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Stephen Royce
Republican
 
 
Merritt Clark
Democratic
 
 
James M. Slade
American
 
 
William R. Shafter
Temperance
 
 
John H. Wheeler
 
 
William Slade
 
 
Lawrence Brainerd
 
 
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1855 Governor General Election

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City/Town Ward Pct
Stephen Royce
Merritt Clark
James M. Slade
William R. Shafter
John H. Wheeler
William Slade
Lawrence Brainerd
 Write-Ins Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
25,654
12,537
3,475
1,308
49
18
3
 79 0 43,123
Addison
 
63
7
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 70
Albany
 
71
40
51
1
0
0
0
 1 0 164
Andover
 
84
0
0
4
0
0
0
 0 0 88
Arlington
 
131
2
9
0
0
0
0
 0 0 142
Athens
 
41
4
0
8
0
0
0
 0 0 53
Bakersfield
 
124
64
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 188
Baltimore
 
22
0
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 22
Barnard
 
34
136
89
34
0
0
0
 0 0 293
Barnet
 
143
124
19
16
0
0
0
 2 0 304
Barre Town
 
336
49
0
2
0
0
0
 0 0 387
Barton
 
138
54
3
1
0
0
0
 0 0 196
Belvidere
 
17
42
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 59
Bennington
 
340
202
67
0
0
0
0
 0 0 609
Benson
 
99
26
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 125
Berkshire
 
172
52
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 224
Berlin
 
173
84
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 257
Bethel
 
63
72
94
7
0
1
0
 0 0 237
Bloomfield
 
16
29
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 45
Bolton
 
25
30
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 55
Bradford
 
64
108
119
0
31
0
0
 0 0 322
Braintree
 
127
45
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 172
Brandon
 
185
25
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 210
Brattleboro
 
348
41
74
37
0
0
0
 0 0 500
Bridgewater
 
12
117
23
61
0
0
0
 0 0 213
Bridport
 
129
20
0
3
0
0
0
 0 0 152
Brighton
 
35
34
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 69
Bristol
 
111
112
0
1
0
0
0
 0 0 224
Brookfield
 
146
104
0
1
0
0
0
 0 0 251
Brookline
 
37
11
0
1
0
0
0
 0 0 49
Brownington
 
101
15
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 116
Brunswick
 
10
26
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 36
Burke
 
86
44
0
40
0
0
0
 0 0 170
Burlington
 
343
193
0
1
2
0
0
 0 0 539
Cabot
 
140
100
0
0
0
3
0
 0 0 243
Calais
 
195
83
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 278
Cambridge
 
159
78
0
1
0
0
0
 0 0 238
Canaan
 
43
34
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 77
Castleton
 
105
49
80
4
0
0
0
 0 0 238
Cavendish
 
152
24
0
13
0
0
0
 0 0 189
Charleston
 
159
8
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 167
Charlotte
 
136
15
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 151
Chelsea
 
241
128
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 369
Chester
 
156
76
0
2
0
0
0
 1 0 235
Chittenden
 
62
42
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 104
Clarendon
 
174
12
7
0
0
0
0
 0 0 193
Colchester
 
237
96
1
0
0
0
0
 0 0 334
Concord
 
103
69
14
6
0
0
0
 1 0 193
Corinth
 
117
172
71
0
6
0
0
 0 0 366
Cornwall
 
147
10
2
3
0
0
0
 0 0 162
Coventry
 
111
13
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 124
Craftsbury
 
137
45
1
1
0
0
0
 0 0 184
Danby
 
86
51
0
1
0
0
0
 0 0 138
Danville
 
110
115
100
9
0
0
0
 0 0 334
Derby
 
189
59
14
0
0
0
0
 0 0 262
Dorset
 
123
141
24
1
0
0
0
 0 0 289
Dover
 
74
38
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 112
Dummerston
 
118
28
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 146
Duxbury
 
65
13
0
6
0
0
0
 0 0 84
E. Haven
 
19
5
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 24
E. Montpelier
 
163
95
0
0
0
0
1
 0 0 259
Eden
 
65
44
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 109
Elmore
 
37
37
21
0
0
0
0
 0 0 95
Enosburgh
 
182
33
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 215
Essex
 
187
128
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 315
Fair Haven
 
36
10
79
0
0
0
0
 0 0 125
Fairfax
 
209
53
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 262
Fairfield
 
167
191
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 358
Fairlee
 
56
55
10
0
0
0
0
 0 0 121
Fayston
 
45
27
0
1
0
0
0
 0 0 73
Ferrisburgh
 
167
11
2
20
0
0
0
 2 0 202
Fletcher
 
88
64
19
0
0
0
0
 0 0 171
Franklin
 
155
28
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 183
Georgia
 
176
41
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 217
Glastenbury
 
1
12
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 13
Glover
 
16
81
71
1
0
0
0
 0 0 169
Goshen
 
49
4
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 53
Grafton
 
116
18
0
1
0
0
0
 0 0 135
Granby
 
12
12
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 24
Grand Isle
 
78
46
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 124
Granville
 
56
16
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 72
Greensboro
 
81
46
0
0
0
0
1
 0 0 128
Guildhall
 
58
38
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 96
Guilford
 
121
38
9
7
0
0
0
 0 0 175
Halifax
 
105
49
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 154
Hancock
 
63
2
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 65
Hardwick
 
75
102
90
0
0
1
0
 35 0 303
Hartford
 
237
68
27
26
0
0
0
 2 0 360
Hartland
 
120
121
19
22
0
0
0
 0 0 282
Highgate
 
154
153
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 307
Hinesburg
 
173
15
0
1
0
0
0
 0 0 189
Hubbardton
 
64
12
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 76
Huntington
 
141
46
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 187
Hyde Park
 
71
95
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 166
Ira
 
41
2
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 43
Irasburg
 
127
222
50
1
0
0
0
 0 0 400
Isle La Motte
 
33
64
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 97
Jamaica
 
34
7
125
1
0
0
0
 0 0 167
Jay
 
42
57
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 99
Jericho
 
211
48
2
1
0
0
0
 0 0 262
Johnson
 
153
30
0
6
0
0
0
 0 0 189
Kirby
 
29
31
8
3
0
12
0
 0 0 83
Landgrove
 
28
7
3
0
0
0
0
 0 0 38
Lemington
 
12
16
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 28
Lincoln
 
104
2
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 106
Londonderry
 
97
31
0
1
0
0
0
 0 0 129
Lowell
 
91
46
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 137
Ludlow
 
111
16
1
45
0
0
0
 0 0 173
Lunenburg
 
114
51
0
1
0
0
0
 1 0 167
Lyndon
 
53
161
136
0
0
0
0
 0 0 350
Maidstone
 
15
38
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 53
Manchester
 
68
49
124
0
0
0
0
 0 0 241
Marlboro
 
51
35
0
1
0
0
0
 0 0 87
Marshfield
 
114
88
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 202
Mendon
 
68
33
14
0
0
0
0
 0 0 115
Middlebury
 
335
65
3
17
0
0
0
 1 0 421
Middlesex
 
133
82
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 215
Middletown Springs
 
