List of Famous people born in Vermont, United States of America

Stephen Wallace Dorsey was a Republican member of the United States Senate from Arkansas with service for a single six-year term during the era of Reconstruction.

Henry Mower Rice was a fur trader and an American politician prominent in the statehood of Minnesota.

Alson Sherman served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1844–1845) for the Independent Democrat Party.

William Czar Bradley was an American lawyer and politician. He served as U.S. Representative from Vermont.

William Augustus Russell was an American businessman and political figure. He was the first president of the International Paper Company and served for six years as a United States Representative from Massachusetts.

Sylvester Churchill was an American journalist and Regular Army officer.

George Jones was an American journalist who, with Henry Jarvis Raymond, co-founded the New-York Daily Times, now The New York Times.

Ansel Briggs was an American pioneer who rose from a stagecoach driver to a member of the Iowa Territorial House of Representatives (1842–1846) and the first Governor of Iowa (1846–1850).

Anson Pacely Killen Safford was the third Governor of Arizona Territory. Affectionately known as the "Little Governor" due to his 5-foot-6-inch (1.68 m) stature, he was also Arizona's longest-serving territorial governor. His work to create a public education system earned him the name "Father of the Arizona Public Schools". Safford is additionally known for granting himself a divorce.

Erastus Snow was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1849 until his death. Snow was also a leading figure in Mormon colonization of Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico.