The 1824 Vermont gubernatorial election took place in September and October, and resulted in the election of

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to a one-year term as governor. The

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met in Montpelier on October 14. The

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appointed a committee to review the votes of the freemen of Vermont for governor,

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, and members of the governor's council. Democratic-Republican

was the only major candidate. The committee determined that Van Ness had easily won a second one-year term against only token opposition. In the election for lieutenant governor, the committee determined that Democratic-Republican

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had won election to a third one-year term against only scattering opposition. A Vermont newspaper reported the results as: Leland, 14,166 (98.4%); scattering, 220 (1.6%).

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was unopposed for election to a one-year term as treasurer, his twenty-fifth. Though he had nominally been a

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, Swan was usually endorsed by the Democratic-Republicans and even after the demise of the Federalists he was frequently unopposed. Vermont newspapers indicated that the results were: Swan, 12,743 (99.9%); scattering, 14 (0.1%). In the race for governor, the results of the popular vote were reported as follows.

Results

References

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