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County results Fairbanks: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Vermont |
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The 1860 Vermont gubernatorial election for governor of Vermont was held on Tuesday, September 4. [1] In keeping with the " Mountain Rule", incumbent Republican Hiland Hall was not a candidate for a third one-year term. [2] [3] The Republican nominee was former Governor Erastus Fairbanks. [2] With the Democratic Party fracturing nationally over the slavery issue, John Godfrey Saxe, the Democratic nominee against Hall in 1859, appeared on the ballot as a supporter of Stephen A. Douglas for president. [4] Robert Harvey appeared as a supporter of Democratic presidential candidate John C. Breckinridge. [4]
Vermont continued to strongly oppose the continuation of slavery and its backing of the Republican Party's abolitionist platform was unwavering. [2] [4] Fairbanks easily defeated both Democrats to win a one-year term. [2] He took his oath of office on October 12. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Erastus Fairbanks | 34,188 | 71.0% | ||
Democratic | John Godfrey Saxe | 11,795 | 24.5% | ||
Democratic | Robert Harvey | 2,115 | 4.5% | ||
Scattering | 3 | 0.0% | |||
Total votes | '48,101' | '100' |
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County results Fairbanks: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Vermont |
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The 1860 Vermont gubernatorial election for governor of Vermont was held on Tuesday, September 4. [1] In keeping with the " Mountain Rule", incumbent Republican Hiland Hall was not a candidate for a third one-year term. [2] [3] The Republican nominee was former Governor Erastus Fairbanks. [2] With the Democratic Party fracturing nationally over the slavery issue, John Godfrey Saxe, the Democratic nominee against Hall in 1859, appeared on the ballot as a supporter of Stephen A. Douglas for president. [4] Robert Harvey appeared as a supporter of Democratic presidential candidate John C. Breckinridge. [4]
Vermont continued to strongly oppose the continuation of slavery and its backing of the Republican Party's abolitionist platform was unwavering. [2] [4] Fairbanks easily defeated both Democrats to win a one-year term. [2] He took his oath of office on October 12. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Erastus Fairbanks | 34,188 | 71.0% | ||
Democratic | John Godfrey Saxe | 11,795 | 24.5% | ||
Democratic | Robert Harvey | 2,115 | 4.5% | ||
Scattering | 3 | 0.0% | |||
Total votes | '48,101' | '100' |