The Political Graveyard: Vermont: U.S. Representatives

1904 Sep 6: David J. Foster (Rep), elected; Frank L. Graves (Dem), defeated; Harvey Ketcham (Prohibition), defeated; John M. Arvidson (Socialist), defeated.

1906 Sep 4: David J. Foster (Rep), elected; Edwin B. Clift (Dem), defeated; Wellington G. Scofield (Prohibition), defeated.

1908 Sep 1: David J. Foster (Rep), elected; Emile Blais (Dem), defeated; Edwin R. Towle (Prohibition), defeated; Philip J. Halvosa (Independent Labor), defeated.

1900 Sep 4: Kittredge Haskins (Rep), elected; George T. Swasey (Dem), defeated; John Anderson (Prohibition), defeated.

1902 Sep 2: Kittredge Haskins (Rep), elected; Harris Miller (Dem), defeated; Sherburne L. Swasey (Prohibition), defeated.

1904 Sep 6: Kittredge Haskins (Rep), elected; Harland B. Howe (Dem), defeated; Lester W. Hanson (Prohibition), defeated; Timothy Ivers (Socialist), defeated.

1906 Sep 4: Kittredge Haskins (Rep), elected; John H. Seuter (Dem), defeated; Joseph W. Dunbar (Socialist), defeated; Clarence B. Wilson (Prohibition), defeated.

1908 Sep 1: Frank Plumley (Rep), elected; Andrew J. Sibley (Dem), defeated; William V. McLaughlin (Prohibition), defeated; Timothy Ivers (Socialist), defeated.

1910 Sep 6: David J. Foster (Rep), elected; Patrick M. Meldon (Dem), defeated; George A. Thrall (Prohibition), defeated.

1912 Mar 21: David J. Foster, died in office.

1912 Jul 30: Frank L. Greene (Rep), elected; George Spargo (Socialist), defeated; Patrick M. Meldon (Dem), defeated.

1912 Sep 3: Frank L. Greene (Rep), elected; Patrick M. Meldon (Dem), defeated; George L. Story (Prohibition), defeated; John Spargo (Socialist), defeated.

1914 Nov 3: Frank L. Greene (Rep), elected; Daniel E. O'Sullivan (Dem), defeated; Raymond McFarland (Progressive & Prohibition), defeated; Marcus P. Armstrong (Socialist), defeated.

1916 Nov 7: Frank L. Greene (Rep), elected; Emmett B. Daley (Dem), defeated; Warren S. Newton (Prohibition), defeated; John Spargo (Socialist), defeated.

1918 Nov 5: Frank L. Greene (Rep), elected; John Higgins (Dem), defeated.

1910 Sep 6: Frank Plumley (Rep), elected; Alexander Cochran (Dem), defeated; Eugene M. Campbell (Prohibition), defeated.

1912 Sep 3: Frank Plumley (Rep), elected; Otis C. Sawyer (Dem), defeated; Chester E. Ordway (Socialist), defeated; Elmer E. Phillips (Prohibition), defeated.

1914 Nov 3: Porter H. Dale (Rep), elected; John B. Reardon (Dem), defeated; Fraser Metzger (Progressive), defeated; John P. Marsh (Socialist), defeated.

