Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Vermont State Archives and Records Administration. Governor:

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1 Office of the Vermont Secretary of State Vermont State Archives and Records Administration Governor: Italics indicate the winner. An asterisk * indicates that no candidate received a majority and the election was decided by the legislature. 1789* Thomas Chittenden 1, % Moses Robinson % Samuel Safford % Scattering % Total votes cast 2, % 1793 Thomas Chittenden 3, % Isaac Tichenor 2, % Noah Smith % Scattering % Total votes cast 6, % Thomas Chittenden 2, % Isaac Tichenor 2, % Scattering % Total votes cast 5, % 1 Totals do not include 580 votes that were lost in Windsor County Thomas Chittenden 4, % Isaac Tichenor 2, % Samuel Williams % Gideon Olin % Nathaniel Niles % Scattering % Total votes cast 7, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 1 of 29

2 1798 Isaac Tichenor [Federalist] 6, % Moses Robinson [Democratic Republican] 2, % Scattering % Total votes cast 9, % 1799 Isaac Tichenor [Federalist] 7, % Israel Smith [Democratic Republican] 3, % Scattering % Total votes cast 11, % 1800 Isaac Tichenor [Federalist] 6, % Israel Smith [Democratic Republican] 3, % Scattering % Total votes cast 10, % 1802 Isaac Tichenor [Federalist] 7, % Israel Smith [Democratic Republican] 5, % Scattering % Total votes cast 13, % 1803 Isaac Tichenor [Federalist] 7, % Jonathan Robinson [Democratic Republican] 5, % Scattering % Total votes cast 13, % Isaac Tichenor [Federalist] 8, % Jonathan Robinson [Democratic Republican] 6, % Scattering % Total votes cast 14, % 2 Totals do not include returns from 31 towns that were declared illegal. General Election Results: Governor, p. 2 of 29

3 Isaac Tichenor [Federalist] 8, % Jonathan Robinson [Democratic Republican] 5, % Scattering % Total votes cast 14, % 3 Totals do not include returns from 22 towns that were declared illegal Isaac Tichenor [Federalist] 8, % Jonathan Robinson [Democratic Republican] 6, % Scattering % Total votes cast 16, % 4 Totals do not include returns from 21 towns that were declared illegal Israel Smith [Democratic Republican] 9, % Isaac Tichenor [Federalist] 8, % Scattering % Total votes cast 18, % 1808 Isaac Tichenor [Federalist] 13, % Israel Smith [Democratic Republican] 13, % Scattering % Total votes cast 27, % 1809 Jonas Galusha [Democratic Republican] 14, % Isaac Tichenor [Federalist] 13, % Scattering % Total votes cast 28, % 1810 Jonas Galusha [Democratic Republican] 13, % Isaac Tichenor [Federalist] 9, % Scattering % Total votes cast 24, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 3 of 29

4 1811 Jonas Galusha [Democratic Republican] 13, % Martin Chittenden [Federalist] 11, % Scattering % Total votes cast 25, % 1812 Jonas Galusha [Democratic Republican] 19, % Martin Chittenden [Federalist] 15, % Scattering % Total votes cast 35, % 1813* Jonas Galusha [Democratic Republican] 16, % Martin Chittenden [Federalist] 16, % Scattering % Total votes cast 33, % 1814* Martin Chittenden [Federalist] 17, % Jonas Galusha [Democratic Republican] 17, % Scattering % Total votes cast 35, % 1815 Jonas Galusha [Democratic Republican] 18, % Martin Chittenden [Federalist] 16, % Scattering % Total votes cast 34, % 1816 Jonas Galusha [Democratic Republican] 17, % Samuel Strong [Federalist] 13, % Scattering % Total votes cast 31, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 4 of 29

5 1817 Jonas Galusha [Democratic Republican] 13, % Isaac Tichenor [Federalist] 7, % Scattering % Total votes cast 21, % 1818 Jonas Galusha [Democratic Republican] 15, % Scattering % Total votes cast 15, % 1819 Jonas Galusha [Democratic Republican] 12, % William C. Bradley [Democratic Republican] 1, % Dudley Chase % Scattering 1, % Total votes cast 15, % 1820 Richard Skinner [Democratic Republican] 13, % Scattering % Total votes cast 14, % 1821 Richard Skinner [Democratic Republican] 12, % Scattering % Total votes cast 12, % Richard Skinner [Democratic Republican] 5, % Scattering % Total votes cast 5, % 5 Returns missing from Rutland, Bennington, Washington, Chittenden, Windham, and Franklin counties. General Election Results: Governor, p. 5 of 29

