1866 Vermont gubernatorial election

1866 Vermont gubernatorial election
September 4, 1866 (1866-09-04)
 
Candidate Paul Dillingham Charles N. Davenport
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 34,117 11,292
Percentage 75.1 24.9
County results
Dillingham:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Governor before election

Paul Dillingham
Republican

 Elected Governor

Paul Dillingham
Republican

The 1866 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 4, 1866. In keeping with the "Mountain Rule", Incumbent Republican Paul Dillingham was a candidate for a second one-year term as governor of Vermont. With the election taking place soon after the American Civil War, Dillingham ran as a pro-Union Republican. The Democratic nomination was won by Charles N. Davenport of Wilmington, an attorney and founder of the Brattleboro Reformer newspaper, who was also the Democratic nominee in 1865. In the general election, Dillingham was easily elected to a second one-year term as governor.

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