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1833 Vermont gubernatorial election Vermont 1804 presidential 1833 09 03 no 1832 Vermont gubernatorial election 1832 1834 Vermont gubernatorial election 1834 140px William A. Palmer Anti-Masonic Party 20,565 52.9% 145px Ezra Meech Union DemocraticNational Republican 15,683 40.3% 1833 Vermont gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 220px County resultsPalmer: #FED463 50–60% #FE9929 60–70% #EC7014 70–80%Meech: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% Governor William A. Palmer Anti-Masonic Party William A. Palmer Anti-Masonic Party
The 1833 Vermont gubernatorial election took place in September and October, and resulted in the reelection of William A. Palmer 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 VIII https://books.google.com/books?id=B90NAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA105 Montpelier, VT Joseph Poland 105–106 Google Books
Governor
The candidates for governor in the general election held on September 3, 1833, were: incumbent William A. Palmer (Anti-Masonic); Ezra Meech (Democrat and National Republican); Horatio Seymour (Independent National Republican); and John Roberts (Independent Democrat).Vaughn William Preston The Antimasonic Party in the United States, 1826–1843 1983 University Press of Kentucky Lexington 79 https://archive.org/details/antimasonicparty0000vaug In the general election, the General Assembly, which met in Montpelier on October 10, determined that the results were: total votes, 38,905; Palmer, 20,565 (52.9%); Meech, 15,683 (40.3%); Seymour, 1,765 (4.5%); Roberts, 772 (1.9%); scattering, 120 (0.4%).
Lieutenant governor
In the race for lieutenant governor, the total votes were 38,937. Anti-Mason and incumbent Lebbeus Egerton received 20,185 votes (51.8%), Jedediah Harris, running as a Democrat and National Republican, received 18,725 (48.1%), and 27 (0.1%) were recorded as scattering.
Treasurer
After 33 consecutive one-year terms, Benjamin Swan lost the election for state treasurer. Though he had nominally been a Federalist, Swan was later the usual candidate of the Democratic-Republicans and in many of his campaigns he had run unopposed.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=64759 Swan, Benjamin Joshua L. November 26, 2004 Our Campaigns Our Campaigns.com March 21, 2021 In 1833, he was the candidate of the National Republicans and Democrats, and Augustine Clarke was the Anti-Masonic candidate. The popular vote was reported as: total votes cast, 38,724: Clarke, 19,661 (50.77%); Swan, 19,056 (49.20%); scattering, 7 (0.03%).
Results
1833 Vermont gubernatorial electionDubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776–1860: The Official Results by State and County 2003 McFarland and Company Jefferson, NC 274 https://archive.org/details/unitedstatesgube0000dubi
William A. Palmer (Inc.) Anti-Masonic Party 20,565 52.9%
Ezra Meech Union #79CDCD 15,683 40.3%
Horatio Seymour Independent National Republican #d9c690 1,765 4.5%
John Roberts Independent Democratic 772 1.9%
120 0.4%
38,905 100%
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