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Stephen Royce
Republican/Whig
 
 
Merritt Clark
Democratic
 
 
Lawrence Brainerd
Free Soil Democratic
 
 
William C. Kittredge
Whig
 
 
Horatio Needham
Free Soil Democratic
 
 
William R. Shafter
 
 
Thomas E. Powers
 
 
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1854 Governor General Election

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City/Town Ward Pct
Stephen Royce
Merritt Clark
Lawrence Brainerd
William C. Kittredge
Horatio Needham
William R. Shafter
Thomas E. Powers
 Write-Ins Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
27,926
15,084
619
293
293
255
27
 135 0 44,632
Addison
 
92
10
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 102
Albany
 
83
61
0
0
33
0
0
 0 0 177
Alburgh
 
101
31
0
3
0
0
0
 0 0 135
Andover
 
69
1
2
0
0
0
0
 0 0 72
Arlington
 
115
27
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 142
Athens
 
59
8
0
0
0
0
0
 1 0 68
Bakersfield
 
117
60
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 177
Baltimore
 
24
0
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 24
Barnard
 
76
130
24
0
0
0
0
 0 0 230
Barnet
 
147
184
0
26
0
0
0
 0 0 357
Barre Town
 
190
142
4
0
1
0
0
 0 0 337
Barton
 
109
43
0
0
57
0
0
 0 0 209
Belvidere
 
19
41
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 60
Bennington
 
435
325
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 760
Benson
 
124
30
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 154
Berkshire
 
154
72
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 226
Berlin
 
166
97
5
0
0
0
0
 0 0 268
Bethel
 
134
110
2
0
0
0
0
 1 0 247
Bloomfield
 
12
39
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 51
Bolton
 
23
38
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 61
Bradford
 
170
121
10
0
0
0
0
 0 0 301
Braintree
 
146
90
5
0
0
0
0
 0 0 241
Brandon
 
291
38
0
0
2
0
0
 0 0 331
Brattleboro
 
328
52
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 380
Bridgewater
 
117
115
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 232
Bridport
 
122
24
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 146
Brighton
 
27
22
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 49
Bristol
 
117
40
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 157
Brookfield
 
129
96
39
0
0
0
0
 0 0 264
Brookline
 
38
13
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 51
Brownington
 
83
34
3
0
2
0
0
 0 0 122
Brunswick
 
2
24
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 26
Burke
 
129
67
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 196
Burlington
 
438
193
1
0
0
0
0
 0 0 632
Cabot
 
140
90
1
2
0
0
0
 0 0 233
Calais
 
86
143
9
0
0
0
0
 0 0 238
Cambridge
 
184
68
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 252
Canaan
 
39
44
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 83
Castleton
 
186
81
0
0
0
0
2
 0 0 269
Cavendish
 
159
41
4
0
0
13
0
 0 0 217
Charleston
 
117
19
0
0
32
0
0
 0 0 168
Charlotte
 
145
14
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 159
Chelsea
 
205
177
9
0
0
0
0
 0 0 391
Chester
 
180
115
1
0
0
0
0
 0 0 296
Chittenden
 
70
24
2
0
0
0
0
 0 0 96
Clarendon
 
202
18
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 220
Colchester
 
145
100
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 245
Concord
 
122
65
0
0
0
0
0
 1 0 188
Corinth
 
151
186
10
0
0
0
0
 0 0 347
Cornwall
 
142
8
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 150
Coventry
 
119
31
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 150
Craftsbury
 
98
63
1
0
6
0
0
 0 0 168
Danby
 
91
62
0
5
0
0
0
 0 0 158
Danville
 
146
156
4
4
0
0
0
 0 0 310
Derby
 
151
114
0
0
2
0
0
 0 0 267
Dorset
 
147
177
2
2
0
0
3
 0 0 331
Dover
 
96
15
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 111
Dummerston
 
118
21
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 139
Duxbury
 
69
28
2
1
0
0
0
 0 0 100
E. Haven
 
18
3
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 21
E. Montpelier
 
93
95
5
0
0
0
0
 1 0 194
Eden
 
79
32
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 111
Elmore
 
56
38
3
0
0
0
0
 0 0 97
Enosburgh
 
234
65
0
0
0
0
0
 1 0 300
Essex
 
191
140
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 331
Fair Haven
 
95
2
0
0
0
0
0
 11 0 108
Fairfax
 
184
112
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 296
Fairfield
 
99
199
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 298
Fairlee
 
56
59
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 115
Fayston
 
31
36
17
0
0
0
0
 0 0 84
Ferrisburgh
 
152
19
