1849 Vermont gubernatorial election
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The 1849 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 4, 1849, to elect the governor of Vermont. As no candidate received a majority of the votes cast, the Vermont General Assembly re-elected Whig Carlos Coolidge with 149 votes to 90 for Horatio Needham and 8 for Jonas Clark.[1]
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September 4, 1849
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 County results Coolidge: 40â50% 50â60% 60â70% Needham: 40â50% 50â60% 60â70% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Whig | Carlos Coolidge (incumbent) | 26,238 | 49.63% | ||
| Free Soil | Horatio Needham | 23,250 | 43.98% | ||
| Democratic | Jonas Clark | 3,357 | 6.35% | ||
| Write-in | Other | 26 | 0.05% | ||
| Total votes | '52,871' | '100' | |||
