1828 Vermont gubernatorial election

The 1828 Vermont gubernatorial election took place September 2, 1828.^[1] It resulted in the election of Samuel C. Crafts to a one-year term as governor.^[2]

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1828 Vermont gubernatorial election

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Nominee Samuel C. Crafts Joel Doolittle Party Adams Jacksonian Popular vote 16,285 916 Percentage 94.7% 5.3%

County results Crafts:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%

Governor before election Ezra Butler Democratic-Republican Elected Governor Samuel C. Crafts Adams

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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] The committee determined that Crafts had won election to a one-year term as governor.^[2]

In the election for lieutenant governor, the committee determined that Democratic-Republican Henry Olin had won election to a second one-year term.^[2] Contemporary newspaper articles reported the results as: Olin, 14,928 (95.8%); Lyman Fitch, 652 (4.2%).^[3]

Benjamin Swan won election to a one-year term as treasurer, his twenty-ninth.^[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] Newspapers of the time did not report vote totals, but did indicate that Swan had been reelected with no opposition.^[3]

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