Vermont's 1st congressional district

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

Vermont's 1st congressional district
Obsolete district
Created	1791 1821 1825
Eliminated	1810 1820 1930
Years active	1791–1813 1821–1823 1825–1933

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District established March 4, 1791
Vacant		March 4, 1791 – October 16, 1791	2nd		1791–1793 "Western division"
Israel Smith (Rutland)	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.
					1793–1803 "Western district"
	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797
Matthew Lyon (Fair Haven)	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 (Rutland)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	7th	Elected in 1800. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Gideon Olin (Shaftsbury)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807	8th 9th	Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Retired.	1803–1813 "Southwest district"
James Witherell (Fair Haven)	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 (Castleton)	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	13th 14th 15th 16th	Vermont elected its representatives statewide at-large.
Rollin C. Mallary (Poultney)	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.
District inactive		March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Vermont elected its representatives statewide at-large.
William C. Bradley (Westminster)	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 missing]
Jonathan Hunt (Brattleboro)	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	22nd
Hiland Hall (Bennington)	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. Re-elected in 1834. Re-elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838 as a Whig. Re-elected in 1840. Retired to become State Banking Commissioner.
					1833–1843 [data missing]
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843
Solomon Foot (Rutland)	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1844. Retired.	1843–1853 [data missing]
William Henry (Bellows Falls)	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st	Elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. Lost re-election.
Ahiman L. Miner (Manchester)	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. Retired.
James Meacham (Middlebury)	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Died.	1853–1863 [data missing]
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – August 23, 1856
Vacant		August 24, 1856 – November 30, 1856	34th
George T. Hodges (Rutland)	Republican	December 1, 1856 – March 3, 1857		Elected to finish Meacham's term. Retired.
Eliakim P. Walton (Montpelier)	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863	35th 36th 37th	Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Retired.
Frederick E. Woodbridge (Vergennes)	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	38th 39th 40th	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Retired.	1863–1873 [data missing]
Charles W. Willard (Montpelier)	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	41st 42nd 43rd	Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Lost re-election.
					1873–1883 [data missing]
Charles H. Joyce (Rutland)	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883	44th 45th 46th 47th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Retired.
John W. Stewart (Middlebury)	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1891	48th 49th 50th 51st	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Retired.	1883–1893 [data missing]
H. Henry Powers (Morrisville)	Republican	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1901	52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th	Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Lost re-election.
					1893–1903 [data missing]
David J. Foster (Burlington)	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 21, 1912	57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Died.
					1903–1913 [data missing]
Vacant		March 22, 1912 – July 29, 1912	62nd
Frank L. Greene (St. Albans)	Republican	July 30, 1912 – March 3, 1923	62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th	Elected to finish Foster's term. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
					1913–1933 [data missing]
Frederick G. Fleetwood (Morrisville)	Republican	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	68th	Elected in 1922. Retired.
Elbert S. Brigham (St. Albans)	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931	69th 70th 71st	Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Retired.
John E. Weeks (Middlebury)	Republican	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	Elected in 1930. Retired.
District dissolved 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