1837 Vermont gubernatorial election

The 1837 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 5, 1837.[1]

1837 Vermont gubernatorial election

September 5, 1837
 
Nominee Silas H. Jennison William Czar Bradley
Party Whig Democratic
Popular vote 22,260 17,730
Percentage 55.65% 44.33%

Governor before election

Silas H. Jennison
Whig

Elected Governor

Silas H. Jennison
Whig

Incumbent Whig Governor Silas H. Jennison defeated Democratic nominee William Czar Bradley with 55.65% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Results

1837 Vermont gubernatorial election[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][lower-alpha 1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Silas H. Jennison (inc.) 22,260 55.65%
Democratic William Czar Bradley 17,730 44.33%
Scattering 8 0.02%
Majority 4,530 11.32%
Turnout 39,998
Whig hold Swing

Notes

  1. Some sources give the result as Jennison 22,257, Bradley 17,722.[9][10] The result given here is that given in the Vermont House Journal.

References

  1. "State Election, September 5". Burlington free press. Burlington, Vt. August 18, 1837. p. 2. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. "VT Governor, 1837". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  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. 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.
  5. Journal of the House of Representatives, of the State of Vermont, October Session, 1837. Montpelier: E. P. Walton & Son. 1837. p. 8.
  6. "Governor: 1789-2016". Election Results Archive. Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. p. 8. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  7. Thompson, Zadock (1842). History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical, in Three Parts. Burlington: Chauncey Goodrich. p. 119.
  8. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. Vermont. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 965.
  9. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 83. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  10. 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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