1902 Vermont gubernatorial election

none related races 1902 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1902 Vermont gubernatorial election Vermont 1837 presidential 1902 9 2 no 1900 Vermont gubernatorial election 1900 1904 Vermont gubernatorial election 1904 File:John G McCullough.jpg 150x150px John G. McCullough Republican Party (United States) 164 31,864 45.6% File:Percivalclement.jpg Local Option 59 Percival W. Clement 28,201 40.3% File:Felix W. McGettrick (Vermont politician and attorney).jpg Democratic Party (United States) Felix W. McGettrick 45 7,364 10.5% x220px County results x220px Municipality results McCullough: #FFC8CD 30-40% #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% #A80000 90-100%Clement: #E6E6E6 30-40% #D9D9D9 40–50% #BDBDBD 50–60% #969696 60–70% #737373 70–80%McGettrick: #BDD3FF 30-40% #6674de 60–70%Tie: #DECDE6 30-40%No Vote/Data: #000000 Governor William W. Stickney Republican Party (United States) John G. McCullough Republican Party (United States) The 1902 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 2, 1902. Incumbent Republican William W. Stickney, per the "Mountain Rule",Hand Samuel B. Mountain Rule Revisited http://vermonthistory.org/journal/71/vt713_401.pdf Vermont Historical Society 1 January 2015 did not run for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont. Republican candidate John G. McCullough defeated Local Option candidate Percival W. Clement and Democratic candidate Felix W. McGettrick to succeed him. Since no candidate won a majority of the popular vote, the election was decided by the Vermont General Assembly in accordance with the state constitution, where McCullough was elected with 164 votes to 59 for Clement and 45 for McGettrick.McCullough, Governor https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn97067613/1902-10-08/ed-1/seq-3/ News and Citizen October 8, 1902 In terms of the popular vote margin, the 1902 election was the closest of the Mountain Rule era.General Election Results: Governor https://electionarchive.vermont.gov/data/serve_file_pages_for_item/82841/Election/ Vermont Election Archive Montpelier, Vermont Vermont Secretary of State 14, 16 26 July 2025In the next closest, 1912, the margin was almost 10 percent. General election Candidates Percival W. Clement, state senator and former mayor of Rutland (Local Option) John G. McCullough, former state senator, railway executive, and Attorney General of California (Republican) Felix W. McGettrick (Democratic) Joel O. Sherburne (Prohibition) Results 1902 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 1 January 2015 30 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141130162743/https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/308153/stoff1gov.pdf dead Republican Party (United States) John G. McCullough 31,864 45.6 Local Option Percival W. Clement 28,201 40.3 Democratic Party (United States) Felix W. McGettrick 7,364 10.5 Prohibition Party Joel O. Sherburne 2,498 3.6 N/A Other 8 0.0 69,935 100.0 Notes References Vermont 1902 Gubernatorial Category:September 1902 in the United States Category:Contingent elections in Vermont