1842 Vermont gubernatorial election

The 1842 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 6, 1842.^[1]

1842 Vermont gubernatorial election

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Nominee Charles Paine Nathan Smilie Party Whig Democratic Popular vote 27,167 24,130 Percentage 50.85% 45.17%

Governor before election Charles Paine Whig Elected Governor Charles Paine Whig

Incumbent Whig Governor Charles Paine defeated Democratic nominee Nathan Smilie and Liberty nominee Charles K. Williams with 50.85% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

• Charles Paine, Whig, incumbent Governor
• Nathan Smilie, Democratic, businessman,^[2] former member of the Vermont General Assembly,^[3][4][5][6] Democratic candidate for Governor in 1839 and 1841
• Charles K. Williams, Liberty, incumbent Chief Judge of the Vermont Supreme Court

Results

1842 Vermont gubernatorial election^{[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][a]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Charles Paine (inc.)	27,167	50.85%
	Democratic	Nathan Smilie	24,130	45.17%
	Liberty	Charles K. Williams	2,093	3.92%
	Scattering		35	0.07%
Majority			3,037	5.68%
Turnout			53,425
	Whig hold		Swing

Notes

1. One source gives the result as Paine 27,168, Smilie 24,141, Williams 2,093, scattering 36.^[14] The result given here is that given in the Vermont House Journal.

References

1. "Election, the 6th day of September". The Middlebury people's press. Middlebury, Vt. September 6, 1842. p. 2. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
2. Little, Mrs C. M. (1893). History of the Clan Marfarlane. Tottenville, N. Y.: Mrs. C. M. Little. p. 119.
3. Crockett, Walter Hill (1921). Vermont, The Green Mountain State. Vol. 3. New York: The Century History Company, Inc. p. 276.
4. Child, Hamilton (1883). Gazetteer and Business Directory of Lamoille and Orleans counties, Vt. for 1883-84. Syracuse, N. Y.: Journal Office. p. 73.
5. Deming, Leonard (1851). Catalogue of the Principal Officers of Vermont, as connected with its political history, from 1778 to 1851. Middlebury: Published by the author. p. 14.
6. Waltons' Vermont Register and Farmers' Almanac, 1839. Montpelier: E. P. Walton & Son. 1839. p. 94.
7. "VT Governor, 1842". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
8. Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 83. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
9. Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 316–317. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
10. 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.
11. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 277. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
12. Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Vermont, October Session, 1842. Montpelier: E. P. Walton & Sons. 1842. p. 1.
13. "Governor: 1789-2016". Election Results Archive. Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. p. 9. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
14. Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. Vermont. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 966.