The 1826 Vermont gubernatorial election took place in September and October, and resulted in the election of Ezra Butler to a one-year term as governor.^[1]

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1826 Vermont gubernatorial election

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Nominee Ezra Butler Joel Doolittle Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Popular vote 8,966 3,157 Percentage 63.3% 22.3%

Governor before election Cornelius P. Van Ness Democratic-Republican Elected Governor Ezra Butler Democratic-Republican

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The Vermont General Assembly met in Montpelier on October 12.^[1] 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.^[1] The committee determined that Ezra Butler had won a one-year term.^[1]

In the election for lieutenant governor, the committee determined that Democratic-Republican Aaron Leland had won election to a fifth one-year term.^[1] Newspapers of the time reported the vote totals as: Leland, 7,749 (61.9%); Henry Olin, 4,331 (34.7%); Scattering, 431 (3.4%).^[2]

Benjamin Swan had no opposition for election to a one-year term as treasurer, his twenty-seventh.^[1] Though he had nominally been a Federalist, Swan was usually endorsed by the Democratic-Republicans and even after the demise of the Federalist Party he was frequently unopposed.^[3]

The vote totals in the governor's race were reported as follows:^[1]