1826 Vermont gubernatorial election

The 1826 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 5, 1826.^[1] It resulted in the election of Ezra Butler to a one-year term as governor.^[2]

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1826 Vermont gubernatorial election

← 1825 September 5, 1826 (1826-09-05) 1827 â†’

Nominee Ezra Butler Joel Doolittle Party Adams Jacksonian Popular vote 8,966 3,157 Percentage 63.3% 22.3%

County results Butler:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100% Doolittle:      40–50%      50–60%

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

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The Vermont General Assembly met in Montpelier on October 12.^[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] The committee determined that Ezra Butler had won a one-year term.^[2]

In the election for lieutenant governor, the committee determined that Democratic-Republican Aaron Leland had won election to a fifth one-year term.^[2] Newspapers of the time reported the vote totals as: Leland, 7,749 (61.9%); Henry Olin, 4,331 (34.7%); Scattering, 431 (3.4%).^[3]

Benjamin Swan had no opposition for election to a one-year term as treasurer, his twenty-seventh.^[2] Though he had nominally been a Federalist, Swan was usually endorsed by the Democratic-Republicans and even after the demise of the Federalist Party he was frequently unopposed.^[4]

The vote totals in the governor's race were reported as follows:^[2]