1824 Vermont gubernatorial election

The 1824 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 7, 1824.^[1] It resulted in the election of Cornelius P. Van Ness to a one-year term as governor.^[2]

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1824 Vermont gubernatorial election

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Nominee Cornelius P. Van Ness Joel Doolittle Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Popular vote 13,413 1,962 Percentage 85.3% 12.5%

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

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

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The Vermont General Assembly met in Montpelier on October 14.^[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 second 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 third one-year term against only scattering opposition.^[2] A Vermont newspaper reported the results as: Leland, 14,166 (98.4%); scattering, 220 (1.6%).^[3]

Benjamin Swan was unopposed for election to a one-year term as treasurer, his twenty-fifth.^[2] Though he had nominally been a Federalist, Swan was usually endorsed by the Democratic-Republicans and even after the demise of the Federalists he was frequently unopposed.^[4] Vermont newspapers indicated that the results were: Swan, 12,743 (99.9%); scattering, 14 (0.1%).^[3]

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