65
33
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 98
Milton
 
172
69
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 241
Monkton
 
131
52
0
18
0
0
0
 0 0 201
Montgomery
 
77
25
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 102
Montpelier
 
378
144
0
3
0
0
0
 0 0 525
Moretown
 
83
72
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 155
Morgan
 
79
20
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 99
Morristown
 
156
49
0
1
0
0
0
 0 0 206
Mount Holly
 
130
1
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 131
Mount Tabor
 
25
13
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 38
New Haven
 
144
9
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 153
Newark
 
20
51
26
1
0
0
0
 0 0 98
Newbury
 
188
228
68
0
0
0
0
 0 0 484
Newfane
 
141
93
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 234
Newport City
 
82
48
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 130
N. Hero
 
47
37
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 84
Northfield
 
351
306
1
12
0
0
0
 0 0 670
Norwich
 
149
107
18
6
0
0
0
 1 0 281
Orange
 
88
100
0
0
0
0
0
 2 0 190
Orwell
 
151
18
0
6
0
0
0
 0 0 175
Panton
 
32
5
0
1
0
0
0
 0 0 38
Pawlet
 
210
30
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 240
Peacham
 
68
104
55
0
0
1
0
 0 0 228
Peru
 
70
33
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 103
Pittsfield
 
67
15
0
4
0
0
0
 0 0 86
Pittsford
 
174
56
0
2
0
0
0
 0 0 232
Plainfield
 
108
54
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 162
Plymouth
 
71
18
0
42
0
0
0
 0 0 131
Pomfret
 
36
66
105
24
0
0
0
 0 0 231
Poultney
 
255
56
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 311
Pownal
 
76
101
76
0
0
0
0
 0 0 253
Putney
 
203
45
0
2
0
0
0
 0 0 250
Randolph
 
212
160
0
26
0
0
0
 0 0 398
Reading
 
46
31
0
38
0
0
0
 1 0 116
Readsboro
 
74
69
1
0
0
0
0
 0 0 144
Richford
 
80
83
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 163
Richmond
 
145
32
1
1
0
0
0
 0 0 179
Ripton
 
97
0
5
1
0
0
0
 0 0 103
Rochester
 
147
19
0
35
0
0
0
 0 0 201
Rockingham
 
255
168
9
0
0
0
0
 0 0 432
Roxbury
 
94
86
8
6
0
0
0
 0 0 194
Royalton
 
150
61
0
26
0
0
0
 1 0 238
Rupert
 
53
7
79
0
0
0
0
 0 0 139
Rutland Town
 
426
142
51
12
0
0
0
 0 0 631
Ryegate
 
90
59
16
0
0
0
0
 0 0 165
Salem
 
49
8
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 57
Salisbury
 
119
25
0
16
0
0
0
 0 0 160
Sandgate
 
33
11
80
0
0
0
0
 0 0 124
Searsburg
 
24
0
10
3
0
0
0
 0 0 37
Shaftsbury
 
125
110
20
0
0
0
0
 0 0 255
Sharon
 
60
67
1
36
0
0
0
 0 0 164
Sheffield
 
27
56
48
0
0
0
0
 0 0 131
Shelburne
 
85
30
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 115
Sheldon
 
115
109
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 224
Sherburne
 
54
56
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 110
Shoreham
 
123
8
0
13
0
0
0
 0 0 144
Shrewsbury
 
118
54
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 172
Somerset
 
27
22
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 49
S. Hero
 
52
35
