STATE OF VERMONT SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE Speaker Ballot Votes Joseph Bowker ...................................... 1778 Josiah Grout ................................. 1886-1890 Nathan Clark ......................................... 1778 Henry R. Start ........................................1890 Thomas Chandler, Jr..................... 1778-1780 Hosea A. Mann, Jr ....................... 1890-1892 Samuel Robinson ................................... 1780 William W. Stickney.................... 1892-1896 Thomas Porter .............................. 1780-1782 William A. Lord ........................... 1896-1898 Increase Moseley .......................... 1782-1783 Kittredge Haskins ........................ 1898-1900 Isaac Tichenor .............................. 1783-1784 Fletcher D. Proctor ...................... 1900-1902 Nathaniel Niles ............................. 1784-1785 John H. Merrifield ....................... 1902-1906 Stephen R. Bradley ....................... 1785-1786 Thomas C. Cheney ....................... 1906-1910 John Strong ............................................ 1786 Frank E. Howe ............................. 1910-1912 Gideon Olin .................................. 1786-1793 Charles A. Plumley ...................... 1912-1915 Daniel Buck .................................. 1793-1795 John E. Weeks ............................. 1915-1917 Lewis R. Morris ............................ 1795-1797 Stanley C. Wilson ..................................1917 Abel Spencer ................................ 1797-1798 Charles S. Dana ........................... 1917-1921 Daniel Farrand .............................. 1798-1799 Franklin S. Billings ...................... 1921-1923 Amos Marsh ................................. 1799-1802 Orlando L. Martin ........................ 1923-1925 Abel Spencer ................................ 1802-1803 Roswell M. Austin ....................... 1925-1927 Theophilus Harrington ................. 1803-1804 Loren R. Pierce ............................ 1927-1929 Aaron Leland ................................ 1804-1808 Benjamin Williams ...................... 1929-1931 Dudley Chase ............................... 1808-1813 Edward H. Deavitt ....................... 1931-1933 Daniel Chipman ............................ 1813-1815 George D. Aiken .......................... 1933-1935 William A. Griswold .................... 1815-1819 Ernest E. Moore ........................... 1935-1937 Richard Skinner ............................ 1818-1819 Mortimer R. Proctor .................... 1937-1939 William A. Griswold .................... 1819-1820 Oscar E. Shepard ......................... 1939-1941 D. Azro A. Buck ........................... 1820-1822 Lee L. Emerson ............................ 1941-1943 George E. Wales ........................... 1822-1824 Asa A. Bloomer ........................... 1943-1945 Isaac Fletcher......................................... 1824 Joseph H. Denny .......................... 1945-1947 D. Azro A. Buck ........................... 1825-1826 Winston L. Prouty ........................ 1947-1949 Robert B. Bates ............................ 1826-1829 J. Harold Stacey ........................... 1949-1951 D. Azro A. Buck ........................... 1829-1830 Wallace M. Fay............................ 1951-1953 Robert B. Bates ............................ 1830-1831 Consuelo N. Bailey ...................... 1953-1955 John Smith .................................... 1831-1834 John E. Hancock .......................... 1955-1957 Ebenezer N. Briggs ...................... 1834-1836 Charles H. Brown ........................ 1957-1959 Carlos Coolidge ............................ 1836-1837 F. Ray Keyser, Jr ......................... 1959-1961 Solomon Foot ............................... 1837-1839 Leroy Lawrence ........................... 1961-1963 Carlos Coolidge ............................ 1839-1842 Franklin S. Billings, Jr ................. 1963-1965 Andrew Tracy ............................... 1842-1845 Richard W. Mallary ..................... 1966-1969 Ebenezer N. Briggs ...................... 1845-1847 John S. Burgess ............................ 1969-1971 Solomon Foot ............................... 1847-1848 Walter L. Kennedy....................... 1971-1975 William C. Kittredge .................... 1848-1850 Timothy J. O’Connor Jr ............... 1975-1981 Thomas E. Powers ........................ 1850-1853 Stephan A. Morse ........................ 1981-1985 Horatio Needham ......................... 1853-1854 Ralph G. Wright .......................... 1985-1995 George W. Grandey ...................... 1854-1857 Michael J. Obuchowski................ 1995-2001 George F. Edmunds ...................... 1857-1860 Walter E. Freed ........................... 2001-2005 Augustus P. Hunton ...................... 1860-1862 Gaye R. Symington ...................... 2005-2009 J. Gregory Smith........................... 1862-1863 Shapleigh Smith, Jr ...................... 2009-2017 Abraham B. Gardner .................... 1863-1865 Mitzi Johnson .............................. 2017-2021 John W. Stewart ........................... 1865-1868 Jill Krowinski .............................. 2021- George W. Grandey ...................... 1868-1870 Charles H. Joyce ........................... 1870-1872 Franklin Fairbanks ........................ 1872-1874 H. Henry Powers ................................... 1874 Josiah Grout.................................. 1874-1876 John W. Stewart ........................... 1876-1878 James L. Martin ............................1878-1884 James K. Batchelder .....................1884-1886 .