[6][7][8] Newspaper editor Eliakim Persons Walton condemned the 1854 Whig Convention for not being against slavery strongly.

The party was organized, nominated candidates for office, selected delegates to the Republican National Convention, and approved a platform.

[14][15] Royce accepted the party's nomination and won the 1854 gubernatorial election.

[22][23] William H. Meyer won election to the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's at-large congressional district in 1958, becoming the first Democrat to win statewide since 1853.

[27] The party received its lowest amount of seats in the state senate since its foundation in the 2018 election.

[28] In the 2024 elections, the party won the lieutenant gubernatorial election with John S. Rodgers, and also made significant gains in the state Senate as well as the House, breaking Democratic supermajorities in both chambers.