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 87
Springfield
 
166
93
1
90
0
0
0
 0 0 350
St. George
 
28
0
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 28
St. Johnsbury
 
286
103
98
9
0
0
0
 0 0 496
Stamford
 
37
33
41
0
0
0
0
 0 0 111
Starksboro
 
110
32
0
27
0
0
0
 0 0 169
Sterling
 
21
12
0
3
0
0
0
 0 0 36
Stockbridge
 
53
33
0
33
0
0
0
 1 0 120
Stowe
 
234
79
12
1
0
0
0
 0 0 326
Strafford
 
96
129
62
5
0
0
0
 0 0 292
Stratton
 
37
22
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 59
Sudbury
 
50
27
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 77
Sunderland
 
21
66
4
1
0
0
0
 0 0 92
Sutton
 
28
74
31
9
0
0
0
 0 0 142
Swanton
 
164
146
0
0
3
0
0
 0 0 313
Thetford
 
203
178
1
0
0
0
0
 0 0 382
Tinmouth
 
103
4
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 107
Topsham
 
134
173
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 307
Townshend
 
172
41
0
23
1
0
0
 0 0 237
Troy
 
75
28
73
0
0
0
0
 0 0 176
Tunbridge
 
86
81
139
4
0
0
0
 0 0 310
Underhill
 
162
53
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 215
Vergennes
 
130
2
0
27
0
0
0
 0 0 159
Vernon
 
58
22
58
0
0
0
0
 0 0 138
Vershire
 
53
96
79
0
0
0
0
 0 0 228
Victory
 
17
16
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 33
Waitsfield
 
100
24
0
5
0
0
0
 0 0 129
Walden
 
48
43
62
0
0
0
0
 0 0 153
Wallingford
 
238
46
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 284
Waltham
 
29
10
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 39
Wardsboro
 
40
66
99
1
0
0
0
 0 0 206
Warren
 
175
14
0
3
0
0
0
 0 0 192
Washington
 
166
107
0
1
0
0
0
 0 0 274
Waterbury
 
238
158
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 396
Waterford
 
109
36
2
0
0
0
0
 0 0 147
Waterville
 
64
38
0
0
0
0
1
 1 0 104
Weathersfield
 
119
17
115
5
0
0
0
 0 0 256
Wells
 
96
16
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 112
W. Fairlee
 
9
84
90
0
2
0
0
 0 0 185
W. Haven
 
50
8
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 58
W. Windsor
 
82
37
7
22
0
0
0
 0 0 148
Westfield
 
51
28
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 79
Westford
 
208
13
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 221
Westminster
 
133
55
7
5
0
0
0
 0 0 200
Westmore
 
29
20
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 49
Weston
 
142
10
0
7
0
0
0
 0 0 159
Weybridge
 
94
26
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 120
Wheelock
 
11
78
53
0
0
0
0
 0 0 142
Whiting
 
53
23
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 76
Whitingham
 
98
54
18
0
0
0
0
 0 0 170
Williamstown
 
136
121
0
2
0
0
0
 0 0 259
Williston
 
144
16
0
2
5
0
0
 0 0 167
Wilmington
 
108
62
0
13
1
0
0
 0 0 184
Windham
 
97
16
0
2
0
0
0
 0 0 115
Windsor
 
94
37
70
17
0
0
0
 6 0 224
Winhall
 
75
18
3
2
0
0
0
 0 0 98
Wolcott
 
91
72
4
0
0
0
0
 0 0 167
Woodbury
 
110
90
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 200
Woodford
 
36
31
3
4
0
0
0
 0 0 74
Woodstock
 
137
52
97
211
0
0
0
 0 0 497
Worcester
 
81
44
0
7
0
0
0
 0 0 132
Totals
25,654
12,537
3,475
1,308
49
18
3
 79 0 43,123