1848 Vermont gubernatorial election

1848 Vermont gubernatorial election

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Nominee Carlos Coolidge Oscar L. Shafter Paul Dillingham Party Whig Free Soil Democratic Electoral vote 122 65 54 Popular vote 22,007 14,931 13,420 Percentage 43.66% 29.62% 26.62%

County results Coolidge:     40–50%     50–60% Shafter:     40–50% Dillingham:     30–40%     40–50%

Governor before election Horace Eaton Whig Elected Governor Carlos Coolidge Whig

The 1848 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 5, 1848, to elect the governor of Vermont. As no candidate received a majority of the votes cast, the Vermont General Assembly elected Whig Carlos Coolidge, the plurality winner, with 122 votes to 65 for Oscar L. Shafter, 54 for Paul Dillingham, and 1 each for Luke P. Poland and William M. Shafter. ^[1]

Results

1848 Vermont gubernatorial election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Carlos Coolidge	22,007	43.66%
	Free Soil	Oscar L. Shafter	14,931	29.62%
	Democratic	Paul Dillingham	13,420	26.62%
	Write-in	Other	47	0.09%
Total votes			50,405	100.00%

References

1. "Vermont Legislature". Middlebury Gazette. October 24, 1848.
2. "General Election Results - Governor - 1789-2012" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 31, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2014.