1840 Vermont gubernatorial election
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County results Jennison: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Dillingham: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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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.
General election
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Paul Dillingham, Democratic, town clerk of Waterbury, former member of the Vermont House of Representatives[2][3]
- Silas H. Jennison, Whig, incumbent Governor
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Vermont Election". The Madisonian. Washington City. September 1, 1840. p. 3. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
- ^ "Hon. Paul Dillingham". The Cambridge Transcript. Cambridge, Vermont. August 7, 1891. p. 7. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
- ^ "Gov. Paul Dillingham". www.nga.org. National Governors Association. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
- ^ "VT Governor, 1840". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 28, 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, 1840. Montpelier: E. P. Walton & Sons. 1840. p. I.
- ^ "Governor: 1789-2016". Election Results Archive. Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. p. 9. Retrieved January 28, 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. 966.
- ^ 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. 595. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.