1862 Vermont gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1862 Vermont gubernatorial election Vermont 1837 presidential 1862 09 02 no 1861 Vermont gubernatorial election 1861 1863 Vermont gubernatorial election 1863 100px Republican Party (United States) Frederick Holbrook 29,543 88.5% Democratic Party (United States) Benjamin H. Smalley 3,772 11.3% 1862 Vermont gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 220px County resultsHolbrook: #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 >90% Governor Frederick Holbrook Republican Party (United States) Frederick Holbrook Republican Party (United States) The 1862 Vermont gubernatorial election for governor of Vermont was held on Tuesday, September 2.August 2, 1862 Republican State Nominations https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68252489/republican-nominations/ Vermont Journal Windsor, VT 4 Newspapers.com In keeping with the "Mountain Rule", incumbent Republican Frederick Holbrook was a candidate for a second one-year term.Armstrong Howard E. Howard E. Armstrong 1955 Vermont Legislative Directory and State Manual https://books.google.com/books?id=sfXvAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA274 Montpelier, VT Vermont Secretary of State 274 Google BooksHand Samuel B. 2003 Mountain Rule Revisited https://vermonthistory.org/journal/71/vt713_401.pdf Vermont History Montpelier, VT Vermont Historical Society 140, 143 The Democratic nominee was Benjamin H. Smalley, who had been on the ballot in 1861 as the gubernatorial candidate of the "Peace Democrats," who favored compromise with the Confederacy.Dell Christopher 1975 Lincoln and the War Democrats: The Grand Erosion of Conservative Tradition https://books.google.com/books?id=p1N2AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Benjamin+H+Smalley+was+chosen+as+the+peace+candidate+for+governor%22 Teaneck, NJ Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 109 978-0-8386-1466-2 Google Books Vermont continued to strongly support the Union and the Republican Party. Holbrook was backed by Republicans and pro-Union Democrats, and easily defeated Smalley to win a one-year term that began on October 10.October 11, 1862 Legislature of Vermont: House https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68252952/legislature-vermont/ The Burlington Free Press Burlington, VT 3 Newspapers.com General election Results 1862 Vermont gubernatorial election Republican Party (United States) Frederick Holbrook (incumbent) 29,543 88.5% Democratic Party (United States) Benjamin H. Smalley 3,772 11.3% Scattering 77 0.2% 33,392 100.0% References 1862 Vermont Gubernatorial Vermont gubernatorial election