6 1823 Cornelius P. Van Ness [Democratic Republican] 11, % Dudley Chase 1, % Scattering % Total votes cast 13, % 1824 Cornelius P. Van Ness [Democratic Republican] 13, % Joel Doolittle 1, % Scattering % Total votes cast 15, % 1825 Cornelius P. Van Ness [Democratic Republican] 12, % Scattering % Total votes cast 12, % 1826 Ezra Butler [Democratic Republican] 8, % Joel Doolittle 3, % Scattering 2, % Total votes cast 14, % 1827 Ezra Butler [Democratic Republican] 13, % Joel Doolittle 1, % Scattering % Total votes cast 16, % 1828 Samuel C. Crafts [National Republican] 16, % Joel Doolittle [Jacksonian] % Scattering % Total votes cast 17, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 6 of 29

7 1829 Samuel C. Crafts [National Republican] 14, % Herman Allen [Anti-Masonic] 6 7, % Joel Doolittle [Jacksonian] 3, % Scattering % Total votes cast 25, % 6 Though Allen of Burlington declined to identify himself with the party, he received the anti- masonic vote. 1830* Samuel C. Crafts [National Republican] 13, % William A. Palmer [Anti-Masonic] 10, % Ezra Meech [Jacksonian] 6, % Scattering % Total votes cast 30, % 1831* William A. Palmer [Anti-Masonic] 15, % Heman Allen [National Republican] 12, % Ezra Meech [Jacksonian] 6, % Scattering % Total votes cast 34, % 1832* William A. Palmer [Anti-Masonic] 17, % Samuel C. Crafts [National Republican] 15, % Ezra Meech [Jacksonian] 8, % Scattering % Total votes cast 41, % 1833 William A. Palmer [Anti-Masonic] 20, % Ezra Meech [Democratic/National Republican] 7 15, % Horatio Seymour [Whig] 1, % John Roberts [Democratic] % Scattering % Total votes cast 38, % 7 Coalition formed to challenge Anti-Masons. General Election Results: Governor, p. 7 of 29

8 1834* William A. Palmer [Anti-Masonic] 17, % William C. Bradley [Democratic] 10, % Horatio Seymour [Whig] 10, % Scattering % Total votes cast 37, % 1835* 8 William A. Palmer [Anti-Masonic] 16, % William C. Bradley [Democratic] 13, % Charles Paine [Whig] 5, % Scattering % Total votes cast 34, % 8 Legislature failed to elect a governor. Lieutenant Governor Jenison was acting Governor Silas H. Jenison [Whig/Anti-Masonic] 20, % William C. Bradley [Democratic] 16, % Scattering % Total votes cast 36, % 1837 Silas H. Jenison [Whig] 22, % William C. Bradley [Democratic] 17, % Scattering 8 0.0% Total votes cast 39, % 1838 Silas H. Jenison [Whig] 24, % William C. Bradley [Democratic] 19, % Scattering % Total votes cast 43, % 1839 Silas H. Jenison [Whig] 24, % Nathan Smilie [Democratic] 22, % Scattering % Total votes cast 46, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 8 of 29

9 1840 Silas H. Jenison [Whig] 33, % Paul Dillingham, Jr. [Democratic] 22, % Scattering % Total votes cast 56, % 1841* Charles Paine [Whig] 23, % Nathan Smilie [Democratic] 21, % Titus Hutchinson [Liberty] 3, % Scattering % Total votes cast 47, % 1842 Charles Paine [Whig] 27, % Nathan Smilie [Democrat] 24, % Charles K. Williams [Liberty] 2, % Scattering % Total votes cast 53, % 1843* John Mattocks [Whig] 24, % Daniel Kellogg [Democratic] 21, % Charles K. Williams [Liberty] 3, % Scattering % Total votes cast 50, % 1844 William Slade [Whig] 28, % Daniel Kellogg [Democratic] 20, % William R. Shafter [Liberty] 5, % Scattering % Total votes cast 54, % 1845* William Slade [Whig] 22, % Daniel Kellogg [Democratic] 18, % William R. Shafter [Liberty] 6, % Scattering % Total votes cast 48, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 9 of 29