1916 Nov 7: Porter H. Dale (Rep), elected; G. Herbert Pape (Dem), defeated; John P. Marsh (Socialist), defeated.

1918 Nov 5: Porter H. Dale (Rep), elected; John B. Reardon (Dem), defeated.

1920 Nov 2: Frank L. Greene (Rep), elected; Jeremiah C. Durick (Dem), defeated.

1922 Nov 7: Frederick G. Fleetwood (Rep & Prohibition), elected; James E. Kennedy (Dem), defeated.

1924 Nov 4: Elbert S. Brigham (Rep & Prohibition), elected; Allan T. Calhoun (Dem), defeated.

1926 Nov 2: Elbert S. Brigham (Rep), elected; Allan T. Calhoun (Dem), defeated.

1928 Nov 6: Elbert S. Brigham (Rep), elected; Jeremiah C. Durick (Dem), defeated; W. Archer (Prohibition), defeated.

1920 Nov 2: Porter H. Dale (Rep), elected; Harry W. Witters (Dem), defeated.

1922 Nov 7: Porter H. Dale (Rep & Prohibition), elected; John J. Wilson (Dem), defeated.

1923 Aug 11: Porter H. Dale, resigned.

1923 Nov 6: Ernest W. Gibson (Rep), elected; Burton E. Bailey (Dem), defeated.

1924 Nov 4: Ernest W. Gibson (Rep & Prohibition), elected; Harry C. Shurtleff (Dem), defeated.

1926 Nov 2: Ernest W. Gibson (Rep), elected; George F. Root (Dem), defeated.

1928 Nov 6: Ernest W. Gibson (Rep), elected; Harry W. Witters (Dem), defeated; Harley W. Kidder (Prohibition), defeated.

1938 Nov 8: Charles A. Plumley (Rep), elected; James P. Leamy (Dem), defeated.

1940 Nov 5: Charles A. Plumley (Rep), elected; Michael J. Rock (Dem), defeated.

1944 Nov 7: Charles A. Plumley (Rep), elected; Robert W. Ready (Dem), defeated.

1946 Nov 5: Charles A. Plumley (Rep), elected; Matthew J. Caldbeck (Dem), defeated.

1948 Nov 2: Charles A. Plumley (Rep), elected; Robert W. Ready (Dem), defeated.

1950: Harold J. Arthur (Rep), defeated in primary.

1950 Nov 7: Winston L. Prouty (Rep), elected; Herbert B. Comings (Dem), defeated; Birney F. Combs (Constitutional), defeated.

1958: Harold J. Arthur (Rep), defeated.

1960: Lee E. Emerson (Rep), defeated in primary.

1962 Sep 11: Harold Raynolds (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1962 Sep 11: Robert T. Stafford (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1962 Nov 6: Robert T. Stafford (Rep), elected; Harold Raynolds (Dem), defeated.

1964 Nov 3: Robert T. Stafford (Rep), elected; Bernard G. O'Shea (Dem), defeated.

1970 Nov 3: Robert T. Stafford (Rep), elected; Bernard G. O'Shea (Dem), defeated; Dennis J. Morrisseau (Liberty Union), defeated.

1971 Sep 16: Robert T. Stafford, resigned.

1974 Nov 5: James M. Jeffords (Rep), elected; Francis J. Cain (Dem & Independent Vermonters), defeated; Michael Parenti (Liberty Union), defeated.

1986 Nov 4: James M. Jeffords (Rep), elected; John T. McNulty (Ind), defeated; Peter Diamondstone (Libertarian), defeated; Morris Earle (Ind), defeated.

1988: Peter Welch (Dem), defeated in primary.

1988 Nov 8: Peter P. Smith (Rep), elected; Bernie Sanders (Ind), defeated; Paul N. Poirier (Dem), defeated; Jim Hedbor (Libertarian), defeated; Peter Diamondstone (Liberty Union), defeated; Morris Earle (Ind), defeated.

1990 Nov 6: Bernie Sanders (Ind), elected; Peter P. Smith (Rep), defeated; Dolores Sandoval (Dem), defeated; Peter Diamondstone (Liberty Union), defeated.

1992 Nov 3: Bernie Sanders (Ind), elected; Tim Philbin (Rep), defeated; Lewis E. Young (Dem), defeated; Peter Diamondstone (Liberty Union), defeated; John Dewey (Natural Law & New Alliance), defeated; Douglas M. Miller (Freedom for LaRouche), defeated.

1994 Nov 8: Bernie Sanders (Ind), elected; John Carroll (Rep), defeated; Carole Banus (Natural Law), defeated; Jack Rogers (Grassroots), defeated; Annette Larson (Liberty Union), defeated.

1996 Nov 5: Bernie Sanders (Ind), elected; Susan W. Sweetser (Rep), defeated; Jack Long (Dem), defeated; Thomas J. Morse (Libertarian), defeated; Peter Diamondstone (Liberty Union), defeated; Bob Melamede (Vermont Grassroots), defeated; Norio Kushi (Natural Law), defeated.

1998 Nov 3: Bernie Sanders (Ind), elected; Mark Candon (Rep), defeated; Matthew S. Mulligan (Vermont Grassroots), defeated; Peter Diamondstone (Liberty Union), defeated; Robert Maynard (Libertarian), defeated.

2000 Nov 7: Bernie Sanders (Ind), elected; Karen Ann Kerin (Rep), defeated; Peter Diamondstone (Dem & Liberty Union), defeated; Stewart Skrill (Ind), defeated; Jack Rogers (Vermont Grassroots), defeated; Daniel H. Krymkowski (Libertarian), defeated.

2002 Nov 5: Bernie Sanders (Ind), elected; William Meub (Rep), defeated; Jane Newton (Liberty Union & Progressive), defeated; Fawn Skinner (Vermont Grassroots), defeated; Daniel H. Krymkowski (Libertarian), defeated.

2006: Peter Welch (Dem), elected.

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
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