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 171
Fletcher
 
78
66
1
0
0
0
0
 0 0 145
Franklin
 
160
36
3
0
0
0
0
 3 0 202
Georgia
 
214
40
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 254
Glastenbury
 
1
8
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 9
Glover
 
76
88
0
1
3
0
0
 0 0 168
Goshen
 
56
6
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 62
Grafton
 
106
33
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 139
Granby
 
17
10
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 27
Grand Isle
 
78
22
0
1
0
0
0
 0 0 101
Granville
 
65
33
1
0
0
0
0
 0 0 99
Greensboro
 
37
57
15
0
16
0
0
 0 0 125
Groton
 
82
68
1
0
0
0
0
 0 0 151
Guildhall
 
55
23
0
0
0
0
0
 1 0 79
Guilford
 
128
35
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 163
Halifax
 
141
0
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 141
Hancock
 
36
12
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 48
Hardwick
 
65
76
87
0
0
0
0
 0 0 228
Hartford
 
224
137
0
0
0
19
0
 3 0 383
Hartland
 
136
118
0
0
0
0
0
 10 0 264
Highgate
 
192
171
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 363
Hinesburg
 
187
21
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 208
Holland
 
50
64
0
1
0
0
0
 0 0 115
Hubbardton
 
62
35
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 97
Huntington
 
144
42
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 186
Hyde Park
 
104
123
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 227
Irasburg
 
121
43
0
0
33
0
0
 0 0 197
Isle La Motte
 
23
54
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 77
Jamaica
 
91
12
1
63
0
0
0
 0 0 167
Jay
 
31
17
0
0
24
0
0
 0 0 72
Jericho
 
200
28
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 228
Johnson
 
160
37
1
0
0
0
0
 0 0 198
Kirby
 
48
44
0
1
0
0
0
 0 0 93
Landgrove
 
36
13
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 49
Leicester
 
76
12
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 88
Lemington
 
13
17
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 30
Lincoln
 
77
1
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 78
Lowell
 
57
57
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 114
Ludlow
 
143
22
0
0
0
45
0
 0 0 210
Lunenburg
 
134
58
0
5
0
0
0
 0 0 197
Lyndon
 
151
188
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 339
Maidstone
 
10
31
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 41
Manchester
 
132
69
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 201
Marlboro
 
78
51
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 129
Marshfield
 
120
88
3
0
0
0
0
 0 0 211
Mendon
 
72
41
0
0
9
0
0
 0 0 122
Middlebury
 
279
79
0
1
0
0
0
 0 0 359
Middlesex
 
111
81
3
1
0
0
0
 0 0 196
Middletown Springs
 
81
44
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 125
Milton
 
172
61
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 233
Monkton
 
132
42
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 174
Montgomery
 
78
35
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 113
Montpelier
 
246
164
9
1
0
0
0
 0 0 420
Moretown
 
64
64
3
0
0
0
0
 0 0 131
Morgan
 
64
32
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 96
Morristown
 
184
70
6
5
0
0
0
 0 0 265
Mount Holly
 
143
8
0
0
1
0
0
 0 0 152
Mount Tabor
 
38
4
1
0
0
0
0
 0 0 43
New Haven
 
211
13
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 224
Newark
 
50
43
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 93
Newbury
 
267
238
1
0
0
0
0
 0 0 506
Newfane
 
126
77
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 203
Newport City
 
88
50
0
0
19
0
0
 0 0 157
N. Hero
 
48
22
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 70
Northfield
 
337
282
3
1
0
0
0
 0 0 623
Norwich
 
164
137
2
0
0
0
0
 1 0 304
Orange
 
84
85
25
0
0
0
0
 0 0 194
Orwell
 
117
18
0
0
0
2
0
 0 0 137
Panton
 
56
14
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 70
Pawlet
 
125
108
2
0
0
0
0
 0 0 235
Peacham
 
115
107
10
0
0
0
0
 0 0 232
Peru
 
59
26
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 85
Pittsfield
 
61
20
0
0
0
0
2
 0 0 83
Pittsford
 
171
79
0
0
0
0
0
 5 0 255
Plainfield
 
94
90
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 184
Plymouth
 
84
42
0
0
0
4
0
 5 0 135
Pomfret
 
106
70
2
0
0
51
0
 0 0 229
Poultney
 
226
67
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 293
Pownal
 
156
130
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 286
Putney
 
138
56
0
1
0
0
0
 0 0 195
Randolph
 
232
179
49
0
0
0
2
 1 0 463
Reading
 
106
38
1
0
0
0
0
 0 0 145
Readsboro
 
39
101
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 140
Richford
 
91
