Spaulding High School and the Central Vermont Career Center has a long history in the city of Barre. Established in 1890,the school is located at 155 Ayers Street with Luke Aither as principal of the high school and Jody Emerson director of the Career Center.
William T. Doyle was an American politician,academic,and author who served as a Republican member of the Vermont Senate. As a senator from the Washington Vermont Senate District from 1969 to 2017,he is the longest-serving state legislator in Vermont history.
Anthony Pollina is an American politician who has served as Chair of the Vermont Progressive Party since 2017,and was as a member of the Vermont Senate from 2011 to 2023.
George B. "Jeb" Spaulding is an American politician and the former chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges. He previously served as Vermont State Treasurer and as Governor Peter Shumlin's secretary of administration.
Bernard Joseph Leddy was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
Beth Robinson is an American lawyer and judge from Vermont. She is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and is the first openly lesbian judge to serve on any federal court of appeals. Robinson served as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 2011 to 2021.
The president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate presides over the Senate of the U.S. state of Vermont in the absence of the lieutenant governor. The president pro tempore also sets the policy priorities and legislative agenda for the Senate.
Sarah L. Copeland Hanzas is an American Democratic Party politician who is currently serving as the Secretary of State of Vermont. She previously served in the Vermont House of Representatives from Orange County's 2nd district,having been first elected in 2004.
Rebecca A. Balint is an American politician who is a member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's at-large congressional district as a member of the Democratic Party. She served as a member of the Vermont Senate from Windham County from 2015 to 2023,as majority leader from 2017 to 2021,and as president pro tempore from 2021 to 2023.
Mark A. MacDonald is a Vermont educator,farmer,and Democratic Party politician who served several terms in both the Vermont House of Representatives and Vermont Senate.
Francis K. Brooks is a Vermont educator and politician who served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007. Brooks was a member of the Vermont Senate from 2017 to 2019.
Christina Elizabeth Nolan is an American attorney and politician who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont from 2017 to 2021. Prior to becoming the U.S. Attorney,she was an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Vermont,where she prosecuted a variety of criminal cases. A member of the Republican Party,she was a candidate for the United States Senate in the 2022 election,losing the Republican primary. Nolan is considered a moderate Republican,and in her Senate campaign was endorsed by Governor Phil Scott.
Jill Krowinski is an American politician who has served in the Vermont House of Representatives since 2012. A Democrat,she served as majority leader from 2017 to 2021,and was elected Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives in 2021.
Calvin H. Blodgett was a businessman and politician from Burlington,Vermont. A Democrat,he served as a member of Burlington's board of aldermen and was the city's mayor from 1874 to 1876.
Andrew John Perchlik is an American activist and politician from Vermont. A Democrat,in 2018 he was elected to the Vermont Senate from the three-member at-large Washington County Senate District.
Christopher A. Bray is a Vermont businessman and politician. A Democrat,he served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. Since 2013,he has represented the Addison District in the Vermont Senate.
Elliot M. Sutton was a Vermont businessman and politician. A Democrat,among the offices in which he served was mayor of Burlington (1898-1899) and member of the Vermont Senate (1902-1904).
Molly Rose Gray is an American attorney and politician who served as the 83rd lieutenant governor of Vermont from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she was an assistant attorney general for Vermont from 2018 to 2021.
Montpelier,Vermont was first chartered as a town on August 14,1781,chosen as the state capital in 1805,and subsequently incorporated as a city in 1894. Under the city charter,the government of the city consists of a mayor,city manager,and city council,in what is called a Mayor–council–manager government. The mayor is elected to a two-year term by residents of Montpelier and presides over city council meetings. The city council consists of the mayor and six elected city counselors - two from each of Montpelier's three voting districts and serve two-year terms. The city manager is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the city council.
