Nathan Smilie, Democratic, businessman,[2] former member of the Vermont General Assembly,[3][4][5][6] Democratic candidate for Governor in 1839 and 1841
Charles K. Williams, Liberty, incumbent Chief Judge of the Vermont Supreme Court
^One source gives the result as Paine 27,168, Smilie 24,141, Williams 2,093, scattering 36.[14]
The result given here is that given in the Vermont House Journal.
^Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 83. ISBN1-56802-396-0.
^Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 316–317. ISBN0-930466-17-9.
^Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 595. ISBN0-379-00665-0.
^Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 277. ISBN978-0-7864-1439-0.