1827 Vermont gubernatorial election

The 1827 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 4, 1827.^[1] It resulted in the election of Ezra Butler to a one-year term as governor.^[2]

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1827 Vermont gubernatorial election

← 1826 September 4, 1827 (1827-09-04) 1828 â†’

Nominee Ezra Butler Joel Doolittle Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Popular vote 13,699 1,951 Percentage 87.5% 12.5%

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

Governor before election Ezra Butler Democratic-Republican Elected Governor Ezra Butler Democratic-Republican

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The Vermont General Assembly met in Montpelier on October 11.^[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 election to a second one-year term.^[2]

In the election for lieutenant governor, the committee determined that Democratic-Republican Henry Olin had won election to a one-year term.^[2] Newspapers of the time reported the vote totals as: Olin, 9,411 (67.5%); Samuel C. Crafts, 2,667 (19.1%); Israel P. Dana, 1,865 (13.4%).^[3]

Benjamin Swan won election to a one-year term as treasurer, his twenty-eighth.^[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] According to a contemporary news account, Swan was chosen nearly unanimously, with no major opposition and only 17 votes scattering.^[3]

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