1835 Vermont gubernatorial election

Candidates

• William Czar Bradley, Democratic, former U.S. Representative, Democratic candidate for Governor in 1834
• Charles Paine, Whig, former member of the Vermont House of Representatives
• William A. Palmer, Anti-Masonic, incumbent governor

Results

Legislative election

As no candidate received a majority of the vote, the unicameral Vermont General Assembly, with the Executive Council, were required to decide the election, meeting as a joint body to elect a governor by majority vote.^[12]

The joint convention met in 15 different sessions on October 9 (5 ballots), 10 (2 ballots), 13 (11 ballots), 14 (4 ballots), 15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 28, 30 and November 2 (2 ballots) to elect a governor.^{[13][14][15][16][17][18]}

Incomplete results of the balloting were as follows:^{[10][14][19][20][21][22][23][18][24][25][11]}

The highest total for Palmer was 112, at a point when 117 was needed for election.^[10]

On November 2, after 63 ballots, the Convention voted by 113 – 100 to dissolve without electing a governor.^[10][26] Silas H. Jennison, elected Lieutenant Governor by a majority vote, served the term as governor.