The 1840 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 1, 1840. Incumbent Whig

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Silas H. Jennison Silas Hemenway Jennison (May 17, 1791 – September 30, 1849) was an American Anti-Masonic Party, Anti-Masonic and Whig Party (United States), Whig politician who served as Vermont's 11th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, lieutenant governor and 1 ...

defeated Democratic nominee Paul Dillingham with 59.58% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

* Paul Dillingham, Democratic, town clerk of Waterbury, former member of the

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, Whig, incumbent Governor

Results

Notes

References

1840 Events January–March * January 3 – One of the predecessor papers of the ''Herald Sun'' of Melbourne, Australia, ''The Port Phillip Herald'', is founded. * January 10 – Uniform Penny Post is introduced in the United Kingdom. * Janua ...

Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

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