| Year |
Commencement |
Adjournment |
Duration |
Principle Purpose |
| 1857 |
February 18 |
February 27 |
10 |
Replace the State House destroyed by fire |
| 1861 |
April 23 |
April 27 |
5 |
Respond to the call for troops at the outset of the Civil War |
| 1865 |
March 9 |
March 10 |
2 |
Ratification of the 13th amendment to the Constitution prohibiting slavery |
| 1867 |
March 27 |
March 29 |
3 |
Railroad route interruptions |
| 1875 |
January 13 |
January 16 |
4 |
Replace the Vermont Reform School destroyed by fire |
| 1891 |
August 25 |
August 27 |
3 |
Accepting of direct tax refund; cede land to the United States for a U.S. custom house and post office in St. Albans; make appropriations for the Columbian Exposition in Chicago |
| 1898 |
May 5 |
May 7 |
3 |
Respond to the Spanish-American War |
| 1916 |
August 24 |
August 25 |
2 |
Military excursions along the Mexican border |
| 1927 |
November 30 |
November 30 |
1 |
Emergency and recovery action in response to the 1927 floods |
| 1933 |
July 19 |
July 19 |
1 |
Construction of public works with New Deal funding |
| 1934 |
April 18 |
April 19 |
2 |
Liquor control legislation in response to the repeal of the 18th amendment to the Constitution |
| 1935 |
December 10 |
January 24 |
9* |
Taxation and social security |
| 1936 |
December 21 |
December 22 |
2 |
Unemployment insurance and compensation |
| 1940 |
July 24 |
July 24 |
1 |
Special election for U.S. Senator after the death of Senator Ernest Gibson Sr. |
| 1941 |
September 10 |
September 16 |
7 |
Financial problems at the University of Vermont and Agricultural College; existence of a "state of armed conflict" with Germany |
| 1944 |
March 15 |
March 18 |
4 |
Enabling Vermont military personnel serving abroad to vote and other issues |
| 1946 |
September 26 |
September 28 |
3 |
Construction of student housing at University of Vermont for returning veterans and funds for construction of state institution buildings |
| 1962 |
July 25 |
August 9 |
16 |
Reapportionment of the Senate |
| 1964 |
January 27 |
March 13 |
47 |
Various matters |
| 1966 |
January 5 |
March 12 |
67 |
Consideration of governor's program of progress and other matters |
| 1975 |
September 29 |
October 16 |
3 |
State budget deficit |
| 1981 |
July 15 |
July 16 |
2 |
Juvenile crime bill after a brutal murder committed by a juvenile offender |
| 1983 |
July 19 |
July 27 |
9 |
State budget deficit |
| 1993 |
July 20 |
July 21 |
2 |
State budget deficit |
| 2005 |
June 16 |
June 16 |
1 |
Threat of a veto of the state budget |
| 2009 |
June 2 |
June 10 |
9 |
Veto of the state budget; making appropriations for government for fiscal year 2010 and taking actions to strengthen the economy |
| 2018 |
May 23 |
June 29 |
38 |
Property tax relief through level statewide property tax rates; stabilizing Vermont's system of education finance and making appropriations for government for fiscal year 2019 |