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1781 Vermont Republic gubernatorial election
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The 1781 Vermont Republic gubernatorial election took place on September 4, 1781.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 re-election of Thomas Chittenden to a one-year term.Walton E. P. Eliakim Persons Walton 1874 Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont II https://books.google.com/books?id=-1gSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA115 Montpelier, VT J. & J. M. Poland 115–116 Google Books
The Vermont General Assembly met in Charlestown, New Hampshire on October 12. The meeting site was chosen as part of a short-lived effort to create a union of Vermont with 17 Connecticut River Valley towns of New Hampshire.https://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/NH_Consolidated_Chronology.htm New Hampshire: Consolidated Chronology of State and County Boundaries 2007 New Hampshire Atlas of Historical County Boundaries The Newberry Library Newberry, NH January 24, 2021
The Vermont House of Representatives appointed a committee to examine the votes of the freemen of Vermont for governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, and governor's council members. Thomas Chittenden was re-elected governor. The popular vote indicated that no candidate for lieutenant governor had received a majority. In keeping with the Vermont Constitution, the choice fell to the Vermont General Assembly, which chose Elisha Payne, a New Hampshire resident who supported the union of New Hampshire's western towns with Vermont.Downs Charles A. November–December 1888 The Vermont Controversy https://books.google.com/books?id=55MbAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA353 The Granite Monthly Concord, NH John N. McClintock 353 Google Books Ira Allen was re-elected as treasurer. The names of candidates and balloting totals were not recorded.
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1781 Vermont Republic gubernatorial election
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