1835 Vermont gubernatorial election

The 1835 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 1, 1835.

1835 Vermont gubernatorial election
September 1, 1835
 
Nominee William A. Palmer William Czar Bradley Charles Paine
Party Anti-Masonic Democratic Whig
Popular vote 16,210 13,254 5,435
Percentage 46.38% 37.92% 15.55%
Governor before election

William A. Palmer
Anti-Masonic

 Elected Governor

Silas H. Jennison (acting)
Whig

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Incumbent Anti-Masonic governor William A. Palmer contested the election with Democratic nominee William Czar Bradley and Whig nominee Charles Paine.

Since no candidate received a majority in the popular vote, the state constitution required the Vermont General Assembly and Vermont Executive Council to meet in joint convention and elect a governor. After 63 inconclusive ballots, the General Assembly adjourned on November 2 without making a choice. As a result, Silas H. Jennison, who had been elected Lieutenant Governor with Whig and Anti-Masonic support, served the term as acting governor.

General election

Candidates

Results
1835 Vermont gubernatorial election[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Anti-Masonic William A. Palmer (inc.) 16,210 46.38%
Democratic William Czar Bradley 13,254 37.92%
Whig Charles Paine 5,435 15.55%
Scattering 54 0.15%
Majority 2,956 8.46%
Turnout 34,953

Legislative election

As no candidate received a majority of the vote, the unicameral Vermont General Assembly, with the Executive Council, were required to decide the election, meeting as a joint body to elect a governor by majority vote.[12]

The joint convention met in 15 different sessions on October 9 (5 ballots), 10 (2 ballots), 13 (11 ballots), 14 (4 ballots), 15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 28, 30 and November 2 (2 ballots) to elect a governor.[13][14][15][16][17][18]

Incomplete results of the balloting were as follows:[10][14][19][20][21][22][23][18][24][25][11]

The highest total for Palmer was 112, at a point when 117 was needed for election.[10]

On November 2, after 63 ballots, the Convention voted by 113 – 100 to dissolve without electing a governor.[10][26] Silas H. Jennison, elected Lieutenant Governor by a majority vote, served the term as governor.

Legislative election, 63rd ballot[24][25][11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Anti-Masonic William A. Palmer 102 47.89%
Democratic William Czar Bradley 63 29.58%
Whig Charles Paine 40 18.78%
Whig Silas H. Jennison 8 3.75%
Turnout 213

Bibliography
  • Journal of the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, at their Session begun and holden at Montpelier, on Thursday, October 8, 1835. Middlebury: Knapp and Jewett, Printers. 1835.
  • Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.

References
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  2. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 83. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  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. Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 594.
  5. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
  6. Vermont Journal 1835, p. 8.
  7. "Governor: 1789-2016". Election Results Archive. Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. p. 8. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  8. Thompson, Zadock (1842). History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical, in Three Parts. Burlington: Chauncey Goodrich. p. 119.
  9. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. Vermont. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 965.
  10. Vaughn, William Preston (1983). The Anti-Masonic Party in the United States, 1826-1843. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-8131-9269-7.
  11. Crockett, Walter Hill (1921). Vermont, The Green Mountain State. Vol. 3. New York: The Century History Company, Inc. p. 269.
  12. Kallenbach and Kallenbach 1977, p. 586.
  13. Vermont Journal 1835, pp. 10, 11, 27, 30, 32, 36, 40, 62, 70, 73, 82, 110, 120, 122, 125, 143.
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  25. "Vermont – the contest ended". Litchfield enquirer. Litchfield, Conn. November 12, 1835. p. 3. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  26. Vermont Journal 1835, p. 143.


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