1841 Vermont gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1841 Vermont gubernatorial election Vermont 1837 Presidential no 1840 Vermont gubernatorial election 1840 1842 Vermont gubernatorial election 1842 September 7, 1841 x150px Charles Paine Whig Party (United States) 146 23,353 48.71% x100px Nathan Smilie Democratic Party (United States) 95 21,302 44.43% x150px Titus Hutchinson Liberty Party (United States, 1840) 9 3,039 6.34% 1841 Vermont gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 220px County resultsPaine: #FEE391 40–50% #FED463 50–60% #FE9929 60–70%Smilie: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% Governor Silas H. Jennison Whig Party (United States) Charles Paine Whig Party (United States) The 1841 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 7, 1841. September 9, 1841 Approaching Elections https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026784/1841-09-09/ed-1/seq-2/ Virginia free press Charlestown, Va. 2 28 January 2022 Incumbent Whig Governor Silas H. Jennison did not run for re-election. Whig nominee Charles Paine defeated Democratic nominee Nathan Smilie and Liberty nominee Titus Hutchinson. Since no candidate received a majority in the popular vote, Paine was elected by the Vermont General Assembly per the state constitution. General election Candidates Titus Hutchinson, Liberty, former Chief Judge of the Vermont Supreme Court. August 30, 1841 The Abolitionists of Vermont https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030212/1841-08-30/ed-1/seq-1/ New-York tribune New-York, N.Y. 1 28 January 2022 Hutchinson was nominated in place of Charles K. Williams, who declined the nomination. June 8, 1841 Third Party – State Convention https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84023647/1841-06-08/ed-1/seq-3/ The Middlebury people's press Middlebury, Vt. 3 28 January 2022 Charles Paine, Whig, former member of the Vermont House of Representatives, Whig candidate for Governor in 1835 Nathan Smilie, Democratic, businessman,Little Mrs C. M. 1893 History of the Clan Marfarlane https://archive.org/details/historyofclanmac00litt/page/119/mode/2up Tottenville, N. Y. Mrs. C. M. Little 119 former member of the Vermont House of Representatives and Vermont Senate, and Democratic candidate for Governor in 1839Crockett Walter Hill 1921 Vermont, The Green Mountain State https://archive.org/details/vermontgreenmoun03croc/page/276/mode/2up?view=theater 3 New York The Century History Company, Inc. 276 Child Hamilton 1883 Gazetteer and Business Directory of Lamoille and Orleans counties, Vt. for 1883-84 https://archive.org/details/gazetteerbusinesa00chil/page/73/mode/1up?view=theater Syracuse, N. Y. Journal Office 73 Deming Leonard 1851 Catalogue of the Principal Officers of Vermont, as connected with its political history, from 1778 to 1851 https://archive.org/details/catalogueprinci01demigoog/page/n16/mode/1up Middlebury Published by the author 14 1839 Waltons' Vermont Register and Farmers' Almanac, 1839 https://archive.org/details/vermontyearbook18331839ches/page/94/mode/2up Montpelier E. P. Walton & Son 94 Results 1841 Vermont gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144113 VT Governor, 1841 Our Campaigns 28 January 2022 Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 316–317 0-930466-17-9Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County 276–277 McFarland 2003 978-0-7864-1439-0 Jefferson, North Carolina 1841 Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Vermont, October Session, 1841 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044100176965&view=1up&seq=425&skin=2021 Montpelier E. P. Walton & Sons, Printers 1 https://electionarchive.vermont.gov/data/serve_file_pages_for_item/82823/Election/ Governor: 1789-2016 9 Election Results Archive Office of the Vermont Secretary of State 28 January 2022 Thompson Zadock 1842 History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical, in Three Parts https://books.google.com/books?id=M6xFv628ziMC&pg=RA1-PA119 Burlington Chauncey Goodrich 119 Coolidge A. J. Mansfield J. B. 1860 History and Description of New England. Vermont https://archive.org/details/historydescrip00cool/page/966/mode/1up?view=theater Boston Austin J. Coolidge 966 Some sources give the result as Paine 23,582, Smilie 21,693, Hutchinson 3,091, scattering 248.Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 1998 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 83 1-56802-396-0 Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Oceana Publications, Inc. 595 0-379-00665-0 The result given here is that given in the Vermont House Journal. Whig Party (United States) Charles Paine 23,353 48.71% Democratic Party (United States) Nathan Smilie 21,302 44.43% Liberty Party (United States, 1840) Titus Hutchinson 3,039 6.34% Scattering 248 0.52% 2,051 4.28% 47,942 Legislative election As no candidate received a majority of the vote, the Vermont General Assembly was required to decide the election, both Houses meeting jointly choosing among the top three vote-getters, Paine, Smilie and Hutchinson. The legislative election was held on October 15, 1841. 1841 Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Vermont, October Session, 1841 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044100176965&view=1up&seq=426&skin=2021 Montpelier E. P. Walton & Sons, Printers 2 October 19, 1841 Friday, Oct. 15 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84022355/1841-10-19/ed-1/seq-3/ Rutland herald Rutland, Vt. 3 28 January 2022 October 20, 1841 Vermont https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030212/1841-10-20/ed-1/seq-2/ New-York tribune New-York, N.Y. 2 28 January 2022 October 20, 1841 Election of Governor https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025661/1841-10-20/ed-1/seq-3/ Vermont telegraph Brandon, Vt. 19 28 January 2022 October 23, 1841 Vermont https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015015/1841-10-23/ed-1/seq-1/ The Madisonian Washington City 1 28 January 2022 Of the four scattering votes, one was cast for William A. Griswold (Whig) and one for Asa G. Hewes, while two were blanks. These votes were not counted. Legislative election Whig Party (United States) Charles Paine 146 57.48% Democratic Party (United States) Nathan Smilie 95 37.40% Liberty Party (United States, 1840) Titus Hutchinson 9 3.54% Scattering and blanks 4 1.58% 254 Whig Party (United States) Notes References 1841 Vermont Gubernatorial Category:Contingent elections in Vermont Category:Long stubs with short prose