1926 Vermont gubernatorial election

none related races 1926 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1926 Vermont gubernatorial election Vermont presidential 1926 11 2 no 1924 Vermont gubernatorial election 1924 1928 Vermont gubernatorial election 1928 File:John Eliakim Weeks.jpg 150x150px John E. Weeks Republican Party (United States) 44,564 60.8% File:Herbert C. Comings (Vermont politician).jpg Democratic Party (United States) Herbert C. Comings 28,659 39.1% x220px County results x220px Municipality results Weeks: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% #A80000 90-100%Comings: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584CDE 70–80%No Vote/Data: #808080 Governor Franklin S. Billings Republican Party (United States) John E. Weeks Republican Party (United States) The 1926 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Republican Franklin S. Billings, per the "Mountain Rule",Hand Samuel B. Mountain Rule Revisited http://vermonthistory.org/journal/71/vt713_401.pdf January 1, 2015 Vermont Historical Society did not run for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont. Republican candidate John E. Weeks defeated Democratic candidate Herbert C. Comings to succeed him. Republican primary Results Republican primary results Republican Party (United States) John E. Weeks 24,160 48.0 Republican Party (United States) Max L. Powell 14,946 29.7 Republican Party (United States) Walter K. Farnsworth 11,185 22.2 Republican Party (United States) Other 10 0.0 50,301 100 Democratic primary Results Democratic primary resultsPrimary Election Results https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/63022/p1926.pdf Office of the Vermont Secretary of State January 1, 2015 January 1, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150101194839/https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/63022/p1926.pdf dead Democratic Party (United States) Herbert C. Comings 2,209 99.2 Democratic Party (United States) Other 18 0.8 2,227 100 General election Candidates John E. Weeks, Vermont Commissioner of Public Welfare Herbert C. Comings, former Vermont Commissioner of Financehttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/109154269/comings-1926/ Comings to Wage Active Campaign Vermont Journal October 8, 1926 September 8, 2022 Results 1926 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 January 1, 2015 November 30, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141130162743/https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/308153/stoff1gov.pdf dead Republican Party (United States) John E. Weeks 44,564 60.8 Democratic Party (United States) Herbert C. Comings 26,373 36.0 Prohibition Party Herbert C. Comings 1,282 1.8 Citizens Herbert C. Comings 981 1.3 Republican Party (United States) Herbert C. Comings 15 0.0 Other Herbert C. Comings 8 0.0 Total Herbert C. Comings 28,659 39.1 N/A Other 13 0.0 73,236 100 References Vermont 1926 Gubernatorial Category:November 1926 in the United States