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The 1822 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 3, 1822. [1] It resulted in the election of Richard Skinner to a one-year term as governor. [2]
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The Vermont General Assembly met in Montpelier on October 10. [2] The Vermont House of Representatives appointed a committee to review the votes of the freemen of Vermont for governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, and members of the governor's council. [2] Democratic-Republican Richard Skinner was the only major candidate. [2] The committee determined that Skinner had easily won a third one-year term against only scattering opposition. [2]
In the election for lieutenant governor, the committee determined that Democratic-Republican Aaron Leland had won election to a one-year term. [2] A contemporary newspaper article reported the results as: Leland, 6,792 (61.4%); Ezra Butler, 1,838 (16.6%); William Hunter, 1,785 (16.1%); William Strong, 48 (0.4%); scattering, 604 (5.5%). [3]
Benjamin Swan was unopposed for election to a one-year term as treasurer, his twenty-third. [2] Though nominally a Federalist, Swan was usually endorsed by the Democratic-Republicans and even after the demise of the Federalists Swan often ran unopposed. [4] Newspaper accounts of the election reported that Swan had received 7,986 votes (99.6%), with 34 votes (0.4%) scattering. [3]
In the race for governor, the results of the popular vote were reported as follows. [3]