Who We Are - Constitution Party of Vermont

IN 1992, A COALITION OF independent state parties united to form what is now the Constitution Party. Since then, the remainder of the 50 states have started state branches, some with the national party name and some with a different name, but all under the banner of the Constitution Party. Howard Phillips has been the leader of the Party from its inception. Phillips is also founder of the Conservative Caucus and of Policy Analysis Inc., a public policy research organization which publishes the twice monthly Issues and Strategy Bulletin.

During the Nixon administration Phillips headed two federal agencies then resigned as Director of the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity when President Nixon reneged on his commitment to veto further funding of Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" programs. Starting in 1974, Phillips mobilized opposition to the Panama Canal treaty, the SALT II arms control treaties, NAFTA, the World Trade Organization, and federal funding of left-wing activism. A graduate of Harvard University (1962) and twice-elected president of the Harvard Student Council, he has twice been nominated as the Constitution Party candidate for President.

The Constitution Party of Vermont was formed in December of 1999 and is officially established as a Minor Political Party under Vermont law. We have held Caucuses around the State and are actively promoting and supporting candidates for various political offices. We are a body politic of principled thinkers who will enfold all who are desirous of a return to Constitutional principles.