1826 Vermont gubernatorial election

1826 Vermont gubernatorial election

October 12, 1826 (1826-10-12)

Nominee Ezra Butler Joel Doolittle Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Popular vote 8,966 3,157 Percentage 63.3% 22.3%

County results Butler:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100% Doolittle:      40–50%      50–60%

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

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.

The Vermont General Assembly met in Montpelier on October 12. 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. The committee determined that Ezra Butler had won a one-year term.

In the election for lieutenant governor, the committee determined that Democratic-Republican Aaron Leland had won election to a fifth one-year term. Newspapers of the time reported the vote totals as: Leland, 7,749 (61.9%); Henry Olin, 4,331 (34.7%); Scattering, 431 (3.4%).

Benjamin Swan had no opposition for election to a one-year term as treasurer, his twenty-seventh. 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.

The vote totals in the governor's race were reported as follows:

Results

1826 Vermont gubernatorial election

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%