1823 Vermont gubernatorial election

The 1823 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 2, 1823.^[1] It resulted in the election of Cornelius P. Van Ness to a one-year term as governor.^[2]

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1823 Vermont gubernatorial election

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Nominee Cornelius P. Van Ness Dudley Chase Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Popular vote 11,479 1,088 Percentage 85.6% 8.1%

County results Van Ness:      60–70%      80–90%      90–100% Chase:      50–60%

Governor before election Richard Skinner Democratic-Republican Elected Governor Cornelius P. Van Ness Democratic-Republican

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The Vermont General Assembly met in Montpelier on October 9.^[2] The Vermont House of Representatives appointed a committee to review the votes of the freemen of Vermont for governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, and members of the governor's council.^[2] Democratic-Republican Cornelius P. Van Ness was the only major candidate.^[2] The committee determined that Van Ness had easily won a one-year term against only token opposition.^[2]

In the election for lieutenant governor, the committee determined that Democratic-Republican Aaron Leland had won election to a second one-year term against only scattering opposition.^[2] A Vermont newspaper reported the results as: Leland, 11,758 (98.5%); scattering, 176 (1.5%).^[3]

Benjamin Swan was unopposed for election to a one-year term as treasurer, his twenty-fourth.^[2] Though nominally a Federalist, Swan was usually endorsed by the Democratic-Republicans and even after the demise of the Federalists Swan often ran unopposed.^[4] Vermont newspapers indicated that the results were: Swan, 10,141 (99.8%); scattering, 17 (0.2%).^[3]

In the race for governor, the results of the popular vote were reported as follows.^[2]