1838 Vermont gubernatorial election

The 1838 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 4, 1838.[1]

September 4, 1838


Nominee	Silas H. Jennison	William Czar Bradley
Party	Whig	Democratic
Popular vote	24,738	19,194
Percentage	56.26%	43.65%

Governor before election

Silas H. Jennison
Whig

Elected Governor

Silas H. Jennison
Whig

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Incumbent Whig Governor Silas H. Jennison defeated Democratic nominee William Czar Bradley with 56.26% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

William Czar Bradley, Democratic, former U.S. Representative, Democratic candidate for Governor in 1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837
Silas H. Jennison, Whig, incumbent Governor

Results

1838 Vermont gubernatorial election[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][lower-alpha 1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Silas H. Jennison (inc.)	24,738	56.26%
	Democratic	William Czar Bradley	19,194	43.65%
	Scattering		37	0.08%
Majority			5,544	12.61%
Turnout			43,969
	Whig hold		Swing

Notes

Some sources give the result as Jennison 22,169, Bradley 17,146.[9][10] The result given here is that given in the Vermont House Journal.

References

"The Vermont Congressional and Legislative elections". Martinsburg gazette. Martinsburg, Va. September 5, 1838. p. 3. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
"VT Governor, 1838". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 316–317. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
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.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Vermont, October Session, 1838. Montpelier: E. P. Walton & Sons. 1839. p. xxiii.
"Governor: 1789-2016". Election Results Archive. Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. p. 8. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
Thompson, Zadock (1842). History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical, in Three Parts. Burlington: Chauncey Goodrich. p. 119.
Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. Vermont. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 965.
Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 83. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 594. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.

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