1836 Vermont gubernatorial election

1836 Vermont gubernatorial election

September 6, 1836

Nominee Silas H. Jennison William Czar Bradley Party Whig Democratic Alliance Anti-Masonic Popular vote 20,471 16,124 Percentage 55.89% 44.02%

County results Jennison:      50–60%      60–70% Bradley:      50–60% No Vote/Data:

Governor before election Silas H. Jennison (acting) Whig Elected Governor Silas H. Jennison Whig

The 1836 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 6, 1836.^[1][2]

Incumbent Whig acting Governor Silas H. Jennison defeated Democratic nominee William Czar Bradley with 55.89% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

• William Czar Bradley, Democratic, former U.S. Representative, Democratic candidate for Governor in 1834 and 1835^[3]

• Silas H. Jennison, Whig^[2][4] (with Anti-Masonic support^[5][6]), incumbent acting Governor

Results

1836 Vermont gubernatorial election^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[a]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Silas H. Jennison (inc.)	20,471	55.89%
	Democratic	William Czar Bradley	16,124	44.02%
	Scattering		35	0.09%
Majority			4,347	11.87%
Turnout			36,630
	Whig hold		Swing

Notes

1. Some sources give the result as Jennison 20,371, Bradley 16,134, scattering 35.^[14][15] The result given here is that given in the Vermont House Journal.

References

1. "In Maryland and Vermont". Litchfield enquirer. Litchfield, Conn. September 8, 1836. p. 3. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
2. "The election of general officers and members of Congress". Herald of the times. Newport, R.I. September 8, 1836. p. 3. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
3. "From the Vermont Phenix". Rutland herald. Rutland, Vt. July 26, 1836. p. 3. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
4. "Whig Convention". Rutland herald. Rutland, Vt. March 8, 1836. p. 3. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
5. "Democratic Antimasonic State Convention". Rutland herald. Rutland, Vt. March 8, 1836. p. 3. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
6. "Antimasonic Nominations". State journal. Montpelier, Vt. March 15, 1836. p. 2. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
7. "VT Governor, 1836". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
8. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 316–317. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
9. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. pp. 275–276. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
10. Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Vermont, at their Session begun and holden at Montpelier, on Thursday, October 13, 1836. Middlebury: American Office. 1836. p. 8.
11. "Governor: 1789-2016". Election Results Archive. Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. p. 8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
12. Thompson, Zadock (1842). History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical, in Three Parts. Burlington: Chauncey Goodrich. p. 119.
13. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. Vermont. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 965.
14. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 83. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
15. 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.