Vermont State Auditor Explained

Post:Vermont Auditor of Accounts
Flag:Seal of the State Auditor of Vermont.svg
Incumbent:Doug Hoffer
Incumbentsince:January 10, 2013
Residence:Vermont
Termlength:Two years (no term limits)
Formation:1790
First:Elisha Clark
Deputy:Tim Ashe (Since 2021)
Salary:$116,730 (As of 2021)

The Vermont State Auditor of Accounts is one of six constitutional officers in Vermont, elected statewide every two years. The Office provides an independent and objective assessment of Vermont's governmental operations.

The current Auditor is Douglas R. Hoffer, a Democrat/Progressive. He was first elected to office in 2012.

Until 1870, Vermont elected the Auditor of Accounts for one-year terms.[1] Prior to an 1883 constitutional amendment, the state auditor was chosen by a vote of the Vermont General Assembly, as was the Secretary of State of Vermont.[1] Since then, these two officials are elected by statewide popular vote, as are the governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, and attorney general.[1]

In the event of a vacancy, the governor is empowered to appoint a successor.[2] Vermont statutes require the governor to solicit recommendations from the political party of the individual who held the office prior to the vacancy, but the governor is empowered to appoint any qualified individual whether or not he or she was recommended.[2]

Notable former Vermont Auditors

List of Vermont Auditors

Auditor PictureTermParty
1Elisha Clark1790–1797No party affiliation
2Seth Storrs1797–1801No party affiliation
3Benjamin Emmons Jr.1801–1807No party affiliation
4Alex Hutchinson1807–1813Democratic-Republican
5Job Lyman1813–1815No party affiliation
Alex Hutchinson1815–1817Democratic-Republican
7Willis Hall Jr.1817–1819No party affiliation
8Norman Williams1819–1823Democratic-Republican
9David Pierce1823–1829Democratic-Republican
1829-1835National Republican
1835-1839Anti-Masonic
1839-1845Whig
10Silas H. Hodges1845–1850Whig
11Frederick E. Woodbridge1850–1853Whig
12William M. Pingry1853–1855Free Soil
1855-1860Republican
13Jeptha Bradley1860–1864Republican
14Dugald Stewart1864–1870National Union
1867-1870Republican
15Whitman G. Ferrin1870–1877Republican
16Jedd P. Ladd1877–1879Republican
17E. Henry Powell1879–1892Republican
18Franklin D. Hale1892–1898Republican
19Orion M. Barber1898–1902Republican
20Horace F. Graham1902–1917Republican
21Benjamin Gates1917–1941Republican
22David V. Anderson1941–1965Republican
23Jay H. Gordon1965–1969Democratic
24Robert T. King1969–1970Republican
25Alexander V. Acebo1970–1993Republican
26Edward S. Flanagan1993–2001Democratic
27Elizabeth M. Ready2001–2005Democratic
28Randy Brock2005–2007Republican
29Thomas M. Salmon2007-2009Democratic
2009–2013Republican[11]
29Doug Hoffer2013–presentDemocratic/Progressive[12]

Notes

  1. Book: Hill, William C. . William C. Hill . 2011 . The Vermont State Constitution . New York, NY . Oxford University Press . 148 . 978-0-19-977902-4 . Google Books.
  2. Web site: Title 17: Elections, Chapter 53: Vacancies, § 2623. Vacancies in offices within this State . 2013 . The Vermont Statutes Online . Vermont General Assembly . Montpelier, VT . September 12, 2023.
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=ihIuAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA67 Journal of the Patent Office Society
  4. Web site: WOODBRIDGE, Frederick Enoch, (1818 - 1888). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. December 26, 2012 .
  5. Web site: Rep. Frederick Woodbridge. Govtrack.us . December 26, 2012.
  6. Book: Jeffrey, William H. . 1904 . Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties . East Burke, VT . Historical Publishing Company . 86–88 . Google Books.
  7. Book: Mohr . Wm. F. . 1914 . Who's Who In New York City and State . Sixth . New York, NY . Who's Who In New York City and State, Inc. . 316 . Google Books.
  8. Book: 1942 . Death Notices: Supplement to General Alumni Catalog of Officers and Students, 1837–1921, September, 1940–September, 1941 . Ann Arbor, MI . University of Michigan . 10 . Google Books.
  9. Web site: Barber, Orion Metcalf - Federal Judicial Center. www.fjc.gov.
  10. Web site: Biography, Horace French Graham . NGA.org . National Governors Association . September 12, 2023.
  11. Elected as a Democrat in 2006 and 2008, switched to the Republican Party in 2009 and was re-elected in 2010
  12. Was a member of Progressive Party, but also received and accepted nomination of Democratic Party afterward

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