1841 Vermont gubernatorial election

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1841 Vermont gubernatorial election
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Nominee Charles Paine Nathan Smilie Titus Hutchinson
Party Whig Democratic Liberty
Electoral vote146959
Popular vote23,35321,3023,039
Percentage48.71%44.43%6.34%
Governor before election

Silas H. Jennison
Whig

Elected Governor

Charles Paine
Whig

The 1841 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 7, 1841. [1]

Contents

Incumbent Whig Governor Silas H. Jennison did not run for re-election.

Whig nominee Charles Paine defeated Democratic nominee Nathan Smilie and Liberty nominee Titus Hutchinson.

Since no candidate received a majority in the popular vote, Paine was elected by the Vermont General Assembly per the state constitution.

General election

Candidates

Results

1841 Vermont gubernatorial election [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [lower-alpha 1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Charles Paine 23,353 48.71%
Democratic Nathan Smilie21,30244.43%
Liberty Titus Hutchinson 3,0396.34%
Scattering2480.52%
Majority2,0514.28%
Turnout 47,942

Legislative election

As no candidate received a majority of the vote, the Vermont General Assembly was required to decide the election, both Houses meeting jointly choosing among the top three vote-getters, Paine, Smilie and Hutchinson. The legislative election was held on October 15, 1841. [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]

Of the four scattering votes, one was cast for William A. Griswold (Whig) and one for Asa G. Hewes, while two were blanks. These votes were not counted.

Legislative election [19] [20] [21] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Charles Paine 146 57.48%
Democratic Nathan Smilie9537.40%
Liberty Titus Hutchinson 93.54%
Scattering and blanks41.58%
Turnout 254
Whig hold

Notes

  1. ↑ Some sources give the result as Paine 23,582, Smilie 21,693, Hutchinson 3,091, scattering 248. [16] [17] The result given here is that given in the Vermont House Journal.

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References

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  2. ↑ "The Abolitionists of Vermont". New-York tribune. New-York, N.Y. August 30, 1841. p. 1. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Third Party – State Convention". The Middlebury people's press. Middlebury, Vt. June 8, 1841. p. 3. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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  7. ↑ Deming, Leonard (1851). Catalogue of the Principal Officers of Vermont, as connected with its political history, from 1778 to 1851. Middlebury: Published by the author. p. 14.
  8. ↑ Waltons' Vermont Register and Farmers' Almanac, 1839. Montpelier: E. P. Walton & Son. 1839. p. 94.
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  12. ↑ Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Vermont, October Session, 1841. Montpelier: E. P. Walton & Sons, Printers. 1841. p. 1.
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  14. ↑ Thompson, Zadock (1842). History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical, in Three Parts. Burlington: Chauncey Goodrich. p. 119.
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