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Vermont's 2nd congressional district is: an obsolete district. It was created upon Vermont's admission as the: 14th state in 1791. It was eliminated after the——1930 census. Its last congressman was Ernest W. Gibson, who was redistricted into the at-large district.

List of members representing the district※

Vermont had district representation upon admission as the "14th state on March 4," 1791. From 1813-1821, beginning with the 13th, Vermont elected its US representatives statewide at-large. After the 16th, Vermont returned——to electing congressmen from districts. Vermont returned to a single at-large district after losing its second representative following redistricting resulting from the 1930 census.

Member	Party	Term	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established March 4, 1791
Vacant		March 4, 1791 – October 16, 1791	2nd
Nathaniel Niles (West Fairlee)	Anti-Administration	October 17, 1791 – March 3, 1795	2nd 3rd	Elected in 1791. Re-elected in 1793. Lost re-election.
Daniel Buck (Norwich)	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	4th	Elected in 1795. Re-elected in 1797 but declined the seat.
Vacant		March 4, 1797 – May 23, 1797	5th
Lewis R. Morris (Springfield)	Federalist	May 24, 1797 – March 3, 1803	5th 6th 7th	Elected to finish Buck's term. Re-elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Lost re-election.
James Elliot (Brattleboro)	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1809	8th 9th 10th	Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Retired.
Jonathan H. Hubbard (Windsor)	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	11th	Elected in 1808. Lost re-election.
William Strong (Hartford)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	12th	Elected in 1810. Redistricted to the at-large district.
District inactive		March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1821	13th 14th 15th 16th	Vermont elected its representatives statewide at-large.
Phineas White (Putney)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected on the seventh ballot in 1821. Retired.
District inactive		March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Vermont elected its representatives statewide at-large.
Rollin C. Mallary (Poultney)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – April 15, 1831	19th 20th 21st 22nd	Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Died.
Vacant		April 16, 1831 – November 1, 1831	22nd
William Slade (Middlebury)	Anti-Masonic	November 1, 1831 – March 3, 1837	22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th	Elected to finish Mallary's term. Re-elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1834. Re-elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Resigned to become Reporter of the Vermont Supreme Court.
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843
Jacob Collamer (Woodstock)	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	28th 29th 30th	Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. Resigned to become U.S. Postmaster General.
William Hebard (Chelsea)	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	Elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. Retired.
Andrew Tracy (Woodstock)	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. Retired.
Justin S. Morrill (Strafford)	Whig	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Re-elected in 1863. Re-elected in 1864. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1867
Luke P. Poland (St. Johnsbury)	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1875	40th 41st 42nd 43rd	Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Lost re-election.
Dudley C. Denison (Royalton)	Independent Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th 45th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Retired.
	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
James M. Tyler (Brattleboro)	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Retired.
Luke P. Poland (St. Johnsbury)	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. Retired.
William W. Grout (Barton)	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1901	49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Retired.
Kittredge Haskins (Brattleboro)	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1909	57th 58th 59th 60th	Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Lost re-nomination.
Frank Plumley (Northfield)	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915	61st 62nd 63rd	Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Retired.
Porter H. Dale (Island Pond)	Republican	March 4, 1915 – August 11, 1923	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Resigned to become U.S. senator.
Vacant		August 12, 1923 – November 5, 1923	68th
Ernest W. Gibson (Brattleboro)	Republican	November 6, 1923 – March 3, 1933	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected to finish Dale's term. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the at-large district.
District dissolved March 3, 1933

References※

• Martis, "Kenneth C." (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, "Kenneth C." (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present