Election Name: | 1908 Vermont gubernatorial election |
Country: | Vermont |
Flag Year: | 1837 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1906 Vermont gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1906 |
Next Election: | 1910 Vermont gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1910 |
Image1: | File:GeorgeProuty.jpg |
Nominee1: | George H. Prouty |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 45,598 |
Percentage1: | 70.8% |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 15,953 |
Percentage2: | 24.8% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Fletcher D. Proctor |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | George H. Prouty |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1908 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 1, 1908. Incumbent Republican Fletcher D. Proctor, per the "Mountain Rule",[1] did not run for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont. Republican candidate George H. Prouty defeated Democratic candidate, Burlington mayor James Edmund Burke to succeed him.