10 1846* Horace Eaton [Whig] 23, % John Smith [Democratic] 17, % Lawrence Brainerd [Free Soil] 7, % Scattering % Total votes cast 48, % 1847* Horace Eaton [Whig] 22, % Paull Dillingham, Jr. [Democratic] 18, % Lawrence Brainerd [Free Soil] 6, % Scattering % Total votes cast 48, % 1848* Carlos Coolidge [Whig] 22, % Oscar L. Shafer [Free Soil] 14, % Paull Dillingham, Jr. [Democratic] 13, % Scattering % Total votes cast 50, % 1849* Carlos Coolidge [Whig] 26, % Horatio Needham [Free Soil Democratic 9 ] 23, % Jonas Clark [Democratic] 3, % Scattering % Total votes cast 52, % 9 Coalition of Free Soilers and regular Democrats Charles K. Williams [Whig] 24, % Lucius B. Peck [Free Soil Democratic] 18, % John Roberts [Democratic] 4, % Scattering % Total votes cast 47, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 10 of 29

11 1851 Charles K. Williams [Whig] 22, % Timothy P. Redfield [Free Soil Democratic] 14, % John S. Robinson [Democratic] 6, % Scattering % Total votes cast 44, % 1852* Erastus Fairbanks [Whig] 23, % John S. Robinson [Democratic] 14, % Lawrence Brainerd [Free Soil Democratic] 9, % Scattering % Total votes cast 48, % 1853* Erastus Fairbanks [Whig] 20, % John S. Robinson [Democratic] 18, % Lawrence Brainerd [Free Soil Democratic] 8, % Scattering % Total votes cast 47, % 1854 Stephen Royce [Republican/Whig] 27, % Merritt Clark [Democratic] 15, % Lawrence Brainerd [Free Soil Democratic] % William C. Kittredge [Whig] % Oscar L. Shafer [Whig] % Horatio Needham [Free Soil Democratic] % Scattering % Total votes cast 44, % 1855 Stephen Royce [Republican] 25, % Merritt Clark [Democratic] 12, % William R. Shafter [Temperance] 1, % James M. Slade [American (Know Nothing)] 3, % Scattering % Total votes cast 43, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 11 of 29

12 1856 Ryland Fletcher [Republican] 34, % Henry Keyes [Democratic] 11, % Scattering % Total votes cast 45, % 1857 Ryland Fletcher [Republican] 26, % Henry Keyes [Democratic] 12, % Scattering % Total votes cast 39, % 1858 Hiland Hall [Republican] 29, % Henry Keyes [Democratic] 13, % Scattering % Total votes cast 43, % 1859 Hiland Hall [Republican] 31, % John G. Saxe [Democratic] 14, % Scattering % Total votes cast 45, % 1860 Erastus Fairbanks [Republican] 34, % John G. Saxe [Democratic] 11, % Robert Harvey [Democratic] 10 2, % Scattering % Total votes cast 48, % 10 Saxe was nominated by supporters of Stephen Douglas, Harvey by supporters of John C. Breckinridge. General Election Results: Governor, p. 12 of 29

13 1861 Frederick Holbrook [Republican] 33, % Andrew Tracy [Union] 11 5, % B.H. Smalley [Democratic] 3, % Scattering % Total votes cast 42, % 11 Tracy, a former Whig, was nominated by Union People's Convention. He declined nomination but received 5,722 votes Frederick Holbrook [Union/Republican] 29, % B.H. Smalley [Democratic] 3, % Scattering % Total votes cast 33, % 1863 John Gregory Smith [Union/Republican] 29, % Timothy P. Redfield [Democratic] 11, % Scattering % Total votes cast 41, % 1864 John Gregory Smith [Union/Republican] 32, % Timothy P. Redfield [Democratic] 12, % Scattering % Total votes cast 44, % 1865 Paul Dillingham, Jr. [Republican] 27, % C. N. Davenport [Democratic] 8, % Scattering % Total votes cast 36, % 1866 Paul Dillingham, Jr. [Union/Republican] 34, % C. N. Davenport [Democratic] 11, % Scattering 3 0.0% Total votes cast 45, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 13 of 29

