Election Name: | 1833 Vermont gubernatorial election |
Country: | Vermont |
Flag Year: | 1804 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1832 Vermont gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1832 |
Next Election: | 1834 Vermont gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1834 |
Nominee1: | William A. Palmer |
Party1: | Anti-Masonic Party |
Popular Vote1: | 20,565 |
Percentage1: | 52.9% |
Nominee2: | Ezra Meech |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 15,683 |
Percentage2: | 40.3% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | William A. Palmer |
Before Party: | Anti-Masonic Party |
After Election: | William A. Palmer |
After Party: | Anti-Masonic Party |
The 1833 Vermont gubernatorial election took place in September and October, and resulted in the reelection of William A. Palmer to a one-year term as governor.[1]
The candidates for governor in the general election held on September 3, 1833, were: incumbent William A. Palmer (Anti-Masonic); Democrat Ezra Meech; Horatio Seymour (National Republican); and John Roberts (Democratic).[1] In the general election, the General Assembly, which met in Montpelier on October 10, determined that the results were: total votes, 38,905; Palmer, 20,565 (52.9%); Meech, 15,683 (40.3%); Seymour, 1,765 (4.5%); Roberts, 772 (1.9%); scattering, 120 (0.4%).[1]
In the race for lieutenant governor, the total votes were 38,937.[1] Anti-Mason and incumbent Lebbeus Egerton received 20,185 votes (51.8%), Jedediah Harris, running as a Democrat and National Republican, received 18,725 (48.1%), and 27 (0.1%) were recorded as scattering.[1]
After 33 consecutive one-year terms, Benjamin Swan lost the election for state treasurer.[1] Though he had nominally been a Federalist, Swan was later the usual candidate of the Democratic-Republicans and in many of his campaigns he had run unopposed.[2] In 1833, he was the candidate of the National Republicans and Democrats, and Augustine Clarke was the Anti-Masonic candidate.[1] The popular vote was reported as: total votes cast, 38,724: Clarke, 19,661 (50.77%); Swan, 19,056 (49.20%); scattering, 7 (0.03%).[1]