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Russell S. Taft was the chair of the Republican state convention held in Burlington, Vermont, on March 23, 1876. The delegates to the Republican National Convention were Luke P. Poland, G. Veazey, George Howe, George H. Bigelow, Mason S. Colburn, F.E. Woodbridge, Warren C. French, Roswell Farnham, Silas P. Carpenter, and John L. Mason. Poland was the chair of the delegation and The delegates supported Benjamin Bristow for the first few ballots before supporting Rutherford B. Hayes.
The Democratic state convention was held on June 1, in Montpelier, Vermont. The delegates to the Democratic National Convention were Marcus D. Gilman, Bradley Smalley, P.S. Benjamin, Joseph Rand, James H. Williams, Joseph W. Bliss, C.M. Chase, Thomas B. Kennedy, John Cain, and George M. Fisk. The delegation supported Samuel J. Tilden on both ballots.
Jacob Estey, Charles E. Houghton, Henry N. Sollace, Roswell Farnham, and Alvin C. Welch were the Republican presidential electors. Lucias Robinson, H.L. Robinson, George L. Waterman, Amos Aldrich, and S.L. Goodell were the Democratic presidential electors. Sollace, a postmaster in Bridport, Vermont, was ineligible to be an elector if he held his postmaster position. He resigned in order to serve as an elector and was then appointed to fill the vacancy created by his resignation.
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