1835 Vermont gubernatorial election

1835 Vermont gubernatorial election

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Nominee William A. Palmer William Czar Bradley Charles Paine Party Anti-Masonic Democratic Whig Popular vote 16,210 13,254 5,435 Percentage 46.38% 37.92% 15.55%

Governor before election William A. Palmer Anti-Masonic Elected Governor Silas H. Jennison (acting) Whig

The 1835 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 1, 1835.

Incumbent Anti-Masonic governor William A. Palmer contested the election with Democratic nominee William Czar Bradley and Whig nominee Charles Paine.

Since no candidate received a majority in the popular vote, the state constitution required the Vermont General Assembly and Vermont Executive Council to meet in joint convention and elect a governor. After 63 inconclusive ballots, the General Assembly adjourned on November 2 without making a choice. As a result, Silas H. Jennison, who had been elected Lieutenant Governor with Whig and Anti-Masonic support, served the term as acting governor.

General election

Candidates

• William Czar Bradley, Democratic, former U.S. Representative, Democratic candidate for Governor in 1834
• Charles Paine, Whig, former member of the Vermont House of Representatives
• William A. Palmer, Anti-Masonic, incumbent governor

Results

1835 Vermont gubernatorial election ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Anti-Masonic	William A. Palmer (inc.)	16,210	46.38%
	Democratic	William Czar Bradley	13,254	37.92%
	Whig	Charles Paine	5,435	15.55%
	Scattering		54	0.15%
Majority			2,956	8.46%
Turnout			34,953

Legislative election

As no candidate received a majority of the vote, the unicameral Vermont General Assembly, with the Executive Council, were required to decide the election, meeting as a joint body to elect a governor by majority vote. ^[12]

The joint convention met in 15 different sessions on October 9 (5 ballots), 10 (2 ballots), 13 (11 ballots), 14 (4 ballots), 15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 28, 30 and November 2 (2 ballots) to elect a governor. ^{[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]}

Incomplete results of the balloting were as follows: ^{[10] [14] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [18] [24] [25] [11]}

The highest total for Palmer was 112, at a point when 117 was needed for election. ^[10]

	Gubernatorial Ballot
	1st	5th	7th	28th	34th	37th	61st	63rd
William A. Palmer	110	108	104	108	97	102	100	102
William Czar Bradley	73	72	70	70	71	70	79	63
Charles Paine	42	3	47	46	42	40	39	40
Silas H. Jennison			5		15	10		8
Scattering		3		3			6

On November 2, after 63 ballots, the Convention voted by 113 – 100 to dissolve without electing a governor. ^{[10] [26]} Silas H. Jennison, elected Lieutenant Governor by a majority vote, served the term as governor.

Legislative election, 63rd ballot ^{[24] [25] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Anti-Masonic	William A. Palmer	102	47.89%
	Democratic	William Czar Bradley	63	29.58%
	Whig	Charles Paine	40	18.78%
	Whig	Silas H. Jennison	8	3.75%
Turnout			213

Bibliography

• Journal of the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, at their Session begun and holden at Montpelier, on Thursday, October 8, 1835. Middlebury: Knapp and Jewett, Printers. 1835.
• Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. ISBN   0-379-00665-0.

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