1831 Vermont gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1831 Vermont gubernatorial election Vermont 1804 presidential 1831 09 06 no 1830 Vermont gubernatorial election 1830 1832 Vermont gubernatorial election 1832 File:William A. Palmer.jpg William A. Palmer Anti-Masonic Party 114 15,258 44.9% Heman Allen - Sheriff und US Politiker.jpg Heman Allen National Republican Party 36 12,290 36.2% File:Ezra Meech.jpg Ezra Meech Jacksonian Party 42 6,158 18.1% 1831 Vermont gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 220px County resultsPalmer: #FEE391 40–50% #FE9929 60–70% #EC7014 70–80%Allen: #FFB2B2 40–50% #D75D5D 60–70%Meech: #BDD3FF 30–40% Governor Samuel C. Crafts National Republican Party William A. Palmer Anti-Masonic Party The 1831 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 6, 1831.Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776–1860: The Official Results by State and County 2003 McFarland and Company Jefferson, NC 265 https://archive.org/details/unitedstatesgube0000dubi It resulted in the election of William A. Palmer to a one-year term as governor.Walton E. P. Eliakim Persons Walton 1879 Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont VIII https://books.google.com/books?id=B90NAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA6 Montpelier, VT Joseph Poland 5–8 Google Books In the mid-to-late 1820s, the old Democratic-Republican Party continued to splinter into adherents of Andrew Jackson (the Jacksonian or Democratic Party) and those of John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay (the National Republican Party, soon to be called the Whig Party).McConnell Mitch Brownell Roy E. II 2019 The US Senate and the Commonwealth https://books.google.com/books?id=Wy2RDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA86 Lexington, KY University Press of Kentucky 86 978-0-8131-7746-5 Google Books The Anti-Masonic Party, which had formed in the late 1820s, continued to attract adherents, and was especially strong in Vermont.Young Andrew White 1856 The American Statesman https://books.google.com/books?id=LbgTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA466 New York, NY Derby & Jackson 466–467 Google Books The candidates for governor in 1831 were: Anti-Mason William A. Palmer; Heman Allen (of Colchester), the nominee of the Clay Masonic or National Republican Party; and Jacksonian Ezra Meech.October 22, 1831 Proceedings of the Legislature https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77282720/proceedings-legislature/ American Whig Woodstock, VT 3 Google Books In the general election, the General Assembly determined that the results were: total votes, 33,976; Palmer, 15,258 (44.9%); Allen, 12,290 (36.2%); Meech, 6,158 (18.1%); scattering, 270 (0.8%). Because no candidate received a majority as required by the Vermont Constitution, the General Assembly was required to select. With 227 members voting on the 9th ballot, 114 votes were necessary for a choice. Palmer, who had consistently attained 110 or more votes on the previous eight ballots, received 114 votes. Allen received 36, Meech 42, and incumbent governor Samuel C. Crafts, a National Republican, received 35. In the race for lieutenant governor, the total votes were 34,099. Anti-Mason Lebbeus Egerton received 15,190 votes (44.5%), Jedediah Harris, a National Republican, received 12,736 (37.3%), Jacksonian John Roberts received 6,127 (18.0%), and 46 (0.2%) were recorded as scattering. The General Assembly was required to choose and with 209 members voting on the first ballot, 105 votes were necessary for a choice. Egerton was elected with 110 votes to 60 for Harris, 40 for Roberts, and 9 scattering. Benjamin Swan won election to a one-year term as treasurer, his thirty-second. Though he had nominally been a Federalist, Swan was usually endorsed by the Democratic-Republicans and even after the demise of the Federalist Party he was frequently unopposed.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=64759 Swan, Benjamin Joshua L. November 26, 2004 Our Campaigns Our Campaigns.com March 21, 2021 In 1831, he was the candidate of both the Jacksonians and the National Republicans and Augustine Clarke was the Anti-Masonic candidate. The popular vote was reported as: total votes cast, 33,362; Swan, 19,118 (57.3%); Clarke, 14,204 (42.6%); scattering, 39 (0.1%). Results 1831 Vermont gubernatorial electionDubin 2003 273 William A. Palmer Anti-Masonic Party 15,258 44.9% Heman Allen National Republican Party 12,290 36.2% Ezra Meech Jacksonian Party 6,158 18.1% 270 0.8% 33,976 100% References Category:Vermont gubernatorial elections gubernatorial Vermont