1860 Vermont gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1860 Vermont gubernatorial election Vermont 1837 presidential 1860 09 04 no 1859 Vermont gubernatorial election 1859 1861 Vermont gubernatorial election 1861 110px Republican Party (United States) Erastus Fairbanks 34,188 71.0% 100px Douglas Democratic John Godfrey Saxe 11,795 24.5% Breckinridge Democratic Robert Harvey 2,115 4.5% 1860 Vermont gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 220px County resultsFairbanks: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% Governor Hiland Hall Republican Party (United States) Erastus Fairbanks Republican Party (United States) The 1860 Vermont gubernatorial election for governor of Vermont was held on Tuesday, September 4.August 31, 1860 National Republican Nominations https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68224575/state-election/ The Caledonian St. Johnsbury, VT 2 Newspapers.com In keeping with the "Mountain Rule", incumbent Republican Hiland Hall was not a candidate for a third one-year term.Armstrong Howard E. Howard E. Armstrong 1955 Vermont Legislative Directory and State Manual https://books.google.com/books?id=sfXvAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA273 Montpelier, VT Vermont Secretary of State 273 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 Republican nominee was former Governor Erastus Fairbanks. With the Democratic Party fracturing nationally over the slavery issue, John Godfrey Saxe, the Democratic nominee against Hall in 1859, ran as a supporter of Stephen A. Douglas for president.Miller Richard F. 2013 States at War 1 https://books.google.com/books?id=8NMVAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA564 Hanover, NH University Press of New England 564 978-1-6116-8324-0 Google Books Robert Harvey ran as a supporter of Democratic presidential candidate John C. Breckinridge. Vermont continued to strongly oppose the continuation of slavery and its backing of the Republican Party's abolitionist platform was unwavering. Fairbanks easily defeated both Democrats to win a one-year term. He took his oath of office on October 12.October 16, 1860 Legislature of Vermont: Joint Assembly https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68224872/joint-assembly/ Vermont Chronicle Bellows Falls, VT 3 Newspapers.com General election Results 1860 Vermont gubernatorial election Republican Party (United States) Erastus Fairbanks 34,188 71.0% Douglas Democratic #3333ff John Godfrey Saxe 11,795 24.5% Breckinridge Democratic #4F990C Robert Harvey 2,115 4.5% 3 0.0% 48,101 100.0% References 1860 Vermont Gubernatorial Category:October 1860 in the United States