1840 Vermont gubernatorial election

The 1840 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 1, 1840.[1] Incumbent Whig Governor Silas H. Jennison defeated Democratic nominee Paul Dillingham with 59.58% of the vote.

1840 Vermont gubernatorial election

September 1, 1840
 
Nominee Silas H. Jennison Paul Dillingham
Party Whig Democratic
Popular vote 33,435 22,637
Percentage 59.58% 40.34%

Governor before election

Silas H. Jennison
Whig

Elected Governor

Silas H. Jennison
Whig

General election

Candidates

Results

1840 Vermont gubernatorial election[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][lower-alpha 1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Silas H. Jennison (inc.) 33,435 59.58%
Democratic Paul Dillingham 22,637 40.34%
Scattering 45 0.08%
Majority 10,798 19.24%
Turnout 56,117
Whig hold Swing

Notes

  1. Some sources give the result as Jennison 33,653, Dillingham 23,000.[11][12] The result given here is that given in the Vermont House Journal.

References

  1. "Vermont Election". The Madisonian. Washington City. September 1, 1840. p. 3. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  2. "Hon. Paul Dillingham". The Cambridge Transcript. Cambridge, Vermont. August 7, 1891. p. 7. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  3. "Gov. Paul Dillingham". www.nga.org. National Governors Association. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  4. "VT Governor, 1840". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  5. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 316–317. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  6. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
  7. Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Vermont, October Session, 1840. Montpelier: E. P. Walton & Sons. 1840. p. I.
  8. "Governor: 1789-2016". Election Results Archive. Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. p. 9. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  9. Thompson, Zadock (1842). History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical, in Three Parts. Burlington: Chauncey Goodrich. p. 119.
  10. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. Vermont. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 966.
  11. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 83. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  12. Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 595. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.


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