Election Name: | 1803 Vermont gubernatorial election |
Country: | Vermont |
Flag Image: | Flag of the Vermont Republic.svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1802 Vermont gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1802 |
Next Election: | 1804 Vermont gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1804 |
Image1: | Isaac Tichenor.jpg |
Nominee1: | Isaac Tichenor |
Party1: | Federalist Party |
Popular Vote1: | 7,940 |
Percentage1: | 58.0% |
Nominee2: | Jonathan Robinson |
Party2: | Democratic-Republican |
Popular Vote2: | 5,408 |
Percentage2: | 39.5% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Isaac Tichenor |
Before Party: | Federalist Party |
After Election: | Isaac Tichenor |
After Party: | Federalist Party |
The 1803 Vermont gubernatorial election for Governor of Vermont took place throughout September, and resulted in the re-election of Isaac Tichenor to a one-year term.[1]
The Vermont General Assembly met in Westminster on October 13.[1] The Vermont House of Representatives appointed a committee to examine the votes of the freemen of Vermont for governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, and members of the governor's council.[1]
The committee examined the votes, which showed that Isaac Tichenor was chosen for a seventh one-year term.[1] In the election for lieutenant governor, the voters selected Paul Brigham for an eighth one-year term.[1] Benjamin Swan was elected to a fourth one-year term as treasurer.[1] According to contemporary newspaper accounts, the vote totals for governor were as follows.[2]
In the race for lieutenant governor, the vote totals were reported as: Paul Brigham, 7,700; Thomas Leverett, 2,803; Lewis R. Morris, 153; Scattering, 414.[2]
The results for treasurer were: Benjamin Swan, 8,328; Scattering, 353.[2]