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The 1837 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 5, 1837.^[1]

General election[edit]

William Czar Bradley, Democratic, former U.S. Representative, Democratic candidate for Governor in 1834, 1835 and 1836
Silas H. Jennison, Whig, incumbent Governor

1837 Vermont gubernatorial election^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[a]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Silas H. Jennison (inc.)	22,260	55.65%
	Democratic	William Czar Bradley	17,730	44.33%
	Scattering		8	0.02%
Majority			4,530	11.33%
Turnout			39,998
	Whig hold		Swing

County^[11]	Silas Hemenway Jennison Whig		William Czar Bradley Democratic		Margin		Total votes cast
County^[11]	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast
Addison	2,236	66.45%	1,129	33.55%	1,107	32.90%	3,365
Bennington	1,329	50.38%	1,309	49.62%	20	0.76%	2,638
Caledonia	1,557	50.10%	1,551	49.90%	6	0.19%	3,108
Chittenden	1,668	54.98%	1,366	45.02%	302	9.95%	3,034
Essex	209	43.00%	277	57.00%	68	-13.99%	486
Franklin	1,065	54.28%	897	45.72%	168	8.56%	1,962
Grand Isle	247	53.46%	215	46.54%	32	6.93%	462
Lamoille	550	42.94%	731	57.06%	181	-14.13%	1,281
Orange	2,175	47.38%	2,416	52.62%	241	-5.25%	4,591
Orleans	978	53.44%	852	46.56%	126	6.89%	1,830
Rutland	2,478	65.01%	1,334	34.99%	1,144	30.01%	3,812
Washington	1,605	42.78%	2,147	57.22%	542	-14.45%	3,752
Windham	2,601	58.06%	1,879	41.94%	722	16.12%	4,480
Windsor	3,562	68.65%	1,627	31.35%	1,935	37.29%	5,189
Totals	22,260	55.66%	17,730	44.34%	4,530	11.33%	39,990

^ Some sources give the result as Jennison 22,257, Bradley 17,722.^[9]^[10] The result given here is that given in the Vermont House Journal.

^ "State Election, September 5". Burlington free press. Burlington, Vt. August 18, 1837. p. 2. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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^ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
^ Journal of the House of Representatives, of the State of Vermont, October Session, 1837. Montpelier: E. P. Walton & Son. 1837. p. 8.
^ "Governor: 1789-2016". Election Results Archive. Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. p. 8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
^ Thompson, Zadock (1842). History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical, in Three Parts. Burlington: Chauncey Goodrich. p. 119.
^ Coolidge, A. J.; Mansfield, J. B. (1860). History and Description of New England. Vermont. Boston: Austin J. Coolidge. p. 965.
^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 83. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
^ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 594. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
^ "Election archive". vermont.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2023.