| Election Name: | 1823 Vermont gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Vermont |
| Flag Year: | 1804 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1822 Vermont gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1822 |
| Next Election: | 1824 Vermont gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1824 |
| Image1: | Cornelius P Van Ness.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Cornelius P. Van Ness |
| Party1: | Democratic-Republican |
| Popular Vote1: | 11,479 |
| Percentage1: | 85.6% |
| Nominee2: | Dudley Chase |
| Party2: | Democratic-Republican |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,088 |
| Percentage2: | 8.1% |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Richard Skinner |
| Before Party: | Democratic-Republican |
| After Election: | Cornelius P. Van Ness |
| After Party: | Democratic-Republican |
The 1823 Vermont gubernatorial election took place in September and October, and resulted in the election of Cornelius P. Van Ness to a one-year term as governor.[1]
The Vermont General Assembly met in Montpelier on October 9.[1] 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.[1] Democratic-Republican Cornelius P. Van Ness was the only major candidate.[1] The committee determined that Van Ness had easily won a one-year term against only token opposition.[1]
In the election for lieutenant governor, the committee determined that Democratic-Republican Aaron Leland had won election to a second one-year term against only scattering opposition.[1] A Vermont newspaper reported the results as: Leland, 11,758 (98.5%); scattering, 176 (1.5%).[2]
Benjamin Swan was unopposed for election to a one-year term as treasurer, his twenty-fourth.[1] Though nominally a Federalist, Swan was usually endorsed by the Democratic-Republicans and even after the demise of the Federalists Swan often ran unopposed.[3] Vermont newspapers indicated that the results were: Swan, 10,141 (99.8%); scattering, 17 (0.2%).[2]
In the race for governor, the results of the popular vote were reported as follows.[1]