1848 Vermont gubernatorial election

1848 Vermont gubernatorial election
September 5, 1848 (1848-09-05)
 
Nominee Carlos Coolidge Oscar L. Shafter Paul Dillingham
Party Whig Free Soil Democratic
Electoral vote 122 65 54
Popular vote 22,007 14,931 13,420
Percentage 43.66% 29.62% 26.62%
County results
Coolidge:      40–50%      50–60%
Shafter:      40–50%
Dillingham:      30–40%      40–50%
Governor before election

Horace Eaton
Whig

 Elected Governor

Carlos Coolidge
Whig

The 1848 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 5, 1848, to elect the governor of Vermont. As no candidate received a majority of the votes cast, the Vermont General Assembly elected Whig Carlos Coolidge, the plurality winner, with 122 votes to 65 for Oscar L. Shafter, 54 for Paul Dillingham, and 1 each for Luke P. Poland and William M. Shafter.

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