1837 Vermont gubernatorial election

1837 Vermont gubernatorial election

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Nominee Silas H. Jennison William Czar Bradley Party Whig Democratic Popular vote 22,260 17,730 Percentage 55.65% 44.33%

Governor before election Silas H. Jennison Whig Elected Governor Silas H. Jennison Whig

The 1837 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 5, 1837. ^[1]

Incumbent Whig Governor Silas H. Jennison defeated Democratic nominee William Czar Bradley with 55.65% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

• William Czar Bradley, Democratic, former U.S. Representative, Democratic candidate for Governor in 1834, 1835 and 1836
• Silas H. Jennison, Whig, incumbent Governor

Results

1837 Vermont gubernatorial election ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [lower-alpha 1]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Silas H. Jennison (inc.)	22,260	55.65%
	Democratic	William Czar Bradley	17,730	44.33%
	Scattering		8	0.02%
Majority			4,530	11.33%
Turnout			39,998
	Whig hold		Swing

Results by county

County [11]	Silas Hemenway Jennison Whig		William Czar Bradley Democratic		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Addison	2,236	66.45%	1,129	33.55%	1,107	32.90%	3,365
Bennington	1,329	50.38%	1,309	49.62%	20	0.76%	2,638
Caledonia	1,557	50.10%	1,551	49.90%	6	0.19%	3,108
Chittenden	1,668	54.98%	1,366	45.02%	302	9.95%	3,034
Essex	209	43.00%	277	57.00%	68	-13.99%	486
Franklin	1,065	54.28%	897	45.72%	168	8.56%	1,962
Grand Isle	247	53.46%	215	46.54%	32	6.93%	462
Lamoille	550	42.94%	731	57.06%	181	-14.13%	1,281
Orange	2,175	47.38%	2,416	52.62%	241	-5.25%	4,591
Orleans	978	53.44%	852	46.56%	126	6.89%	1,830
Rutland	2,478	65.01%	1,334	34.99%	1,144	30.01%	3,812
Washington	1,605	42.78%	2,147	57.22%	542	-14.45%	3,752
Windham	2,601	58.06%	1,879	41.94%	722	16.12%	4,480
Windsor	3,562	68.65%	1,627	31.35%	1,935	37.29%	5,189
Totals	22,260	55.66%	17,730	44.34%	4,530	11.33%	39,990

Notes

1. Some sources give the result as Jennison 22,257, Bradley 17,722. ^{[9] [10]} The result given here is that given in the Vermont House Journal.

References

1. "State Election, September 5". Burlington free press. Burlington, Vt. August 18, 1837. p. 2. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
2. "VT Governor, 1837". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
3. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 316–317. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
4. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 276. ISBN   978-0-7864-1439-0.
5. Journal of the House of Representatives, of the State of Vermont, October Session, 1837. Montpelier: E. P. Walton & Son. 1837. p. 8.
6. "Governor: 1789-2016". Election Results Archive. Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. p. 8. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
7. Thompson, Zadock (1842). History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical, in Three Parts. Burlington: Chauncey Goodrich. p. 119.
8. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. Vermont. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 965.
9. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 83. ISBN   1-56802-396-0.
10. 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.
11. https://electionarchive.vermont.gov/data/serve_file_pages_for_item/137944/Election/