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1849 Vermont gubernatorial election

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1849 Vermont gubernatorial election

← 1848 September 4, 1849 (1849-09-04) 1850 →
 
Nominee Carlos Coolidge Horatio Needham Jonas Clark
Party Whig Free Soil Democratic
Electoral vote 149 90 8
Popular vote 26,238 23,250 3,357
Percentage 49.63% 43.98% 6.35%

County results
Coolidge:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Needham:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

Carlos Coolidge
Whig

Elected Governor

Carlos Coolidge
Whig

The 1849 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 4, 1849 to elect the governor of Vermont. As no candidate received a majority of the votes cast, the Vermont General Assembly re-elected Whig Carlos Coolidge with 149 votes to 90 for Horatio Needham and 8 for Jonas Clark.[1]

Results

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1849 Vermont gubernatorial election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Carlos Coolidge (incumbent) 26,238 49.63%
Free Soil Horatio Needham 23,250 43.98%
Democratic Jonas Clark 3,357 6.35%
Write-in Other 26 0.05%
Total votes '52,871' '100'

References

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  1. ^ "The Legislature". Vermont Watchman and State Journal. October 18, 1849.
  2. ^ "General Election Results - Governor - 1789-2012" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 31, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2014.