1827 Vermont gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:1827 Vermont gubernatorial election
Country:Vermont
Flag Year:1804
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1826 Vermont gubernatorial election
Previous Year:1826
Next Election:1828 Vermont gubernatorial election
Next Year:1828
Image1:Ezra Butler (Vermont Governor).jpg
Nominee1:Ezra Butler
Party1:Democratic-Republican
Popular Vote1:13,699
Percentage1:87.5%
Nominee2:Joel Doolittle
Party2:Democratic-Republican
Popular Vote2:1,951
Percentage2:12.5%
Governor
Before Election:Ezra Butler
Before Party:Democratic-Republican
After Election:Ezra Butler
After Party:Democratic-Republican

The 1827 Vermont gubernatorial election took place in September and October, and resulted in the election of Ezra Butler to a one-year term as governor.[1]

The Vermont General Assembly met in Montpelier on October 11.[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] The committee determined that Ezra Butler had won election to a second one-year term.[1]

In the election for lieutenant governor, the committee determined that Democratic-Republican Henry Olin had won election to a one-year term.[1] Newspapers of the time reported the vote totals as: Olin, 9,411 (67.5%); Samuel C. Crafts, 2,667 (19.1%); Israel P. Dana, 1,865 (13.4%).[2]

Benjamin Swan won election to a one-year term as treasurer, his twenty-eighth.[1] Though he had nominally been a Federalist, Swan was usually endorsed by the Democratic-Republicans and even after the demise of the Federalist Party he was frequently unopposed.[3] According to a contemporary news account, Swan was chosen nearly unanimously, with no major opposition and only 17 votes scattering.[2]

The vote totals in the governor's race were reported as follows:[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Walton . E. P. . Eliakim Persons Walton . 1879 . Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont . VII . Montpelier, VT . J. & J. M. Poland . 254–255 . Google Books.
  2. News: October 23, 1827 . Statement of Votes . North Star . Danville, VT . 3 . Newspapers.com.
  3. Web site: Swan, Benjamin . Joshua L. . November 26, 2004 . Our Campaigns . Our Campaigns.com . March 21, 2021.