Dem		2016
Addison-2	Peter Conlon	Dem		2016
Addison-3	Diane Lanpher	Dem	Vergennes	2008
Addison-3	Warren Van Wyck	Rep	Ferrisburgh	2013†
Addison-4	Fred Baser	Rep	Lincoln	2000
Addison-4	David Sharpe	Dem	Bristol	2014
Addison-5	Harvey Smith	Rep	New Haven	2010
Addison-Rutland-1	Alyson Eastman	Ind	Orwell	2014
Bennington-1	Bill Botzow	Dem	Bennington	2002
Bennington-2-1	Timothy Corcoran II	Dem	Bennington	2002
Bennington-2-1	Rachael Fields	Dem	Bennington	2014
Bennington-2-2	Kiah Morris	Dem	Bennington	2014
Bennington-2-2	Mary A. Morrissey	Rep	Bennington	1996
Bennington-3	Alice Miller	Dem	Shaftsbury	1996
Bennington-4	Cynthia Browning	Dem	Arlington	2006
Bennington-4	Brian Keefe	Rep		2016
Bennington-Rutland-1	Linda Sullivan	Dem		2016
Caledonia-1	Marcia Robinson Martel	Rep	Waterford	2014
Caledonia-2	Chip Troiano	Dem	East Hardwick	2014
Caledonia-3	Scott Beck	Rep	St. Johnsbury	2014
Caledonia-3	Janssen Willhoit	Rep	St. Johnsbury	2014
Caledonia-4	Martha Feltus	Rep	Lyndonville	2012
Caledonia-4	Richard Lawrence	Rep	Lyndonville	2004
Caledonia-Washington-1	Kitty Toll	Dem	Danville	2008
Chittenden-1	Marcia Gardner	Dem		2016
Chittenden-2	Terence Macaig	Dem	Williston	2008
Chittenden-2	Jim McCullough	Dem	Williston	2002
Chittenden-3	Trevor Squirrel	Dem		2016
Chittenden-3	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	Jessica Brumsted	Dem		2016
Chittenden-6-1	Carol Ode	Dem	Burlington	2016
Chittenden-6-1	Kurt Wright	Rep	Burlington	2000
Chittenden-6-2	Jean O'Sullivan	Dem	Burlington	2012†
Chittenden-6-3	Jill Krowinski	Dem	Burlington	2012†
Chittenden-6-3	Curtis McCormack	Dem	Burlington	2012
Chittenden-6-4	Brian Cina	Prog/Dem	Burlington	2016
Chittenden-6-4	Selene Colburn	Prog/Dem	Burlington	2016
Chittenden-6-5	Johannah Leddy Donovan	Dem	Burlington	2000
Chittenden-6-5	Mary Sullivan	Dem	Burlington	2008
Chittenden-6-6	Barbara Rachelson	Dem	Burlington	2012
Chittenden-6-7	Clem Bissonnette	Dem	Winooski	2008
Chittenden-6-7	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	Betsy Dunn	Dem		2016
Chittenden-8-1	Linda Myers	Rep	Essex Town	2000
Chittenden-8-2	Dylan Giambatista	Dem		2016
Chittenden-8-2	Lori Houghton	Dem		2016
Chittenden-8-3	Robert Bancroft	Rep	Westford	2014
Chittenden-9-1	Jim Condon	Dem	Colchester	2004
Chittenden-9-1	Curt Taylor	Dem		2016
Chittenden-9-2	Patrick Brennan	Rep	Colchester	2002
Chittenden-9-2	Maureen Dakin	Dem	Colchester	2014
Chittenden-10	Vacant
Chittenden-10	Donald H. Turner	Rep	Milton	2006†
Essex-Caledonia	Constance Quimby	Rep	Concord	2012
Essex-Caledonia-Orleans	Paul Lefebvre	Rep	Island Pond	2014
Franklin-1	Carl Rosenquist	Rep		2016
Franklin-2	Barbara Murphy	Ind	Fairfax	2014
Franklin-3-1	Kathleen Keenan	Dem	St. Albans City	1988
Franklin-3-1	Corey Parent	Rep	St. Albans City	2014
Franklin-3-2	Eileen Dickinson	Rep	St. Albans Town	2008
Franklin-4	Marianna Gamache	Dem	Swanton	2014
Franklin-4	Brian K. Savage	Rep	Swanton	2008
Franklin-5	Stephen Beyor	Rep	Highgate Springs	2012
Franklin-5	Albert Pearce	Rep	Richford	2008
Franklin-6	Daniel Connor	Dem	Fairfield	2012
Franklin-7	Cindy Weed	Prog/Dem	Enosburg Falls	2016
Grand Isle-Chittenden-1	Mitzi Johnson	Dem	South Hero	2002
Grand Isle-Chittenden-1	Ben Joseph	Dem		2016
Lamoille-1	Heidi Scheurermann	Rep	Stowe	2006
Lamoille-2	Matthew Hill	Dem		2016
Lamoille-2	Daniel Noyes	Dem		2016
Lamoille-3	Bernard Juskiewicz	Rep	Cambridge	2012
Lamoille-Washington	Gary Nolan	Rep		2016
Lamoille-Washington	David Yacovone	Dem		2016
Orange-1	Robert Frenier	Rep		2016
Orange-1	Rodney Graham	Rep	Williamstown	2014
Orange-2	Sarah Copeland-Hanzas	Dem	Bradford	2004
