1860 Vermont gubernatorial election

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1860 Vermont gubernatorial election
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Nominee Erastus Fairbanks John Godfrey Saxe Robert Harvey
Party Republican Douglas Democratic Breckinridge Democratic
Popular vote34,18811,7952,115
Percentage71.0%24.5%4.5%
1860 Vermont gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Fairbanks:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Governor before election

Hiland Hall
Republican

Elected Governor

Erastus Fairbanks
Republican

The 1860 Vermont gubernatorial election for governor of Vermont was held on Tuesday, September 4. [1] In keeping with the "Mountain Rule", incumbent Republican Hiland Hall was not a candidate for a third one-year term. [2] [3] The Republican nominee was former Governor Erastus Fairbanks. [2] With the Democratic Party fracturing nationally over the slavery issue, John Godfrey Saxe, the Democratic nominee against Hall in 1859, ran as a supporter of Stephen A. Douglas for president. [4] Robert Harvey ran as a supporter of Democratic presidential candidate John C. Breckinridge. [4]

Contents

Vermont continued to strongly oppose the continuation of slavery and its backing of the Republican Party's abolitionist platform was unwavering. [2] [4] Fairbanks easily defeated both Democrats to win a one-year term. [2] He took his oath of office on October 12. [5]

General election

Results

1860 Vermont gubernatorial election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Erastus Fairbanks 34,188 71.0%
Douglas Democratic John Godfrey Saxe 11,79524.5%
Breckinridge Democratic Robert Harvey2,1154.5%
Write-in 30.0%
Total votes48,101 100.0%

References

  1. ↑ "National Republican Nominations". The Caledonian . St. Johnsbury, VT. August 31, 1860. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Armstrong, Howard E. (1955). Vermont Legislative Directory and State Manual. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Secretary of State. p. 273 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Hand, Samuel B. (2003). "Mountain Rule Revisited" (PDF). Vermont History. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Historical Society. pp. 140, 143.
  4. 1 2 3 Miller, Richard F., ed. (2013). States at War. Vol. 1. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England. p. 564. ISBN   978-1-6116-8324-0 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Legislature of Vermont: Joint Assembly". Vermont Chronicle. Bellows Falls, VT. October 16, 1860. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.


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