Election Name: | 1829 Vermont gubernatorial election |
Country: | Vermont |
Flag Year: | 1804 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1828 Vermont gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1828 |
Next Election: | 1830 Vermont gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1830 |
Image1: | Samuel Crafts.jpg |
Nominee1: | Samuel C. Crafts |
Party1: | Democratic-Republican |
Popular Vote1: | 14,325 |
Percentage1: | 55.8% |
Nominee2: | Heman Allen (of Colchester) |
Party2: | Anti-Masonic Party |
Popular Vote2: | 7,346 |
Percentage2: | 28.6% |
Image3: | Joel Doolitle (Vermont Supreme Court Justice).jpg |
Nominee3: | Joel Doolittle |
Party3: | Democratic-Republican |
Popular Vote3: | 3,973 |
Percentage3: | 15.5% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Samuel C. Crafts |
Before Party: | Democratic-Republican |
After Election: | Samuel C. Crafts |
After Party: | Democratic-Republican |
The 1829 Vermont gubernatorial election took place in September and October, and resulted in the election of Samuel C. Crafts to a one-year term as governor.[1]
The Vermont General Assembly met in Montpelier on October 8.[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 Crafts had won election to a one-year term as governor.[1]
In the election for lieutenant governor, the committee determined that Democratic-Republican Henry Olin had won election to a third one-year term.[1] A contemporary newspaper account reported the vote totals as: Olin, 19,740 (81.5%); Lyman Fitch, 4,481 (18.5%).[2]
Benjamin Swan won election to a one-year term as treasurer, his thirtieth.[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] As reported in Vermont's newspapers, the vote totals were: Swan 15,631 (99.9%); scattering, 10 (0.1%).[2]
In the governor's race, the new Anti-Masonic Party fielded a candidate for the first time, supporting Heman Allen (of Colchester) though Allen had not indicated whether he identified with the party or its platform.[1] The vote totals in the governor's race were reported as follows:[1]