1837 Vermont gubernatorial election
September 5, 1837
 
Nominee Silas H. Jennison William Czar Bradley
Party Whig Democratic
Popular vote 22,260 17,730
Percentage 55.65% 44.33%
Governor before election

Silas H. Jennison
Whig

 Elected Governor

Silas H. Jennison
Whig

The 1837 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 5, 1837.[1]

Incumbent Whig Governor Silas H. Jennison defeated Democratic nominee William Czar Bradley with 55.65% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Results

1837 Vermont gubernatorial election[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][lower-alpha 1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Silas H. Jennison (inc.) 22,260 55.65%
Democratic William Czar Bradley 17,730 44.33%
Scattering 8 0.02%
Majority 4,530 11.33%
Turnout 39,998
Whig hold Swing

Results by county

County[11] Silas Hemenway Jennison
Whig		 William Czar Bradley
Democratic		 Margin Total votes cast
#  % #  % #  %
Addison 2,236 66.45% 1,129 33.55% 1,107 32.90% 3,365
Bennington 1,329 50.38% 1,309 49.62% 20 0.76% 2,638
Caledonia 1,557 50.10% 1,551 49.90% 6 0.19% 3,108
Chittenden 1,668 54.98% 1,366 45.02% 302 9.95% 3,034
Essex 209 43.00% 277 57.00% 68 -13.99% 486
Franklin 1,065 54.28% 897 45.72% 168 8.56% 1,962
Grand Isle 247 53.46% 215 46.54% 32 6.93% 462
Lamoille 550 42.94% 731 57.06% 181 -14.13% 1,281
Orange 2,175 47.38% 2,416 52.62% 241 -5.25% 4,591
Orleans 978 53.44% 852 46.56% 126 6.89% 1,830
Rutland 2,478 65.01% 1,334 34.99% 1,144 30.01% 3,812
Washington 1,605 42.78% 2,147 57.22% 542 -14.45% 3,752
Windham 2,601 58.06% 1,879 41.94% 722 16.12% 4,480
Windsor 3,562 68.65% 1,627 31.35% 1,935 37.29% 5,189
Totals22,26055.66%17,73044.34%4,53011.33%39,990

Notes

  1. ↑ Some sources give the result as Jennison 22,257, Bradley 17,722.[9][10] The result given here is that given in the Vermont House Journal.

References

  1. ↑ "State Election, September 5". Burlington free press. Burlington, Vt. August 18, 1837. p. 2. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  2. ↑ "VT Governor, 1837". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 316–317. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Journal of the House of Representatives, of the State of Vermont, October Session, 1837. Montpelier: E. P. Walton & Son. 1837. p. 8.
  6. ↑ "Governor: 1789-2016". Election Results Archive. Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. p. 8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  7. ↑ Thompson, Zadock (1842). History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical, in Three Parts. Burlington: Chauncey Goodrich. p. 119.
  8. ↑ Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. Vermont. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 965.
  9. ↑ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 83. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  10. ↑ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 594. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
  11. ↑ "Election archive". vermont.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
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