| Election Name: | 1835 Vermont gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Vermont |
| Flag Year: | 1804 |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1834 Vermont gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1834 |
| Next Election: | 1836 Vermont gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1836 |
| Election Date: | September 1, 1835 |
| Nominee1: | William A. Palmer |
| Party1: | Anti-Masonic Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 16,210 |
| Percentage1: | 46.38% |
| Nominee2: | William Czar Bradley |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 13,254 |
| Percentage2: | 37.92% |
| Nominee3: | Charles Paine |
| Party3: | Whig Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote3: | 5,435 |
| Percentage3: | 15.55% |
| Map Size: | 220px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | William A. Palmer |
| Before Party: | Anti-Masonic Party |
| After Election: | Silas H. Jennison (acting) |
| After Party: | Whig Party (United States) |
The 1835 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 1, 1835.
Incumbent Anti-Masonic governor William A. Palmer contested the election with Democratic nominee William Czar Bradley and Whig nominee Charles Paine.
Since no candidate received a majority in the popular vote, the state constitution required the Vermont General Assembly and Vermont Executive Council to meet in joint convention and elect a governor. After 63 inconclusive ballots, the General Assembly adjourned on November 2 without making a choice. As a result, Silas H. Jennison, who had been elected Lieutenant Governor with Whig and Anti-Masonic support, served the term as acting governor.
As no candidate received a majority of the vote, the unicameral Vermont General Assembly, with the Executive Council, were required to decide the election, meeting as a joint body to elect a governor by majority vote.
The joint convention met in 15 different sessions on October 9 (5 ballots), 10 (2 ballots), 13 (11 ballots), 14 (4 ballots), 15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 28, 30 and November 2 (2 ballots) to elect a governor.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Incomplete results of the balloting were as follows:[1] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [5] [11] [12]
The highest total for Palmer was 112, at a point when 117 was needed for election.
| Gubernatorial Ballot | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 5th | 7th | 28th | 34th | 37th | 61st | 63rd | ||
| 110 | 108 | 104 | 108 | 97 | 102 | 100 | 102 | ||
| William Czar Bradley | 73 | 72 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 79 | 63 | |
| Charles Paine | 42 | 3 | 47 | 46 | 42 | 40 | 39 | 40 | |
| Silas H. Jennison | 5 | 15 | 10 | 8 | |||||
| Scattering | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
On November 2, after 63 ballots, the Convention voted by 113 – 100 to dissolve without electing a governor. Silas H. Jennison, elected Lieutenant Governor by a majority vote, served the term as governor.