Vermont's 1st congressional district

Vermont's 1st congressional district is an obsolete district. Vermont currently has one representative to the United States House of Representatives, elected statewide At-large. Until 1933, however, the state used to have multiple seats spread out into geographic districts. During that time, the first district elected its own representative.

"VT-1" redirects here. For the nuclear reactor, see VT-1 reactor.

For the current district, see Vermont's at-large congressional district.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
Vacant		March 4, 1791 – October 16, 1791
Israel Smith	Anti-Administration	October 17, 1791 – March 3, 1795	2nd 3rd 4th	Elected on the second ballot in 1791. Re-elected on the second ballot in 1793. Re-elected on the second ballot in 1795. Lost re-election.	1791–1793 "Western division"
					1793–1803 "Western district"
	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797
Matthew Lyon	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1801	5th 6th	Elected on the third ballot in 1797. Re-elected on the second ballot in 1798. Retired.
Israel Smith	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	7th	Elected in 1800. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Gideon Olin	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807	8th 9th	Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Retired.	1803–1813 "Southwest district"
James Witherell	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – May 1, 1808	10th	Elected in 1806. Resigned when appointed to the Michigan Territory Supreme Court.
Vacant		May 2, 1808 – September 5, 1808
Samuel Shaw	Democratic-Republican	September 6, 1808 – March 3, 1813	10th 11th 12th	Elected September 6, 1808 to finish Witherell's term. Elected the same day to the next term. Seated November 8, 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Retired to join the military.
District inactive		March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1821
Rollin C. Mallary	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1820. Redistricted to the at-large district.	1821–1823 The entire county of Bennington, and all the towns in Rutland county, excepting Orwell, Sudbury, Brandon, Pittsfield, Chittenden, Pittsford, Hubbardton and Benson.[1]
District inactive		March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
William C. Bradley	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	19th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1824. Lost re-election.	1825–1833 [data unknown/missing]
Jonathan Hunt	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – May 15, 1832	20th 21st 22nd	Elected in 1827 on the third ballot. Re-elected in 1828. Died.
Vacant		May 16, 1832 – December 31, 1832
Hiland Hall	Anti-Jacksonian	January 1, 1833 – March 3, 1837	22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th	Elected in 1833 to finish Hunt's term on the fourth ballot. Retired to become State Banking Commissioner.
					1833–1843 [data unknown/missing]
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843
Solomon Foot	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.	1843–1853 [data unknown/missing]
William Henry	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Ahiman L. Miner	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
James Meacham	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1852. Died.	1853–1863 [data unknown/missing]
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – August 23, 1856
Vacant		August 24, 1856 – November 30, 1856
George T. Hodges	Republican	December 1, 1856 – March 3, 1857	34th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Eliakim P. Walton	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863	35th 36th 37th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Frederick E. Woodbridge	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	38th 39th 40th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.	1863–1873 [data unknown/missing]
Charles W. Willard	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	41st 42nd 43rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
					1873–1883 [data unknown/missing]
Charles H. Joyce	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883	44th 45th 46th 47th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
John W. Stewart	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1891	48th 49th 50th 51st	[data unknown/missing] Retired.	1883–1893 [data unknown/missing]
H. Henry Powers	Republican	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1901	52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
					1893–1903 [data unknown/missing]
David J. Foster	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 21, 1912	57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	[data unknown/missing] Died.
					1903–1913 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		March 22, 1912 – July 29, 1912
Frank L. Greene	Republican	July 30, 1912 – March 3, 1923	62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
					1913–1933 [data unknown/missing]
Frederick G. Fleetwood	Republican	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	68th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Elbert S. Brigham	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931	69th 70th 71st	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
John E. Weeks	Republican	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
District eliminated.		March 3, 1933

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

1. https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/6395w863f