Vermont 1800 Governor

Office:
Governor (State)
Title:
Governor
Jurisdiction:
State
Label:
Vermont 1800 Governor
Date:
1800
State:
Vermont
Type:
General
Iteration:
First Ballot
Office/Role:
Governor/Governor
Candidates:
Isaac Tichenor, Israel Smith, Moses Robinson, Paul Brigham, Gideon Olin, Stephen R. Bradley, Nathaniel Niles, John W. Blake, Jonas Galusha, Reuben Hatch, Samuel Mattocks, Noah Smith, Benjamin Swan, Solomon Wright, Darius Chapman, Nathaniel Chitman, David Fay, Jabez G. Fitch, Thomas Hooker, Jonathan Hunt, Stephen Jacob, Samuel Knight, Edward Lamb, John Law, Joel Lensly, Samuel Mattocks, Jr., Elijah Paine, John Sessions, Isaac Smith, Daniel Taylor, Jonathan Wells, Josiah Wright, scattering
Candidates: Isaac Tichenor[1]Israel SmithMoses RobinsonPaul BrighamGideon OlinStephen R. BradleyNathaniel NilesJohn W. BlakeJonas GalushaReuben HatchSamuel MattocksNoah SmithBenjamin SwanSolomon WrightDarius ChapmanNathaniel ChitmanDavid FayJabez G. FitchThomas HookerJonathan HuntStephen JacobSamuel KnightEdward LambJohn LawJoel LenslySamuel Mattocks, Jr.Elijah PaineJohn SessionsIsaac SmithDaniel TaylorJonathan WellsJosiah Wrightscattering
Affiliation:FederalistRepublicanFederalistFederalist
Final Result: [2][3]64443360------------------------------199
Addison County[4]660409------------------------------13
Town of Bridport6632-------------------------------
Town of Bristol762-------------------------------
Town of Cornwall463536---------------------1--------
Town of Ferrisburgh5021-112----------------------------
Town of Hancock118-------------------1-----------
Town of Middlebury10121------------------------------1
Town of Monkton[5]627-------------------------------
Town of New Haven494721------1----------------------
City of Vergennes7717-3--1----------1--------1------
Town of Warren12--------------------------------
Bennington County[6]470887------------------------------29
Town of Bennington61289------------------------------6
Town of Pownal107128-1--1------2--1-----------1--1-
Town of Readsboro125-------------------------------
Town of Shaftsbury7196-11---4------------------------
Town of Winhall217-------------------------------
Caledonia County[7]65720------------------------------2
Town of Brownington21--------------------------------
Town of Cabot40--------------------------------
Town of Calais13--------------------------------
Town of Guildhall31--------------------------------
Town of Hardwick28-41-----------------------------
Town of Lunesburgh39--------------------------------
Town of Marshfield9--------------------------------
Town of Montpelier59--2------------------1---------2
Town of Peacham[8][9]93--------------------------------
Town of Saint Johnsbury39--------------------------------
Town of Walden16--------------------------------
Chittenden County[10]734280------------------------------40
Town of Charlotte812------------------------------1
Town of Colchester403---------------------1---------
Town of Essex3042-2-------1---------------------
Town of Jericho3248-------------------------------
Town of Milton553-------------------------------
Town of Shelburne5614-------------------------------
Town of Stowe19--------------------------------
Town of Underhill328-------------------------------
Franklin County[11]529175------------------------------30
Town of Enosburgh188-------------------------------
Town of Fairfax71125------------------------------
Town of Georgia411113------------------------------
Town of Highgate19--------------------------------
Town of Richford15--------------------------------
Orange County[12]67856------------------------------31
Town of Braintree19--------------------------------
Town of Chelsea58--------------------------------
Town of Fairlee3419----1--------------------------
Town of Newbury611-1-----------------------------
Town of Northfield12--------------------------------
Town of Roxbury12--------------------------------
Town of Tunbridge60--------------------------------
Town of Washington32-----2--2-----------------------
Orleans County11314------------------------------1
Town of Brownington21--------------------------------
Town of Duncansboro11--------------------------------
Town of Elmore8--------------------------------
Rutland County[13]6341010------------------------------38
Town of Benson35774-1----------------------------
Town of Orwell89127------------------------------
Town of Pittsfield181-1-----------------------------
Town of Pittsford76171---1---1--------------1-------
Town of Rutland175433-----------1---1-----------1--
Town of Shrewsbury1225-------------------------------
Windham County[14][15]1014294------------------------------5
Town of Brattleborough9210-2---5-------------------------
Town of Dummerston8019----------1----------------1---
Town of Guilford5692-------------------------------
Town of Halifax[16][17]6814-----------------1-------------
Town of Jamaica23-1------------------------------
Town of Londonderry205-------------------------------
Town of Marlboro607-------------------------------
Town of Newfane[18]623-------------1-----------------
Town of Putney7226-1-----------------------------
Town of Rockingham91--1-3---------------------------
Town of Somerset10--------------------------------
Town of Stratton122-------------------------------
Town of Townshend60--------------------------------
Town of Wardsboro731-------------------------------
Town of Westminster6865---4---------------------1-----
Town of Whitingham2422-------------------------------
Town of Wilmington7028-------------------------------
Windsor County[19]955215------------------------------10
Town of Andover223-------------------------------
Town of Barnard61--------------------------------
Town of Bethel41----------1---------------------
Town of Cavendish254-------------------------------
Town of Chester81--------------------------------
Town of Hartland5914----------1--------------------
Town of Pomfret2815-------------------------------
Town of Reading4515-------------------------------
Town of Royalton116-12----------------1------------
Town of Sharon52--------------------------------
Town of Windsor4874------------------------------2