14 1867 John B. Page [Republican] 31, % John L. Edwards [Democratic] 11, % Scattering % Total votes cast 43, % 1868 John B. Page [Republican] 42, % John L. Edwards [Democratic] 15, % Scattering % Total votes cast 57, % 1869 Peter J. Washburn [Republican] 12 31, % Homer W. Heaton [Democratic] 11, % Scattering % Total votes cast 43, % 12 Died in office February 7, John W. Stewart [Republican] 33, % Homer W. Heaton [Democratic] 12, % Scattering 4 0.0% Total votes cast 45, % 13 Start of biennial elections 1872 Julius Converse [Republican] 41, % A.B. Gardner [Democratic/Liberal Republican] 16, % Scattering % Total votes cast 58, % 1874 Asahel Peck [Republican] 33, % W. H. H. Bingham [Democratic] 13, % Scattering % Total votes cast 46, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 14 of 29

15 1876 Horace Fairbanks [Republican] 44, % W. H. H. Bingham [Democratic] 20, % Scattering % Total votes cast 65, % 1878 Redfield Proctor [Republican] 37, % W. H. H. Bingham [Democratic] 17, % Carlos C. Martin [Greenback] 2, % Charles W. Willard [Republican] % Scattering % Total votes cast 57, % 1880 Roswell Farnham [Republican] 47, % Edward J. Phelps [Democratic] 21, % Madison O. Heath [Greenback] 1, % Scattering % Total votes cast 70, % 1882 John L. Barstow [Republican] 35, % George E. Eaton [Democratic] 14, % Carlos C. Martin [Greenback] 1, % Scattering 8 0.0% Total votes cast 51, % 1884 Samuel E. Pingree [Republican] 42, % Lyman W. Redington [Democratic] 19, % Samuel Soule [Greenback] % Charles M. Stone [Independent] % Scattering % Total votes cast 63, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 15 of 29

16 1886 Ebenezer J. Ormsbee [Republican] 37, % Stephen C. Shurtleff [Democratic] 17, % Henry M. Seely [Prohibition] 1, % Truman B. Smith [Greenback] % Scattering % Total votes cast 57, % 1888 William P. Dillingham [Republican] 48, % Stephen C. Shurtleff [Democratic] 19, % Henry M. Seely [Prohibition] 1, % Scattering 5 0.0% Total votes cast 69, % 1890 Carroll S. Page [Republican] 33, % Herbert F. Brigham [Democratic] 19, % Edward L. Allen [Prohibition] 1, % Scattering % Total votes cast 54, % 1892 Levi K. Fuller [Republican] 38, % B. B. Smalley [Democratic] 19, % Edward L. Allen [Prohibition] 1, % Scattering % Total votes cast 59, % 1894 Urban A. Woodbury [Republican] 42, % George W. Smith [Democratic] 14, % T. S. McGinnis [People's Party] % Rodney Whittemore [Prohibition] % Scattering % Total votes cast 58, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 16 of 29

17 1896 Josiah Grout [Republican] 53, % J. Henry Jackson [Democratic] 14, % Rodney Whittemore [Prohibition] % Joseph Battell [People's Party] % Scattering % Total votes cast 69, % 1898 Edward C. Smith [Republican] 38, % Thomas W. Moloney [Democratic] 14, % Cyrus W. Wyman [Prohibition] 1, % Scattering % Total votes cast 54, % 1900 William W. Stickney [Republican] 48, % John H. Senter [Democratic] 17, % Henry C. Barnes [Prohibition] % James Pirie [Social Democratic] % Scattering % Total votes cast 67, % 1902* John G. McCullough [Republican] 31, % Percival W. Clement [Local Option] 28, % Felix W. McGettrick [Democratic] 7, % Joel O. Sherburne [Probhibition] 2, % Scattering 8 0.0% Total votes cast 69, % 1904 Charles J. Bell [Republican] 48, % Eli H. Porter [Democratic] 16, % Homer F. Comings [Prohibition] 1, % Clarence E. Morse [Socialist] % Scattering 7 0.0% Total votes cast 66, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 17 of 29

