1839 Vermont gubernatorial election

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1839 Vermont gubernatorial election
← 1838 September 3, 1839 1840 →
  Silas Hemenway Jenison.jpg No image.svg
Nominee Silas H. Jennison Nathan Smilie
Party Whig Democratic
Popular vote 24,611 22,257
Percentage 52.47% 47.45%
Governor before election

Silas H. Jennison
Whig

Elected Governor

Silas H. Jennison
Whig

Elections in Vermont
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State government
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The 1839 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 3, 1839.[1] Incumbent Whig Governor Silas H. Jennison defeated Democratic nominee Nathan Smilie with 52.47% of the vote.

General election[]

Candidates[]

  • Silas H. Jennison, Whig, incumbent Governor
  • Nathan Smilie, Democratic, businessman,[2] former member of the Vermont General Assembly[3][4][5][6]

Results[]

1839 Vermont gubernatorial election[7][8][9][10][11][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Silas H. Jennison (inc.) 24,611 52.47%
Democratic Nathan Smilie 22,257 47.45%
Scattering 34 0.07%
Majority 2,354 5.02%
Turnout 46,902
Whig hold Swing

Notes[]

  1. ^ Some sources give the result as Jennison 24,621, Bradley 22,256.[12][13] Other sources give Smilie's vote as 22,251.[14][15][16] The result given here is that given in the Vermont House Journal.

References[]

  1. ^ "Items of News". The Rhode-Island Republican. Newport, R.I. August 28, 1839. p. 3. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. ^ Little, Mrs C. M. (1893). History of the Clan Marfarlane. Tottenville, N. Y.: Mrs. C. M. Little. p. 119.
  3. ^ Crockett, Walter Hill (1921). Vermont, The Green Mountain State. Vol. 3. New York: The Century History Company, Inc. p. 276.
  4. ^ Child, Hamilton (1883). Gazetteer and Business Directory of Lamoille and Orleans counties, Vt. for 1883-84. Syracuse, N. Y.: Journal Office. p. 73.
  5. ^ Deming, Leonard (1851). Catalogue of the Principal Officers of Vermont, as connected with its political history, from 1778 to 1851. Middlebury: Published by the author. p. 14.
  6. ^ Waltons' Vermont Register and Farmers' Almanac, 1839. Montpelier: E. P. Walton & Son. 1839. p. 94.
  7. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 316–317. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  8. ^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Vermont, October Session, 1839. Montpelier: E. P. Walton & Sons. 1839. p. I.
  9. ^ Thompson, Zadock (1842). History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical, in Three Parts. Burlington: Chauncey Goodrich. p. 119.
  10. ^ Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. Vermont. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 965.
  11. ^ Crockett, Walter Hill (1921). Vermont, The Green Mountain State. Vol. 3. New York: The Century History Company, Inc. p. 304.
  12. ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 83. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  13. ^ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. pp. 594–595. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
  14. ^ "VT Governor, 1839". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  15. ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
  16. ^ "Governor: 1789-2016". Election Results Archive. Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. p. 8. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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