1824 Vermont gubernatorial election

The 1824 Vermont gubernatorial election took place in September and October, and resulted in the election of Cornelius P. Van Ness to a one-year term as governor.^[1]

1824 Vermont gubernatorial election

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Nominee Cornelius P. Van Ness Joel Doolittle Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Popular vote 13,413 1,962 Percentage 85.3% 12.5%

County results Van Ness:      50–60%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%

Governor before election Cornelius P. Van Ness Democratic-Republican Elected Governor Cornelius P. Van Ness Democratic-Republican

The Vermont General Assembly met in Montpelier on October 14.^[1] 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.^[1] Democratic-Republican Cornelius P. Van Ness was the only major candidate.^[1] The committee determined that Van Ness had easily won a second one-year term against only token opposition.^[1]

In the election for lieutenant governor, the committee determined that Democratic-Republican Aaron Leland had won election to a third one-year term against only scattering opposition.^[1] A Vermont newspaper reported the results as: Leland, 14,166 (98.4%); scattering, 220 (1.6%).^[2]

Benjamin Swan was unopposed for election to a one-year term as treasurer, his twenty-fifth.^[1] Though he had nominally been a Federalist, Swan was usually endorsed by the Democratic-Republicans and even after the demise of the Federalists he was frequently unopposed.^[3] Vermont newspapers indicated that the results were: Swan, 12,743 (99.9%); scattering, 14 (0.1%).^[2]

In the race for governor, the results of the popular vote were reported as follows.^[1]

Results

1824 Vermont gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic-Republican	Cornelius P. Van Ness (incumbent)	13,413	85.3%
	Democratic-Republican	Joel Doolittle	1,962	12.5%
		Scattering	346	2.2%
Total votes			15,721	100%

References

1. Walton, E. P., ed. (1879). Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont. Vol. VII. Montpelier, VT: J. & J. M. Poland. pp. 110–111 – via Google Books.
2. Mills, E.; Mills, T., eds. (October 22, 1824). "Vermont Legislature". Northern Sentinel. Burlington, VT. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Joshua L. (November 26, 2004). "Swan, Benjamin". Our Campaigns. Our Campaigns.com. Retrieved March 21, 2021.