Vermont House of Representatives

Infobox Legislature
name = Vermont House of Representatives
coa_pic =
session_room = Vermont House of Representatives.jpg
house_type = Lower house
leader1_type = Speaker of the House
leader1 = Gaye Symington
party1 = D
election1 = January 5, 2005
leader2_type = Majority Leader
leader2 = Carolyn Partridge
party2 = D
election2 = January 5, 2005
leader3_type = Assistant Majority Leader
leader3 = Floyde Nease
party3 = D
election3 = 2005
leader4_type = Minority Leader
leader4 = Steven Adams
party4 = R
election4 = 2007
leader5_type = Assistant Minority Leader
leader5 = Patti Komline
party5 = R
election5 = January 5, 2007
members = 150
p_groups = Democratic Party
Independents
Republican Party
Vermont Progressive Party
meeting_place = Representatives Hall, Vermont State House, Montpelier, VT, US
website = http://www.leg.state.vt.us/

The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members. Vermont legislative districting divides representing districts into 66 single-member districts and 42 two-member constituences, with each member representing around 4,100 citizens. Representatives are elected to a two year term without term limits.

The House meets in Representatives Hall at the Vermont State House in Montpelier.

Leadership of the House

The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the full House through the passage of a House Resolution. In addition to presiding over the body, the Speaker is also the chief leadership position, and controls the flow of legislation and committee assignments. Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses relative to their party's strength in the chamber.

The current Speaker is Democrat Gaye Symington of the Chittenden-8 Representative District. In her position, she is the most powerful woman in the state of Vermont. The Majority Leader is Carolyn Partridge of the Windham-4 Representative District. The Minority Leader is Republican Steven Adams of the Windsor-4 Representative District.

Leadership information

Past notable members

* George Aiken, Governor of Vermont (1937–1941), U.S. Senator (1941–1975).
* Howard Dean, Governor of Vermont (1991–2003), Democratic candidate for the President of the United States (2002–2004), current Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (2005–present).
* Jim Douglas, current Governor of Vermont, 2003 to present.
* Lyman Enos Knapp, Governor of the District of Alaska from 1889 to 1893.

ee also

*Vermont State House
*Vermont General Assembly
*Vermont Senate
*Members of the Vermont House of Representatives, 2005-2006 session
*Members of the Vermont House of Representatives, 2007-2008 session
*Vermont Representative Districts, 2002-2012

External links

* [http://www.leg.state.vt.us/ Vermont General Assembly]
* [http://www.leg.state.vt.us/speaker/ Speaker of the House]