18 1906 Fletcher D. Proctor [Republican] 42, % Percival W. Clement [Independent/Democratic] 26, % Lester W. Hanson [Prohibition] % Timothy Sullivan [Socialist] % Scattering 4 0.0% Total votes cast 70, % 1908 George H. Prouty [Republican] 45, % James E. Burke [Democratic] 15, % Quimby S. Backus [Independent] 1, % Eugene M. Campbell [Prohibition] % J. H. Dunbar [Socialist] % Scattering % Total votes cast 64, % 1910 John A. Mead [Republican] 35, % Charles D. Watson [Democratic] 17, % Edwin R. Towle [Prohibition] 1, % Chester E. Ordway [Socialist] 1, % Scattering % Total votes cast 54, % 1912* Allen M. Fletcher [Republican] 26, % Harland B. Howe [Democratic] 20, % Frazer Metzger [Progressive] 15, % Clement F. Smith [Prohibition] 1, % Fred W. Suitor [Socialist] 1, % Scattering % Total votes cast 64, % 1914 Charles W. Gates [Republican] 36, % Harland B. Howe [Democratic] 16, % Walter J. Aldrich [Progressive] 6, % William R. Rowland [Socialist] % Clement F. Smith [Prohibition] 1, % Scattering % Total votes cast 62, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 18 of 29

19 1916 Horace F. Graham [Republican] 43, % William B. Mayo [Democratic] 15, % W. R. Rowland [Socialist] % Lester W. Hanson [Prohibition] % Scattering 4 0.0% Total votes cast 60, % 1918 Percival W. Clement [Republican] 28, % William B. Mayo [Democratic] 12, % William B. Mayo [Progressive] 1, % Scattering % Total votes cast 42, % 1920 James Hartness [Republican] 66, % James Hartness [Prohibition] 1, % Fred C. Martin [Democratic] 18, % Scattering % Total votes cast 86, % 1922 Redfield Proctor [Republican] 49, % Redfield Proctor [Prohibition] 1, % J. Holmes Jackson [Democratic] 17, % Scattering % Total votes cast 68, % 1924 Franklin S. Billings [Republican] 75, % Fred C. Martin [Democratic] 18, % George S. Wood [Prohibition] 1, % Scattering % Total votes cast 95, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 19 of 29

20 1926 John E. Weeks [Republican] 44, % Herbert C. Comings [Democratic] 26, % Herbert C. Comings [Prohibition] 1, % Herbert C. Comings [Citizens] % Herbert C. Comings [Republican] % Herbert C. Comings 8 0.0% Scattering % Total votes cast 73, % 1928 John E. Weeks [Republican] 94, % Harry C. Shurtleff [Democratic] 33, % Frank M. Post [Prohibition] % Scattering % Total votes cast 129, % 1930 Stanley C. Wilson [Republican] 52, % Park H. Pollard [Democratic] 21, % Scattering % Total votes cast 74, % 1932 Stanley C. Wilson [Republican] 81, % James P. Leamy [Democratic] 49, % Fred W. Suitor [Socialist] 1, % Scattering % Total votes cast 132, % 1934 Charles M. Smith [Republican] 73, % James P. Leamy [Democratic] 54, % John G. Hutton [Socialist] % Thomas Boyd [Communist] % Scattering 5 0.0% Total votes cast 128, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 20 of 29

21 1936 George D. Aiken [Republican] 83, % Alfred H. Heininger [Democratic] 53, % Fred Gardner [Communist] % Scattering 8 0.0% Total votes cast 137, % 1938 George D. Aiken [Republican] 75, % Fred C. Martin [Democratic] 37, % Total votes cast 112, % 1940 William H. Wills [Republican] 87, % John McGrath [Democratic] 49, % Scattering 2 0.0% Total votes cast 136, % 1942 William H. Wills [Republican] 44, % John McGrath [Democratic] 12, % Scattering 1 0.0% Total votes cast 57, % 1944 Mortimer R. Proctor [Republican] 78, % Ernest H. Bailey [Democratic] 40, % Scattering 5 0.0% Total votes cast 119, % 1946 Ernest W. Gibson [Republican] 57, % Berthold C. Coburn [Democratic] 14, % Scattering % Total votes cast 72, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 21 of 29

22 1948 Ernest W. Gibson [Republican] 14 86, % Charles F. Ryan [Democratic] 33, % Scattering % Total votes cast 120, % 14 Resigned January 16, 1950, to accept appointment as a U.S. District Judge Lee E. Emerson [Republican] 64, % J. Edward Moran [Democratic] 22, % Scattering % Total votes cast 87, % 1952 Lee E. Emerson [Republican] 78, % Robert W. Larrow [Democratic] 60, % Henry D. Vail [Republican (Write-in)] 12, % Scattering % Total votes cast 150, % 1954 Joseph B. Johnson [Republican] 59, % E. Frank Branon [Democratic] 54, % Scattering % Total votes cast 114, % 1956 Joseph B. Johnson [Republican] 88, % E. Frank Branon [Democratic] 65, % Scattering % Total votes cast 153, % Robert T. Stafford [Republican] 62, % Bernard J. Leddy [Democratic] 61, % Scattering 3 0.0% Total votes cast 123, % 15 Election led to legislative recount. General Election Results: Governor, p. 22 of 29

