Governor · Vermont
Phil Scott
Phil ScottGovernor of Vermont
Phil Scott is the governor of Vermont, in office since January 5, 2017, and reelected to a fifth term in 2024. He was previously lieutenant governor from 2011 to 2017 and a five-term state senator from Washington County.
Background
Biography
Phil Scott was born on August 4, 1958, in Vermont. He grew up in Barre and graduated from Spaulding High School and the University of Vermont. For more than thirty years he was a co-owner of his family's construction business.
Scott was elected to the Vermont Senate for five terms, representing Washington County. During ten years in the Senate he was vice chair of the Transportation Committee and chair of the Institutions Committee. He then served three terms, from 2011 to 2017, as Vermont's 79th lieutenant governor.
He became the 82nd governor of Vermont in January 2017. The National Governors Association lists his first term as beginning on January 5, 2017, and his current term on January 9, 2025. His official biography says he was reelected to a fifth term in 2024.
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