Election Name: | 1806 Vermont gubernatorial election |
Country: | Vermont |
Flag Year: | 1804 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1805 Vermont gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1805 |
Next Election: | 1807 Vermont gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1807 |
Image1: | Isaac Tichenor.jpg |
Nominee1: | Isaac Tichenor |
Party1: | Federalist Party |
Popular Vote1: | 8,351 |
Percentage1: | 53.5% |
Nominee2: | Jonathan Robinson |
Party2: | Democratic-Republican |
Popular Vote2: | 6,930 |
Percentage2: | 44.4% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Isaac Tichenor |
Before Party: | Federalist Party |
After Election: | Isaac Tichenor |
After Party: | Federalist Party |
The 1806 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 Middlebury on October 9.[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's examination of the votes showed that Governor Isaac Tichenor was chosen for a tenth one-year term.[1] In the election for lieutenant governor, the voters selected Paul Brigham for an eleventh one-year term.[1] Benjamin Swan was elected to his seventh one-year term as treasurer.[1]
In the races for lieutenant governor and treasurer, the vote totals and names of other candidates were not recorded.[1] According to a contemporary newspaper report, the vote totals for governor were as follows.[2]