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Capital: Montpelier

State Nickname: Green Mountain State

State Bird: Hermit Thrush

State Flower: Red Clover

Admitted to the Union: March 4, 1791

March 4, 1791 To August 25, 1797:

Thomas Crittenden*

* Died in office

August 25, 1797 to October 16, 1797:

Paul Brigham

October 16, 1797 to October 9, 1807:

Isaac Tichenor

October 9, 1807 to October 14, 1808:

Israel Smith

October 14, 1808 to October 14, 1809:

Isaac Tichenor

october 14, 1809 to October 23, 1813:

Jonas Galusha

October 23, 1813 to October 14, 1815:

Martin Crittenden

October 14, 1815 to October 23, 1820:

Jonas Galusha

October 23, 1820 to October 10, 1823:

Richard Skinner

October 10, 1823 to October 13, 1826:

Cornelius P. Van Hess

October 13, 1826 to October 10, 1828:

Ezra Butler

October 10, 1828 to October 18, 1831:

Samuel C. Crafts

October 18, 1831 to November 2, 1835:

William A. Palmer

November 2, 1835 to October 15, 1841:

Silas N. Jennison*

* No candidate received a majority vote. Jennison, the lieutenant
governor served as governor for the first term and
subsequently elected officially in 1838

October 15, 1841 to October 13, 1843:

Charles Paine

October 13, 1843 to October 11, 1844:

John Mattocks

October 11, 1844 to October 9, 1846:

William Slade

October 9, 1846 to October, 1848:

Horace Eaton

October, 1848 to October 11, 1850:

Carlos Coolidge

October 11, 1850 to October, 1852:

Charles K. Williams

October, 1852 to October 1853:

Erastus Fairbanks

October 1853 to October 13, 1854:

John S. Robinson

October 13, 1854 to October 10, 1856:

Stephen Royce

October 10, 1856 to October 10, 1858:

Ryland Fletcher

October 10, 1858 to October 12, 1860:

Hiland Hall

October 12, 1860 to October 11, 1861:

Erastus Fairbanks

October 11, 1861 to October 9, 1863:

Frederick Holbrook

October 9, 1863 to October 13, 1865:

John Gregory Smith

October 13, 1865 to October 13, 1867:

Paul Dillingham

October 13, 1867 to October 15, 1869:

John B. Page

October 15, 1869 to February 7, 1870:

Peter T. Washburn*

* Died in office

February 7, 1870 to October 3, 1872:

George W. Hendee

October 6, 1870 to October 3, 1872:

John W. Stewart

October 3, 1872 to October 8, 1874:

Julius Converse

October 8, 1874 to October 5, 1876:

Asahel Peck

October 5, 1876 to October 3, 1878:

Horace Fairbanks

October 3, 1878 to October 7, 1880:

Redfield Farnham

October 7, 1880 to October 5, 1882:

Roswell Farnham

October 5, 1882 to October 2, 1884:

John L. Barstow

October 2, 1884 to October 7, 1886:

Samuel E. Pengree

October 7, 1886 to October 4, 1888:

Ebenezer J. Ormsbee

October 4, 1888 to October 2, 1890:

William P. Dillingham

October 2, 1890 to October 6, 1892:

Carroll S. Page

October 6, 1892 to October 4, 1894:

Levi K. Fuller

October 4, 1894 to October 6, 1896:

Urban A. Woodbury

October 8, 1896 to October 6, 1898:

Josiah Grout

October 6, 1898 to October 4, 1900:

Edward C. Smith

October 4, 1900 to October 3, 1902:

William W. Stickney

October 3, 1902 to October 6, 1904:

John G. McCullough

October 6, 1904 to October 4, 1906:

Charles J. Bell

October 4, 1906 to October 8, 1908:

Fletcher D. Proctor

October 8, 1908 to October 5, 1910:

George H. Prouty

October 5, 1910 to October 3, 1912:

John A. Mead

October 3, 1912 to January 7, 1915:

Allen M. Fletcher

January 7, 1915 to January 4, 1917:

Charles W. Gates

January 4, 1917 to January 9, 1919:

Horace F. Graham

January 9 1919 to January 6, 1921:

Percival W. Clement

January 6, 1921 to January 4, 1923:

James Hartness

January 4, 1923 to January 8, 1925:

Redfield Proctor

January 8, 1925 to January 6, 1927:

Franklin S. Billings

January 6, 1927 to January 8, 1931:

John E. Weeks

January 8, 1931 to January 10, 1935:

Stanley C. Wilson

January 10, 1935 to January 7, 1937:

Charles M. Smith

January 7, 1937 to January 9, 1941:

George D. Aiken

January 9, 1941 to January 4, 1945:

William H. Wills

January 4, 1945 to January 9, 1947:

Mortimer R. Proctor

January 9, 1947 to January 16, 1950:

Ernest W. Gibson

* Resigned from office

January 16, 1950 to January 4, 1951:

Harold J. Arthur

January 4, 1951 to January 6, 1955:

Lee E. Emerson

January 6, 1955 to January 6, 1959:

Joseph B. Johnson

January 8, 1959 to January 5, 1961:

Robert T. Stafford

January 5, 1961 to January 10, 1963:

Frank Ray Keyser, Jr.

