The Governor of Vermont is the governor (chief executive, head of government) of the U.S. state of Vermont. A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator This article focuses on the cases where the Head of Government is a separate office from the Head of State A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The governor is elected biennially in even numbered years by direct voting for a term of two years; Vermont and bordering New Hampshire are the only states to hold gubernatorial elections every two years, instead of every four. Term of office refers to the length of time a person (usually a politician serves in a particular office New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America.
The incumbent governor is Jim Douglas. James H "Jim" Douglas (born June 21, 1951) is an American politician from the U He is eightieth governor of the State of Vermont. (Two others, Thomas Chittenden and Moses Robinson, served as governor of the Vermont Republic before Vermont's admission to the Union in 1791. Thomas Chittenden ( January 6, 1730 August 25, 1797) was an important figure in the founding of Vermont. Moses Robinson (March 22 1741–May 26 1813 prominent Vermont political figure who served as governor during the Vermont Republic, and helped steward Vermont's The term Vermont Republic has been used by 20th and 21st century writers to describe the period of the U )
The governor's working offices are located in The Pavilion in the state capital of Montpelier, Vermont. The Pavilion is the principal workplace of the Governor of Vermont, it is located at 109 State Street in Montpelier capital of the U In countries with federal Constitutions divided into subnational entities known as states, the state capital is the administrative center Montpelier (mɒntˈpiːljɚ is a city in the US state of Vermont that serves as the state Capital and The governor's ceremonial office, used during the legislative session of the General Assembly, is located in the Vermont State House, also in Montpelier. A parliamentary session is a period of time where the Legislature in a Parliamentary government is sitting The Vermont General Assembly is the legislative body of the U The Vermont State House, located in Montpelier Vermont, is the capitol and seat of Vermont General Assembly.
The Constitution of Vermont details the powers of the governor:
- To commission or appoint all officers ("except where provision is, or shall be, otherwise made by law or this Frame of Government")
- To fill all vacancies in office until the office can be filled in the manner directed by state constitution or by state law
- To correspond with other States
- To "transact business with officers of government, civil and military"
- To "prepare such business as may appear necessary, to lay before the General Assembly. The Constitution of the State of Vermont is the fundamental body of law of the U Every state in the United States possesses its own constitution State law in the United States, is the Law of each separate U The Vermont General Assembly is the legislative body of the U
- To grant pardons and remit fines, except for cases of treason, in which the Governor may only grant reprieves until the end of the next session of the General Assembly, and for cases of impeachment, in which the Governor cannot grant either reprieves or pardons
- To "take care that the laws be faithfully executed" and "expedite the execution of such measures as may be resolved upon by the General Assembly"
- To "draw upon the Treasury for such sums as may be appropriated by the General Assembly"
- To "lay embargoes, or prohibit the exportation of any commodity" for up to 30 days during a recess of the General Assembly
- To "grant such licenses as shall be directed by law"
- To call special sessions of the General Assembly when necessary
- To be the "Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief" of the "forces of the State" (the Vermont State Guard and Vermont National Guard), although the Governor cannot "command in person, in time of war, or insurrection, unless by the advice and consent of the Senate, and no longer than they shall approve thereof"
There is a separately-elected Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, who assumes the powers of the Governor in case there is a vacancy in the office of Governor or the Governor was unable to serve. A pardon is the forgiveness of a crime and the penalty associated with it FINE was created in 1998 and is an informal association of the four main Fair Trade networks F Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International In Law, treason is the Crime that covers some of the more serious acts of disloyalty to one's sovereign or Nation. A parliamentary session is a period of time where the Legislature in a Parliamentary government is sitting Impeachment is the first of two stages in a specific process for a legislative body to forcibly remove a Government official For the US government securities see Treasury security. Also see Treasury management. In Law and Government, appropriation (from Latin appropriare, "to make one's own" later "to set aside " is the In international Commerce and politics, an embargo is the prohibition of commerce In Economics, an export is any good or Commodity, Transported from one country to another country in a Legitimate fashion A commodity is anything for which there is demand but which is supplied without qualitative differentiation across a market In a Legislature, a special session is a period when the body convenes outside of the normal legislative schedule Captain General (and its literal equivalent in several languages is a high Military rank and a gubernatorial title A commander-in-chief is the Commander of a nation's Military forces or significant element of those forces The Vermont National Guard is composed of the Vermont Army National Guard and the Vermont Air National Guard. An insurgency is a violent internal uprising against a sovereign government that lacks the organization of a revolution Advice and consent is an English phrase frequently used in enacting formulae of bills and in other legal or constitutional contexts describing a situation in The Vermont Senate is the Upper house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U Here is a list of Lieutenant Governors of Vermont in chronological order As the independent Vermont Republic As the U The Lieutenant Governor is also the Lieutenant-General of the "forces of the State. Lieutenant General is a Military rank used in many countries The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the "
References
- Doyle, William T. "The Vermont Political Tradition and Those Who Helped Make It. " Doyle Publisher: 1987. ISBN 0-9615486-1-4.
- Duffy, John J. , et al. The Vermont Encyclopedia. University Press of New England: 2003. ISBN 1-58465-086-9.
- Potash, P. Jeffrey, et al. Freedom and Unity: A History of Vermont. Vermont Historical Society: 2004. ISBN 0-934720-49-5.
External links
- Official website of the Governor of Vermont
- Snelling Center for Government study and poll on the length of term of Vermont governors
- Government of Vermont portal
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