| State: | Vermont |
| District Number: | 1 |
| Obsolete: | yes |
| Created: | 1791 1821 1825 |
| Eliminated: | 1810 1820 1930 |
| Years: | 1791–1813 1821–1823 1825–1933 |
| Population Year: | 1920 |
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.
| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District established March 4, 1791 | ||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 4, 1791 – October 16, 1791 | 1791–1793 "Western division" | |||||
Israel Smith | Anti-Administration | October 17, 1791 – March 3, 1795 | 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 | nowrap | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 | ||||||
| align=left | Matthew Lyon | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1801 | Elected on the third ballot in 1797. Re-elected on the second ballot in 1798. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Israel Smith | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | Elected in 1800. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | |||
| align=left | Gideon Olin | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 | Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Retired. | 1803–1813 "Southwest district" | ||
| align=left | James Witherell | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1807 – May 1, 1808 | Elected in 1806. Resigned when appointed to the Michigan Territory Supreme Court. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | May 2, 1808 – September 5, 1808 | ||||||
| align=left | Samuel Shaw | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | September 6, 1808 – March 3, 1813 | 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 | nowrap | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1821 | Vermont elected its representatives statewide at-large. | |||||
| align=left | Rollin C. Mallary | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1820. Redistricted to the . | 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 | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Vermont elected its representatives statewide at-large. | |||||
| align=left | William C. Bradley | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1824. Lost re-election. | 1825–1833 | ||
| align=left | Jonathan Hunt | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1827 – May 15, 1832 | Elected in 1827 on the third ballot. Re-elected in 1828. Died. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | May 16, 1832 – December 31, 1832 | ||||||
Hiland Hall | Anti-Jacksonian | January 1, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | 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 | ||||||||
| Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 | ||||||
| align=left | Solomon Foot | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 | Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1844. Retired. | 1843–1853 | ||
| align=left | William Henry | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851 | Elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Ahiman L. Miner | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | Elected in 1850. Retired. | |||
James Meacham | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Died. | 1853–1863 | |||
| Opposition | nowrap | March 4, 1855 – August 23, 1856 | ||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | August 24, 1856 – November 30, 1856 | ||||||
| align=left | George T. Hodges | Republican | nowrap | December 1, 1856 – March 3, 1857 | Elected to finish Meacham's term. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Eliakim P. Walton | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863 | Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Frederick E. Woodbridge | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 | Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Retired. | 1863–1873 | ||
Charles W. Willard | Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875 | Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Lost re-election. | |||||
| 1873–1883 | ||||||||
| align=left | Charles H. Joyce | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883 | Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Retired. | |||
| align=left | John W. Stewart | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1891 | Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Retired. | 1883–1893 | ||
H. Henry Powers | Republican | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1901 | Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Lost re-election. | |||||
| 1893–1903 | ||||||||
David J. Foster | Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 21, 1912 | 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 | ||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 22, 1912 – July 29, 1912 | ||||||
Frank L. Greene | Republican | July 30, 1912 – March 3, 1923 | 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 | ||||||||
| align=left | Frederick G. Fleetwood | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 | Elected in 1922. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Elbert S. Brigham | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931 | Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Retired. | |||
| align=left | John E. Weeks | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933 | Elected in 1930. Retired. | |||
| District dissolved March 3, 1933 | ||||||||