23 1960 F. Ray Keyser, Jr. [Republican] 92, % Russell F. Niquette [Democratic] 71, % Scattering % Total votes cast 164, % F. Ray Keyser, Jr. [Republican] 60, % Philip H. Hoff [Democratic] 56, % Philip H. Hoff [Independent] 3, % Philip H. Hoff [Independent Democratic] 1, % Scattering 4 0.0% Total votes cast 121, % 16 Election led to legislative recount. Hoff won the election with 50.5% of the vote Philip H. Hoff [Democratic] 106, % Ralph A. Foote [Republican] 56, % Ralph A. Foote [Independent] 1, % Ralph A. Foote [no party] % Scattering % Total votes cast 164, % 1966 Philip H. Hoff [Democratic] 78, % Richard A. Snelling [Republican] 57, % Scattering % Total votes cast 136, % 1968 Deane C. Davis [Republican] 89, % John J. Daley [Democratic] 71, % Scattering % Total votes cast 161, % 1970 Deane C. Davis [Republican] 87, % Leo O'Brien, Jr. [Democratic] 66, % Scattering % Total votes cast 153, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 23 of 29

24 1972 Thomas P. Salmon [Democratic] 101, % Thomas P. Salmon [Independent Vermonters] 2, % Luther F. Hackett [Republican] 82, % Bernard Sanders [Liberty Union] 2, % Scattering % Total votes cast 189, % 1974 Thomas P. Salmon [Democratic] 77, % Thomas P. Salmon [Independent Vermonters] 2, % Thomas P. Salmon [no party] % Thomas P. Salmon [Liberty Union] 5 0.0% Walter L. "Peanut Kennedy [Republican] 53, % Martha Abbott [Liberty Union] 7, % Scattering % Total votes cast 141, % 1976 Richard A. Snelling [Republican] 98, % Richard A. Snelling [Bi-Partisan Vermonters] 1, % Stella B. Hackel [Democratic] 72, % Stella B. Hackel [Independent Vermonters] 2, % Bernard Sanders [Liberty Union] 11, % Scattering % Total votes cast 185, % 1978 Richard A. Snelling [Republican] 78, % Edwin C. Granai [Democratic] 42, % Earl S. Gardner [Liberty Union] 3, % Scattering % Total votes cast 124, % 1980 Richard A. Snelling [Republican] 123, % M. Jerome "Jerry" Diamond [Democratic] 76, % Daniel E. Woodward [Independent] 5, % Bruce Cullen [Independent] 2, % John Potthast [Liberty Union] 1, % Scattering % Total votes cast 209, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 24 of 29

25 1982 Richard A. Snelling [Republican] 93, % Madeleine M. Kunin [Democratic] 74, % Richard F. Gottlieb [Liberty Union] % John L. Buttolph, III [Libertarian] % Scattering % Total votes cast 169, % 1984 Madeleine M. Kunin [Democratic] 116, % John J. Easton, Jr. [Republican] 113, % William Wicker [Libertarian] 1, % Marian Wagner [Citizens] % Richard F. Gottlieb [Liberty Union] % Scattering % Total votes cast 233, % 1986* Madeleine M. Kunin [Democratic] 92, % Peter Smith [Republican] 75, % Bernard Sanders [Independent] 28, % Richard F. Gottlieb [Liberty Union] % Scattering % Total votes cast 196, % 1988 Madeleine M. Kunin [Democratic] 134, % Michael Bernhard [Republican] 105, % Richard F. Gottlieb [Liberty Union] 2, % Scattering % Total votes cast 243, % 1990 Richard A. Snelling [Republican] , % Peter Welch [Democratic] 97, % David Atkinson [Libertarian] 2, % Richard F. Gottlieb [Liberty Union] 1, % Scattering % Total votes cast 211, % 17 Snelling died in office August 13, Lt. Governor Howard Dean became acting Governor. General Election Results: Governor, p. 25 of 29