Notes:

[1]Elected.
[2]"The votes for governor by our information, were for Isaac Tichenor, 6444, for Israel Smith, 3329, scattering, 380, majority for Tichenor, 2735...Through the neglect or ignorance of constables in making their returns, a great number of votes were lost, which injured Mr. Smith, if our information is correct, mor than Tichenor." Vermont Gazette (Bennington, VT). October 20, 1800.
[3]The Official Returns list Israel Smith with 3339 votes but the county totals add up to 3360 votes.
[4]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT) of October 27 and the The Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser (Vergennes, VT) of October 16 report 74 scattering votes in Addison County.
[5]The Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser (Vergennes, VT) of September 4 reports 76 votes for Isaac Tichenor and 8 votes for Israel Smith in Monkton.
[6]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT) of October 27 and the The Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser (Vergennes, VT) of October 16 report 42 scattering votes in Bennington County.
[7]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT) of October 27 and the The Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser (Vergennes, VT) of October 16 report 10 scattering votes in Caledonia County.
[8]Israel Smith is listed with "a few" votes.
[9]The Green Mountain Patriot (Peacham, VT) of September 3 lists Isaac Tichenor with 93 votes, and the only other votes are "a few" listed as "scattering" votes, no names listed.
[10]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT) of October 27 and the The Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser (Vergennes, VT) of October 16 report 44 scattering votes in Chittenden County.
[11]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT) of October 27 and the The Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser (Vergennes, VT) of October 16 report 48 scattering votes in Franklin County.
[12]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT) of October 27 and the The Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser (Vergennes, VT) of October 16 report 37 scattering votes in Orange County.
[13]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT) of October 27 and the The Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser (Vergennes, VT) of October 16 report 81 scattering votes in Rutland County.
[14]Most sources list Israel Smith with 273 votes in Windham County, but the town totals add up to 294 votes.
[15]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT) of October 27 and the The Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser (Vergennes, VT) of October 16 report 27 scattering votes in Windham County.
[16]The Eagle or Dartmouth Centinel (Hanover, NH) lists Isaac Tichenor with 80 votes and Israel Smith with 12 votes.
[17]The Eagle or Dartmouth Centinel (Hanover, NH) lists Isaac Tichenor with "about" 80 votes and Israel Smith with "about" 12 votes.
[18]The Eagle or Dartmouth Centinel (Hanover, NH) and Federal Galaxy (Brattleboro, VT) list Isaac Tichenor with 70 votes and Israel Smith with 1 vote.
[19]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT) of October 27 and the The Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser (Vergennes, VT) of October 16 report 16 scattering votes in Windsor County.

References:

Andover Town Records.
Barnard Town Records.
Bennington Town Records.
Benson Town Records.
Bethel Town Records.
Braintree Town Records.
Brattleborough Town Records.
Bridport Town Records.
Bristol Town Records.
Brownington Town Records.
Cabot Town Records.
Calais Town Records.
Cavendish Town Records.
Cornwall Town Records.
Chelsea Town Records.
Chester Town Records.
Dummerston Town Records.
Duncansboro Town Records.
Elmore Town Records.
Enosburgh Town Records.
Fairfax Town Records.
Fairlee Town Records.
Ferrisburgh Town Records.
Georgia Town Records.
Halifax Town Records.
Hancock Town Records.
Hardwick Town Records.
Hartland Town Records.
Highgate Town Records.
Jamaica Town Records.
Jericho Town Records.
Londonderry Town Records.
Marlboro Town Records.
Marshfield Town Records.
Milton Town Records.
Monkton Town Records.
Montpelier Town Records.
Newfane Town Records.
Newbury Town Records.
New Haven Town Records.
Northfield Town Records.
Orwell Town Records.
Pittsfield Town Records.
Pittsford Town Records.
Pomfret Town Records.
Pownal Town Records.
Putney Town Records.
Reading Town Records.
Readsboro Town Records.
Richford Town Records.
Rockingham Town Records.
Roxbury Town Records.
Rutland Town Records.
Saint Johnsbury Town Records.
Sharon Town Records.
Shelburne Town Records.
Shrewsbury Town Records.
Somerset Town Records.
Stowe Town Records.
Stratton Town Records.
Townshend Town Records.
Tunbridge Town Records.
Underhill Town Records.
Vergennes Town Records.
Walden Town Records.
Wardsboro Town Records.
Warren Town Records.
Washington Town Records.
Westminster Town Records.
Whitingham Town Records.
Wilmington Town Records.
Winhall Town Records.
The Green Mountain Patriot (Peacham, VT). September 3, 1800.
The Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser (Vergennes, VT). September 4, 1800.
Federal Galaxy (Brattleboro, VT). September 6, 1800.
Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). September 6, 1800.
Federal Galaxy (Brattleboro, VT). September 13, 1800.
Federal Galaxy (Brattleboro, VT). September 20, 1800.
The Eagle or Dartmouth Centinel (Hanover, NH). September 29, 1800.
The Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser (Vergennes, VT). October 16, 1800.
Vermont Gazette (Bennington, VT). October 20, 1800.
Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). October 27, 1800.
Crockett, Walter Hill. Vermont: Green Mountain State. Vol. 2. New York: The Century History, 1921. 576.

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Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).
handwritten notes
Phil's original notebook pages that were used to compile this election. These notes are considered a draft of the electronic version. Therefore, the numbers may not match. To verify numbers you will need to check the original sources cited. Some original source material is available at the American Antiquarian Society).

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