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1843 Vermont gubernatorial election Vermont 1837 Presidential no 1842 Vermont gubernatorial election 1842 1844 Vermont gubernatorial election 1844 September 5, 1843 x150px John Mattocks Whig Party (United States) 131 24,465 48.70% x150px Daniel Kellogg Democratic Party (United States) 104 21,982 43.76% x150px Charles K. Williams Liberty Party (United States, 1840) 7 3,766 7.50% 1843 Vermont gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 220px County resultsMattocks: #FEE391 40–50% #FED463 50–60% Kellogg: #7996E2 50–60% Governor Charles Paine Whig Party (United States) John Mattocks Whig Party (United States)
The 1843 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 5, 1843. September 7, 1843 Third Congressional District, Vermont, August 29, 1843 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015015/1843-09-07/ed-1/seq-1/ The Madisonian Washington City 1 29 January 2022 September 8, 1843 First Gun from Vermont https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030213/1843-09-08/ed-1/seq-2/ New-York daily tribune New-York, N.Y. 2 29 January 2022
Incumbent Whig Governor Charles Paine did not run for re-election.
Whig nominee John Mattocks defeated Democratic nominee Daniel Kellogg and Liberty nominee Charles K. Williams.
Since no candidate received a majority in the popular vote, Mattocks was elected by the Vermont General Assembly per the state constitution.
General election
Candidates
Daniel Kellogg, Democratic, former United States Attorney for the District of VermontUllery Jacob G. 1894 Men of Vermont: An Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont https://books.google.com/books?id=Nvg_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA182 Brattleboro, Vt. Transcript Publishing Company 182
John Mattocks, Whig, former U.S. Representative
Charles K. Williams, Liberty, incumbent Chief Judge of the Vermont Supreme Court, Liberty nominee for Governor in 1842
Results
1843 Vermont gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=144115 VT Governor, 1843 Our Campaigns 29 January 2022 Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 1998 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 83 1-56802-396-0 Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 316–317 0-930466-17-9Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Oceana Publications, Inc. 595 0-379-00665-0 Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County 277 McFarland 2003 978-0-7864-1439-0 Jefferson, North Carolina 1844 Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Vermont, October Session, 1843 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2999835&view=1up&seq=619&skin=2021 Montpelier E. P. Walton & Sons, Printers 1 https://electionarchive.vermont.gov/data/serve_file_pages_for_item/82823/Election/ Governor: 1789-2016 9 Election Results Archive Office of the Vermont Secretary of State 29 January 2022 Coolidge A. J. Mansfield J. B. 1860 History and Description of New England. Vermont https://archive.org/details/historydescrip00cool/page/966/mode/1up?view=theater Boston Austin J. Coolidge 966
Whig Party (United States) John Mattocks 24,465 48.70%
Democratic Party (United States) Daniel Kellogg 21,982 43.76%
Liberty Party (United States, 1840) Charles K. Williams 3,766 7.50%
Scattering 21 0.04%
2,483 4.94%
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Legislative election
As no candidate received a majority of the vote, the Vermont General Assembly was required to decide the election, both Houses meeting jointly choosing among the top three vote-getters, Mattocks, Kellogg, and Williams. The legislative election was held on October 12, 1843. 1844 Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Vermont, October Session, 1843 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2999835&view=1up&seq=620&skin=2021 Montpelier E. P. Walton & Sons, Printers 2 October 19, 1843 Legislature of Vermont https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84022687/1843-10-19/ed-1/seq-3/ The voice of freedom Montpelier, Vt. 67 29 January 2022
Legislative election October 18, 1843 Vermont https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030213/1843-10-18/ed-1/seq-4/ New-York daily tribune New-York, N.Y. 4 29 January 2022 October 23, 1843 Vermont https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024656/1843-10-23/ed-1/seq-2/ Richmond daily Whig Richmond, Va. 2 29 January 2022
Whig Party (United States) John Mattocks 131 54.13%
Democratic Party (United States) Daniel Kellogg 104 42.98%
Liberty Party (United States, 1840) Charles K. Williams 7 2.89%
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