Election Name: | 1869 Vermont gubernatorial election |
Country: | Vermont |
Flag Year: | 1837 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1868 Vermont gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1868 |
Next Election: | 1870 Vermont gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1870 |
Candidate1: | Peter T. Washburn |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 31,834 |
Percentage1: | 73.5% |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Candidate2: | Homer W. Heaton |
Popular Vote2: | 11,455 |
Percentage2: | 26.4% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | John B. Page |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Peter T. Washburn |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1869 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 7, 1869. Incumbent Republican John B. Page, per the "Mountain Rule",[1] did not run for re-election to another term as Governor of Vermont. Republican candidate Peter T. Washburn, who had served in the Vermont House of Representatives and as Adjutant General of the Vermont Militia, defeated Democratic candidate Homer W. Heaton, a former member of the Vermont House, to succeed him. The 1869 election was the final time the Governor of Vermont was elected for a one-year term; terms were changed to two years beginning in 1870.