Orange-Caledonia	Chip Conquest	Dem	Wells River	2008
Orange-Washington-Addison	Jay Hooper	Dem		2016
Orange-Washington-Addison	Ben Jickling	Ind		2016
Orleans-1	Lynn Batchelor	Rep	Derby Line	2010
Orleans-1	Brian Smith	Rep		2016
Orleans-2	Michael Marcotte	Rep	Newport Town	2004
Orleans-2	Gary Viens	Rep	Newport City	2014
Orleans-Caledonia	Vicki Strong	Rep	Irasburg	2010
Orleans-Caledonia	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
Rutland-2	Dave Potter	Dem	Clarendon	2004
Rutland-3	William Canfield	Rep	Fair Haven	2004
Rutland-3	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	Mary Howard	Dem		2016
Rutland-5-4	Douglas Gage	Rep	Rutland City	2012
Rutland-6	Stephen Carr	Dem	Brandon	2012
Rutland-6	Butch Shaw	Rep	Pittsford	2010
Rutland-Bennington	Robin Chesnut-Tangerman	Prog/Dem	Middletown Springs	2014
Rutland-Windsor-1	Jim Harrison	Rep	Mendon	2017†
Rutland-Windsor-2	Dennis Devereux	Rep	Belmont	2006
Washington-1	Anne Donahue	Rep	Northfield	2002
Washington-1	Patti Lewis	Rep	Berlin	2010
Washington-2	Robert LeClair	Rep	Barre Town	2014
Washington-2	Francis McFaun	Rep	Barre Town	2004
Washington-3	Paul N. Poirier	Ind	Barre City	2008
Washington-3	Tommy Walz	Dem	Barre City	2014
Washington-4	Mary Hooper	Dem	Montpelier	2008
Washington-4	Warren F. Kitzmiller	Dem	Montpelier	2000
Washington-5	Kimberly Jessup	Dem		2016
Washington-6	Janet Ancel	Dem	Calais	2004
Washington-7	Maxine Jo Grad	Dem	Moretown	2000
Washington-7	Adam Greshin	Ind	Warren	2008
Washington-Chittenden	Tom Stevens	Dem	Waterbury	2008
Washington-Chittenden	Theresa Wood	Dem		2015†
Windham-1	Michael Hebert	Rep	Vernon	2010
Windham-2-1	Valerie Stuart	Dem	Brattleboro	2010
Windham-2-2	Mollie S. Burke	Prog/Dem	Brattleboro	2008
Windham-2-3	Tristan Toleno	Dem	Brattleboro	2012
Windham-3	Carolyn Partridge	Dem	Windham	1998
Windham-3	Matthew A. Trieber	Dem	Bellows Falls	2011†
Windham-4	David Deen	Dem	Putney	1990
Windham-4	Mike Mrowicki	Dem	Putney	2008
Windham-5	Emily Long	Dem	Newfane	2014
Windham-6	Justin Gannon	Dem		2016
Windham-Bennington	Laura Sibilia	Ind	Dover	2014
Windham-Bennington-Windsor	Oliver Olsen	Ind	South Londonderry	2014
Windsor-1	Jon Bartholomew	Dem	Hartland	2010
Windsor-1	Paul Belasky	Dem		2016
Windsor-2	Annmarie Christensen	Dem		2016
Windsor-3-1	Thomas Bock	Dem		2016
Windsor-3-2	Alice Emmons	Dem	Springfield	1982
Windsor-3-2	Robert Forguites	Dem	North Springfield	2014
Windsor-4-1	Susan Buckholz	Dem/Prog		2016
Windsor-4-2	Kevin Christie	Dem	White River Junction	2010
Windsor-4-2	Gabrielle Lucke	Dem	White River Junction	2014
Windsor-5	Charlie Kimbell	Dem		2016
Windsor-Orange-1	David M. Ainsworth	Rep	South Royalton	2016
Windsor-Orange-2	Timothy Briglin	Dem	Thetford Center	2014
Windsor-Orange-2	Jim Masland	Dem	Thetford Center	1998
Windsor-Rutland	Sandy Haas	Prog/Dem	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.^[6]

References

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↑ Republican Job Tate (Rutland-Windsor 1), a Navy reservist, resigned in advance of a year-long deployment.
↑ Gov. Phil Scott appointed Republican Jim Harrison to succeed Tate.
↑ Rep. Ron Hubert (R - Chittenden-10) resigns
↑ Remsen, Nancy & Hallenbeck, Teri (January 8, 2009). Following the Legislature. Burlington Free Press.

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Members of the Vermont House of Representatives
Speaker of the House: Shap Smith (D) Majority Leader: Willem Jewett (D) Minority Leader: Donald H. Turner (R) Progressive Leader: Christopher Pearson (P)
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