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The 1826 Vermont gubernatorial election took place in September and October, and resulted in the election of Ezra Butler to a one-year term as governor.[1]
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 County results Butler: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100% Doolittle: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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The Vermont General Assembly met in Montpelier on October 12.[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] The committee determined that Ezra Butler had won a one-year term.[1]
In the election for lieutenant governor, the committee determined that Democratic-Republican Aaron Leland had won election to a fifth one-year term.[1] Newspapers of the time reported the vote totals as: Leland, 7,749 (61.9%); Henry Olin, 4,331 (34.7%); Scattering, 431 (3.4%).[2]
Benjamin Swan had no opposition for election to a one-year term as treasurer, his twenty-seventh.[1] Though he had nominally been a Federalist, Swan was usually endorsed by the Democratic-Republicans and even after the demise of the Federalist Party he was frequently unopposed.[3]
The vote totals in the governor's race were reported as follows:[1]
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic-Republican | Ezra Butler | 8,966 | 63.3% | ||
| Democratic-Republican | Joel Doolittle | 3,157 | 22.3% | ||
| Scattering | 2,037 | 14.4% | |||
| Total votes | 14,160 | 100% | |||
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