The 1822 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 3, 1822. It resulted in the election of Richard Skinner to a one-year term as governor.
The Vermont General Assembly met in Montpelier on October 10. The Vermont House of Representatives appointed a committee to review the votes of the freemen of Vermont for governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, and members of the governor's council. Democratic-Republican Richard Skinner was the only major candidate. The committee determined that Skinner had easily won a third one-year term against only scattering opposition.
In the election for lieutenant governor, the committee determined that Democratic-Republican Aaron Leland had won election to a one-year term. A contemporary newspaper article reported the results as: Leland, 6,792 (61.4%); Ezra Butler, 1,838 (16.6%); William Hunter, 1,785 (16.1%); William Strong, 48 (0.4%); scattering, 604 (5.5%).
Benjamin Swan was unopposed for election to a one-year term as treasurer, his twenty-third. Though nominally a Federalist, Swan was usually endorsed by the Democratic-Republicans and even after the demise of the Federalists Swan often ran unopposed. Newspaper accounts of the election reported that Swan had received 7,986 votes (99.6%), with 34 votes (0.4%) scattering.
In the race for governor, the results of the popular vote were reported as follows.
Results
By county The following totals are incomplete. They represent all the votes that are vouched for by surviving records, and are therefore the minimum possible votes as opposed to grand totals.
County Richard SkinnerDemocratic-Republican Scattering Totals(incomplete) Votes Votes VotesAddison8124816Bennington6066612Caledonia7679776Chittenden2450245Essex1370137Franklin4461447Grand Isle1120112Orange1,18911,190Orleans4266432Rutland1,10671,113Washington3170317Windham1,09591,104Windsor2,34752,352
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