1836 Vermont gubernatorial election

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1836 Vermont gubernatorial election
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Nominee Silas H. Jennison William Czar Bradley
Party Whig Democratic
Alliance Anti-Masonic
Popular vote20,47116,124
Percentage55.89%44.02%
Governor before election

Silas H. Jennison (acting)
Whig

Elected Governor

Silas H. Jennison
Whig

The 1836 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 6, 1836. [1] [2]

Contents

Incumbent Whig acting Governor Silas H. Jennison defeated Democratic nominee William Czar Bradley with 55.89% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Results

1836 Vermont gubernatorial election [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [lower-alpha 1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Silas H. Jennison (inc.) 20,471 55.89%
Democratic William Czar Bradley 16,12444.02%
Scattering350.09%
Majority4,34711.87%
Turnout 36,630
Whig hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Some sources give the result as Jennison 20,371, Bradley 16,134, scattering 35. [14] [15] The result given here is that given in the Vermont House Journal.

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References

  1. ↑ "In Maryland and Vermont". Litchfield enquirer. Litchfield, Conn. September 8, 1836. p. 3. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 "The election of general officers and members of Congress". Herald of the times. Newport, R.I. September 8, 1836. p. 3. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "From the Vermont Phenix". Rutland herald. Rutland, Vt. July 26, 1836. p. 3. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Whig Convention". Rutland herald. Rutland, Vt. March 8, 1836. p. 3. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Democratic Antimasonic State Convention". Rutland herald. Rutland, Vt. March 8, 1836. p. 3. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Antimasonic Nominations". State journal. Montpelier, Vt. March 15, 1836. p. 2. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "VT Governor, 1836". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 316–317. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
  9. ↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. pp. 275–276. ISBN   978-0-7864-1439-0.
  10. ↑ Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Vermont, at their Session begun and holden at Montpelier, on Thursday, October 13, 1836. Middlebury: American Office. 1836. p. 8.
  11. ↑ "Governor: 1789-2016". Election Results Archive. Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. p. 8. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  12. ↑ Thompson, Zadock (1842). History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical, in Three Parts. Burlington: Chauncey Goodrich. p. 119.
  13. ↑ Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. Vermont. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 965.
  14. ↑ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 83. ISBN   1-56802-396-0.
  15. ↑ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 594. ISBN   0-379-00665-0.
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