26 1992 Howard Dean [Democratic] 213, % John McClaughry [Republican] 65, % Richard F. Gottlieb [Liberty Union] 3, % August "Gus" Jaccaci [Natural Law/New Alliance] 2, % Scattering % Total votes cast 285, % 1994 Howard Dean [Democratic] 145, % David F. Kelley [Republican] 40, % Thomas J. Morse [Independent] 15, % Dennis Lane [Vermont Grassroots] 2, % William "Turkeybill" Brueckner [Independent] 2, % August "Gus" Jaccaci [People of Vermont] 2, % Richard F. Gottlieb [Liberty Union] 1, % Bill Brunelle [Natural Law] 1, % Scattering 1, % Total votes cast 212, % 1996 Howard Dean [Democratic] 179, % John L. Gropper [Republican] 57, % Mary Alice Herbert [Liberty Union] 4, % Dennis "Denny" Lane [Vermont Grassroots] 3, % Bill Brunelle [Natural Law] 3, % August St. John [Independent] 3, % Neil Randall [Libertarian] 2, % Scattering % Total votes cast 254, % 1998 Howard Dean [Democratic] 121, % Ruth Dwyer [Republican] 89, % Joel W. Williams [Vermont Grassroots] 3, % Amy Berkey [Libertarian] 2, % Richard F. Gottlieb [Liberty Union] 1, % Scattering % Total votes cast 218, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 26 of 29

27 2000 Howard Dean [Democratic] 148, % Ruth Dwyer [Republican] 111, % Anthony Pollina [Progressive] 28, % Phil Stannard, Sr. [Independent] 2, % Joel W. Williams [Vermont Grassroots] 1, % Marilynn "Mom" Verna Christian [Independent] 1, % Hardy Macia [Libertarian] % Richard F. Gottlieb [Liberty Union] % Scattering % Total votes cast 293, % 2002* James H. Douglas [Republican] 103, % Doug Racine [Democratic] 97, % Cornelius "Con" Hogan [Independent] 22, % Chris Ericson [Make Marijuana Legal] 1, % Michael J. Badamo [Progressive] 1, % Patricia Hejny [Vermont Grassroots] % Joel Williams [Libertarian] % Marilynn "Mom" Verna Christian [Restore-Justice Freedom] % Peter Diamondstone [Liberty Union] % Brian Pearl [Independent] % Scattering % Total votes cast 230, % 2004 James H. Douglas [Republican] 181, % Peter Clavelle [Democratic] 117, % Chris Ericson [Marijuana] 4, % Patricia Hejny [Independent] 2, % Hardy Machia [Libertarian] 2, % Peter Diamondstone [Liberty Union] 1, % Scattering % Total votes cast 309, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 27 of 29

28 2006 James H. Douglas [Republican] 148, % Scudder Parker [Democratic] 108, % Cris Ericson [Independent] 2, % Jim Hogue [Vermont Green] 1, % Benjamin Clarke [Vermont Localist] 1, % Bob Skold [Liberty Union] % Scattering % Total votes cast 262, % 2008 James H. Douglas [Republican] 170, % Anthony Pollina [Independent] 69, % Gaye Symington [Democratic] 69, % Tony O'Connor [Cheap Renewable Energy] 3, % Sam Young [Independent] 2, % Peter Diamondstone [Liberty Union] 1, % Cris Ericson [Independent] 1, % Scattering % Total votes cast 319, % 2010* Peter Shumlin [Democratic/Working Families] 119, % Brian Dubie [Republican] 115, % Dennis Steele [Independent] 1, % Cris Ericson [United States Marijuana Party] 1, % Dan Feliciano [Independent] 1, % Em Peyton, Independent % Ben Mitchell [Liberty Union] % Scattering % Total votes cast 241, % 2012 Peter Shumlin [Democratic/Working Families] 170, % Randy Brock [Republican] 110, % Emily Peyton [Independent] 5, % Cris Ericson [United States Marijuana Party] 5, % Dave Eagle [Liberty Union] 1, % Scattering % Total votes cast 295, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 28 of 29

29 2014* Peter Shumlin [Democratic/Working Families] 89, % Scott Milne [Republican] 87, % Dan Feliciano [Libertarian] 8, % Emily Peyton [Independent] 3, % Peter Diamondstone [Liberty Union] 1, % Cris Ericson [Independent] 1, % Bernard Peters [Independent] 1, % Scattering % Total votes cast 193, % General Election Results: Governor, p. 29 of 29