January 10, 1963 to January 9, 1969:

Philip H. Hoff

January 9, 1969 to January 4, 1973:

Deane C. Davis

January 4, 1973 to January 6, 1977:

Thomas P. Salmon

January 6, 1977 to January 10, 1985:

Richard A. Snelling

January 10, 1985 to January 10, 1991:

Madeleine M. Kunin

January 10, 1991 to August 14, 1991:

Richard A. Snelling*

* Died in office

August 14, 1991 to – January 9, 2003:

Howard Dean

January 9, 2003 –

Jim Douglas

October 17, 1791 – October 15, 1796

Moses Robinson * Resigned office

October 18, 1796 – October 17, 1797

Isaac Tichenor * Resigned office

October 17, 1797 – March 4, 1803

Nathaniel Chipman

March 4, 1803 – October 1, 1807

Israel Smith * Resigned office

October 10, 1807 – March 4, 1815

Jonathan Robinson

March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1821

Isaac Tichenor

March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1833

Horatio Seymour

March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1839

Benjamin Swift

March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1851

Samuel Shethar Phelps

March 4, 1851 – March 28, 1866

Solomon Foot * Died in office

April 3, 1866 – November 1, 1891

George Franklin Edmunds * Resigned

November 2, 1891 – March 4, 1908

Redfield Proctor * Died in office

March 24, 1908 – October 21, 1908

John Wolcott Stewart

October 21, 1908 – March 4, 1923

Carroll Smalley Page

March 4, 1923 – December 17, 1930

Frank Lester Greene * Died in office

December 23, 1930 – March 31, 1931

Frank Charles Partridge

April 1, 1931 – August 2, 1946

Warren Austin * Resigned office

November 1, 1946 – January 3, 1959

Ralph Flanders

January 3, 1959 – September 10, 1971

Winston Lewis Prouty * Died in office

September 16, 1971 – January 3, 1989

Robert Stafford

January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2007

Jim Jeffords

January 3, 2007 –

Bernie Sanders

October 17, 1791 – March 4, 1795

Stephen Row Bradley

March 4, 1795 – September 1, 1801

Elijah Paine * Resigned office

October 15, 1801 – March 4, 1813

Stephen Row Bradley

March 4, 1813 – November 3, 1817

Dudley Chase * Resigned office

November 4, 1817 – January 8, 1818

James Fisk * Resigned office

October 20, 1818 – March 4, 1825

William A. Palmer

March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1831

Dudley Chase

March 4, 1831 – April 11, 1842

Samuel Prentiss * Resigned office

April 23, 1842 – March 4, 1843

Samuel Chandler Crafts

March 4, 1843 – January 14, 1853

William Upham * Resigned office

January 17, 1853 – March 16, 1854

Samuel Shethar Phelps

October 14, 1854 – March 4, 1855

Lawrence Brainerd

March 4, 1855 – November 9, 1865

Jacob Collamer * Died in office

November 21, 1865 – March 4, 1867

Luke Potter Poland

March 4, 1867 – December 28, 1898

Justin Smith Morrill * Died in office

January 11, 1899 – October 18, 1900

Jonathan Ross

October 18, 1900 – July 23, 1923

William Paul Dillingham * Died in office

November 7, 1923 – October 6, 1933

Porter Hinman Dale * Died in office

November 21, 1933 – June 20, 1940

Ernest Willard Gibson

June 24, 1940 – November 5, 1940

Ernest William Gibson, Jr.

January 10, 1941 – January 3, 1975

George Aiken

January 3, 1975 –

Patrick Leahy

1790: 85,341

1800: 154,465

1810: 217,913

1820: 235,764

1830: 280,652

1840: 291,948

1850: 314,304

1860: 315,089

1870: 330,551

1880: 332,286

1890: 332,422

1900: 343,641

1910: 355,956

1920: 352,428

1930: 359,611

1940: 359,231

1950: 377,747

1960: 389,881

1970: 444,732

1980: 511,456

1990: 562,758

2000: 608,827