[1] The president pro tempore also sets the policy priorities and legislative agenda for the Senate.
[8] Becca Balint, Vermont's at-large member of the U.S. House since 2023, served as Senate President from 2021 to 2023.
[10] By the 1870s, the position had evolved to the point where a permanent president pro tempore was chosen immediately after the convening of each new legislature.
[13] Including Shumlin, nine governors have served as Senate President (Eaton, Coolidge, Hendee, Redfield Proctor, McCullough, Prouty, Wills, Mortimer Proctor, Emerson, and Shumlin), as have six lieutenant governors who did not attain the governorship (Dale, Hinckley, Bates, Farnsworth, Babcock and Racine).
[8] The president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate earned $10,080 in annual compensation as of 2005.