1912 Vermont gubernatorial election

none related races 1912 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1912 Vermont gubernatorial election Vermont 1837 presidential 1912 9 3 no 1910 Vermont gubernatorial election 1910 1914 Vermont gubernatorial election 1914 File:Allen Miller Fletcher (cropped).jpg 150x150px Allen M. Fletcher Republican Party (United States) 163 26,237 40.5% File:Harland B. Howe.jpg Harland B. Howe Democratic Party (United States) 76 20,001 30.8% File:Fraser Metzger (Vermont clergyman and politician).jpg Fraser Metzger Bull Moose Party 32 15,629 24.1% x220px County results x220px Municipality results Fletcher: #FFC8CD 30–40% #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Howe: #DFEEFF 20–30% #BDD3FF 30–40% #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584CDE 70–80%Metzger: #AAE5AA 30–40% #87DE87 40–50% #5FD35F 50–60%Tie: #DECDE6 30-40%No Vote/Data: #808080 Governor John A. Mead Republican Party (United States) Allen M. Fletcher Republican Party (United States) The 1912 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 3, 1912. Incumbent Republican John A. Mead, per the "Mountain Rule",Hand Samuel B. Mountain Rule Revisited http://vermonthistory.org/journal/71/vt713_401.pdf Vermont Historical Society 1 January 2015 did not run for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont. Republican candidate Allen M. Fletcher defeated Democratic candidate Harland B. Howe and Progressive candidate Fraser Metzger to succeed him. Since no candidate won a majority of the popular vote, the election was decided by the Vermont General Assembly in accordance with the state constitution, where Fletcher was elected with 163 votes to 76 for Howe and 32 for Metzger.News from the Capitol https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84022871/1912-10-09/ed-1/seq-1/ Orleans County Monitor October 9, 1912 This was the last time until 1986 that none of the gubernatorial candidates received a majority of the vote.Doyle 1992 222 Results 1912 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 1 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) Allen M. Fletcher 26,237 40.5 Democratic Party (United States) Harland B. Howe 20,001 30.8 Bull Moose Party Progressive Fraser Metzger 15,629 24.1 Prohibition Party Clement F. Smith 1,735 2.7 Socialist Party of America Fred W. Suitor 1,210 1.9 N/A Other 27 0.0 64,839 100.0 References Works cited Doyle William William T. Doyle The Vermont Political Tradition: And Those Who Helped Make It 1992 https://archive.org/details/vermontpolitical00will 0961548614 Vermont 1912 Gubernatorial Category:September 1912 in the United States Category:Contingent elections in Vermont