1824 Vermont gubernatorial election

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1824 Vermont gubernatorial election
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Nominee Cornelius P. Van Ness Joel Doolittle
Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican
Popular vote13,4131,962
Percentage85.3%12.5%
1824 Vermont gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Van Ness:     50–60%     70–80%     80–90%     90–100%
Governor before election

Cornelius P. Van Ness
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

Cornelius P. Van Ness
Democratic-Republican

The 1824 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 7, 1824. [1] It resulted in the election of Cornelius P. Van Ness to a one-year term as governor. [2]

The Vermont General Assembly met in Montpelier on October 14. [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 Cornelius P. Van Ness was the only major candidate. [2] The committee determined that Van Ness had easily won a second one-year term against only token opposition. [2]

In the election for lieutenant governor, the committee determined that Democratic-Republican Aaron Leland had won election to a third one-year term against only scattering opposition. [2] A Vermont newspaper reported the results as: Leland, 14,166 (98.4%); scattering, 220 (1.6%). [3]

Benjamin Swan was unopposed for election to a one-year term as treasurer, his twenty-fifth. [2] Though he had nominally been a Federalist, Swan was usually endorsed by the Democratic-Republicans and even after the demise of the Federalists he was frequently unopposed. [4] Vermont newspapers indicated that the results were: Swan, 12,743 (99.9%); scattering, 14 (0.1%). [3]

In the race for governor, the results of the popular vote were reported as follows. [2]

Results

1824 Vermont gubernatorial election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic-Republican Cornelius P. Van Ness (incumbent) 13,413 85.3%
Democratic-Republican Joel Doolittle 1,96212.5%
Write-in 3462.2%
Total votes15,721 100%

References

  1. ↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776–1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company. p. 265.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Walton, E. P., ed. (1879). Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont. Vol. VII. Montpelier, VT: J. & J. M. Poland. pp. 110–111 – via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 Mills, E.; Mills, T., eds. (October 22, 1824). "Vermont Legislature". Northern Sentinel. Burlington, VT. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Joshua L. (November 26, 2004). "Swan, Benjamin". Our Campaigns. Our Campaigns.com. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
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