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1829 Vermont gubernatorial election Vermont 1804 presidential 1829 09 01 no 1828 Vermont gubernatorial election 1828 1830 Vermont gubernatorial election 1830 160x160px Samuel Crafts.jpg Samuel C. Crafts National Republican Party 14,325 55.8% Heman Allen - Sheriff und US Politiker.jpg Heman Allen Anti-Masonic Party 7,346 28.6% Joel Doolitle (Vermont Supreme Court Justice).jpg Joel Doolittle Jacksonian Party 3,973 15.5% 1829 Vermont gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 220px County resultsCrafts: #AFE9AF 40–50% #73D873 50–60% #42CA42 60–70% #30A630 70–80%Allen: #EC7014 70–80%Doolittle: #BDD3FF 30–40% Governor Samuel C. Crafts Democratic-Republican Samuel C. Crafts Democratic-Republican
The 1829 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 1, 1829.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 election of Samuel C. Crafts to a one-year term as governor.Walton E. P. Eliakim Persons Walton 1879 Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont VII https://books.google.com/books?id=3p06AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA347 Montpelier, VT J. & J. M. Poland 346–347 Google Books
The Vermont General Assembly met in Montpelier on October 8. The Vermont House of Representatives appointed a committee to review the votes of the freemen of Vermont for governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, and members of the governor's council. The committee determined that Crafts had won election to a one-year term as governor.
In the election for lieutenant governor, the committee determined that Democratic-Republican Henry Olin had won election to a third one-year term. A contemporary newspaper account reported the vote totals as: Olin, 19,740 (81.5%); Lyman Fitch, 4,481 (18.5%). October 15, 1829 Report of the Proceedings of the Legislature https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75954878/proceedings-legislature/ Vermont Aurora Vergennes, VT 3 Newspapers.com
Benjamin Swan won election to a one-year term as treasurer, his thirtieth. Though he had nominally been a Federalist, Swan was usually endorsed by the Democratic-Republicans and even after the demise of the Federalist Party he was frequently unopposed.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=64759 Swan, Benjamin Joshua L. November 26, 2004 Our Campaigns Our Campaigns.com March 21, 2021 As reported in Vermont's newspapers, the vote totals were: Swan 15,631 (99.9%); scattering, 10 (0.1%).
In the governor's race, the new Anti-Masonic Party fielded a candidate for the first time, supporting Heman Allen though Allen had not indicated whether he identified with the party or its platform. The vote totals in the governor's race were reported as follows:
Results
1829 Vermont gubernatorial electionDubin 2003 267
Samuel C. Crafts (incumbent) National Republican Party 14,325 55.8%
Heman Allen (of Colchester) Anti-Masonic Party 7,346 28.6%
Joel Doolittle Jacksonian Party 3,973 15.5%
50 0.1%
25,694 100%
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