1896 Vermont gubernatorial election

none related races 1896 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1896 Vermont gubernatorial election Vermont 1837 presidential 1896 9 1 no 1894 Vermont gubernatorial election 1894 1898 Vermont gubernatorial election 1898 100px Josiah Grout Republican Party (United States) 53,426 76.4% 104px Democratic Party (United States) J. Henry Jackson 14,855 21.2% x220px County results x220px Municipality results Grout: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% #A80000 90-100%Jackson: #7996E2 50–60% #584CDE 70–80%No Vote/Data: #808080 Governor Urban A. Woodbury Republican Party (United States) Josiah Grout Republican Party (United States) The 1896 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 1, 1896. Per the "Mountain Rule", incumbent Republican Urban A. Woodbury did not run for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont.Hand Samuel B. Mountain Rule Revisited http://vermonthistory.org/journal/71/vt713_401.pdf Vermont Historical Society 3 January 2015 Republican candidate Josiah Grout defeated Democratic candidate J. Henry Jackson to succeed him. General election Candidates Joseph Battell, publisher of the Middlebury Register and philanthropist (People's) Josiah Grout, former State Senator from Newport and Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives (Republican) J. Henry Jackson (Democratic) Rodney Whittemore (Prohibition) Results 1896 Vermont gubernatorial electionGeneral Election Results - Governor - 1789-2012 https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/308153/stoff1gov.pdf Office of the Vermont Secretary of State 3 January 2015 30 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141130162743/https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/308153/stoff1gov.pdf dead Republican Party (United States) Josiah Grout 53,426 76.4 Democratic Party (United States) J. Henry Jackson 14,855 21.2 People's Party (United States) Joseph Battell 831 1.2 Prohibition Party Rodney Whittemore 755 1.1 N/A Other 55 0.1 69,922 100.0 References Vermont 1896 Gubernatorial Category:September 1896 in the United States