72
0
0
0
0
0
 3 0 166
Richmond
 
114
45
0
0
0
0
14
 0 0 173
Ripton
 
64
9
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 73
Rochester
 
134
26
3
0
0
0
0
 0 0 163
Rockingham
 
243
183
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 426
Roxbury
 
82
104
2
0
0
0
0
 1 0 189
Royalton
 
165
79
31
0
0
0
0
 0 0 275
Rupert
 
81
23
0
1
0
0
0
 0 0 105
Rutland Town
 
392
71
0
0
4
0
0
 17 0 484
Ryegate
 
82
66
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 148
Salem
 
42
27
0
0
14
0
0
 0 0 83
Salisbury
 
98
38
1
0
0
1
0
 0 0 138
Sandgate
 
78
64
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 142
Searsburg
 
36
17
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 53
Shaftsbury
 
126
192
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 318
Sharon
 
87
113
12
0
0
0
0
 0 0 212
Sheffield
 
50
80
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 130
Shelburne
 
83
28
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 111
Sheldon
 
132
123
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 255
Shoreham
 
121
3
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 124
Shrewsbury
 
77
67
0
0
3
0
0
 0 0 147
Somerset
 
33
10
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 43
S. Hero
 
45
38
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 83
Springfield
 
290
103
0
0
8
1
2
 0 0 404
St. Albans City
 
305
105
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 410
St. George
 
23
0
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 23
St. Johnsbury
 
373
164
0
4
0
0
0
 0 0 541
Starksboro
 
78
29
0
53
0
0
0
 0 0 160
Sterling
 
37
14
3
0
0
0
0
 0 0 54
Stockbridge
 
71
44
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 115
Stowe
 
275
120
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 395
Strafford
 
145
140
7
5
0
0
0
 0 0 297
Stratton
 
52
14
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 66
Sudbury
 
61
62
0
0
7
0
0
 0 0 130
Sunderland
 
25
65
0
0
0
0
0
 1 0 91
Sutton
 
60
72
2
0
0
0
0
 0 0 134
Swanton
 
169
149
1
0
0
0
0
 0 0 319
Thetford
 
140
168
3
0
0
0
0
 0 0 311
Tinmouth
 
102
10
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 112
Topsham
 
140
173
2
0
0
0
0
 0 0 315
Townshend
 
162
44
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 206
Troy
 
105
61
0
0
42
0
0
 0 0 208
Tunbridge
 
192
88
14
0
0
0
0
 0 0 294
Underhill
 
131
41
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 172
Vergennes
 
99
21
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 120
Vernon
 
66
32
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 98
Victory
 
9
17
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 26
Waitsfield
 
61
34
36
0
0
0
0
 0 0 131
Walden
 
103
102
1
1
0
0
0
 0 0 207
Wallingford
 
185
48
0
0
0
0
0
 13 0 246
Waltham
 
31
11
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 42
Wardsboro
 
129
93
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 222
Warren
 
126
27
12
0
0
0
0
 0 0 165
Washington
 
161
109
8
0
0
0
0
 0 0 278
Waterbury
 
191
129
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 320
Waterford
 
126
47
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 173
Waterville
 
63
33
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 96
Weathersfield
 
177
46
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 223
Wells
 
79
66
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 145
W. Fairlee
 
58
119
4
0
0
0
0
 1 0 182
W. Haven
 
44
7
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 51
W. Windsor
 
68
26
0
0
0
29
2
 22 0 147
Westfield
 
43
43
0
0
9
0
0
 0 0 95
Westford
 
229
19
0
0
0
0
0
 1 0 249
Westminster
 
94
55
0
27
0
0
0
 0 0 176
Westmore
 
15
16
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 31
Weston
 
150
10
3
0
0
0
0
 0 0 163
Weybridge
 
93
15
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 108
Wheelock
 
53
77
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 130
Whiting
 
45
21
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 66
Whitingham
 
152
6
0
0
0
0
0
 7 0 165
Williamstown
 
150
86
8
0
0
0
0
 0 0 244
Williston
 
144
19
3
0
0
0
0
 0 0 166
Wilmington
 
141
68
0
0
0
0
0
 1 0 210
Windham
 
107
9
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 116
Windsor
 
202
56
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 258
Winhall
 
65
30
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 95
Wolcott
 
109
59
1
0
0
0
0
 0 0 169
Woodbury
 
55
84
35
0
0
0
0
 0 0 174
Woodford
 
27
56
6
0
0
0
0
 0 0 89
Woodstock
 
243
59
0
0
0
92
0
 35 0 429
Worcester
 
61
50
10
0
0
0
0
 0 0 121
Totals
27,926
15,084
619
293
293
255
27
 135 0 44,632