1840 Vermont gubernatorial election

The 1840 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 1, 1840.^[1] Incumbent Whig Governor Silas H. Jennison defeated Democratic nominee Paul Dillingham with 59.58% of the vote.

1840 Vermont gubernatorial election

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Nominee Silas H. Jennison Paul Dillingham Party Whig Democratic Popular vote 33,435 22,637 Percentage 59.58% 40.34%

County results Jennison:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Dillingham:      50–60%

Governor before election Silas H. Jennison Whig Elected Governor Silas H. Jennison Whig

General election

Candidates

• Paul Dillingham, Democratic, town clerk of Waterbury, former member of the Vermont House of Representatives^[2][3]
• Silas H. Jennison, Whig, incumbent Governor

Results

1840 Vermont gubernatorial election^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][a]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Silas H. Jennison (inc.)	33,435	59.58%
	Democratic	Paul Dillingham	22,637	40.34%
	Scattering		45	0.08%
Majority			10,798	19.24%
Turnout			56,117
	Whig hold		Swing

Notes

1. Some sources give the result as Jennison 33,653, Dillingham 23,000.^[11][12] The result given here is that given in the Vermont House Journal.

References

1. "Vermont Election". The Madisonian. Washington City. September 1, 1840. p. 3. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
2. "Hon. Paul Dillingham". The Cambridge Transcript. Cambridge, Vermont. August 7, 1891. p. 7. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
3. "Gov. Paul Dillingham". www.nga.org. National Governors Association. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
4. "VT Governor, 1840". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
5. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 316–317. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
6. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
7. Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Vermont, October Session, 1840. Montpelier: E. P. Walton & Sons. 1840. p. I.
8. "Governor: 1789-2016". Election Results Archive. Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. p. 9. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
9. Thompson, Zadock (1842). History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical, in Three Parts. Burlington: Chauncey Goodrich. p. 119.
10. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. Vermont. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 966.
11. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 83. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
12. Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 595. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.