1876 Vermont gubernatorial election

1876 Vermont gubernatorial election

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Candidate Horace Fairbanks W.H.H. Bingham
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 44,723 20,988
Percentage 68.0% 31.9%

Governor before election

Asahel Peck
Republican

Elected Governor

Horace Fairbanks
Republican

The 1876 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 5, 1876. Incumbent Republican Asahel Peck, per the "Mountain Rule",[1] did not run for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont. Republican candidate Horace Fairbanks defeated Democratic candidate W.H.H. Bingham to succeed him.

  1. ^ Hand, Samuel B. "Mountain Rule Revisited" (PDF). Vermont Historical Society. Retrieved June 15, 2015.