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Ryland Fletcher
Republican
 
 
Henry Keyes
Democratic
 
 
Fred Holebrook
 
 
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1856 Governor General Election

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City/Town Ward Pct
Ryland Fletcher
Henry Keyes
Fred Holebrook
 Write-Ins Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
34,052
11,661
190
 78 0 45,981
Addison
 
91
11
0
 0 0 102
Albany
 
126
40
0
 0 0 166
Alburgh
 
136
22
0
 0 0 158
Andover
 
80
2
0
 0 0 82
Arlington
 
116
29
0
 0 0 145
Athens
 
61
5
0
 0 0 66
Bakersfield
 
112
59
0
 0 0 171
Baltimore
 
11
0
0
 0 0 11
Barnard
 
166
147
0
 0 0 313
Barnet
 
225
108
0
 0 0 333
Barton
 
112
58
0
 0 0 170
Belvidere
 
20
30
0
 0 0 50
Bennington
 
385
242
0
 0 0 627
Benson
 
148
10
0
 0 0 158
Berkshire
 
164
44
0
 0 0 208
Berlin
 
209
92
0
 0 0 301
Bethel
 
199
83
14
 0 0 296
Bloomfield
 
30
42
0
 0 0 72
Bolton
 
59
40
0
 0 0 99
Bradford
 
198
114
15
 0 0 327
Braintree
 
160
26
0
 0 0 186
Brandon
 
311
51
9
 0 0 371
Brattleboro
 
372
37
0
 22 0 431
Bridgewater
 
149
103
0
 0 0 252
Bridport
 
96
17
0
 0 0 113
Brighton
 
51
38
0
 0 0 89
Bristol
 
148
53
0
 0 0 201
Brookfield
 
215
76
0
 0 0 291
Brookline
 
53
6
0
 0 0 59
Brownington
 
60
14
0
 0 0 74
Brunswick
 
16
23
0
 0 0 39
Burke
 
166
48
0
 0 0 214
Burlington
 
430
191
0
 0 0 621
Cabot
 
174
82
0
 0 0 256
Calais
 
194
106
0
 0 0 300
Cambridge
 
168
68
0
 0 0 236
Canaan
 
35
39
0
 0 0 74
Castleton
 
240
64
15
 0 0 319
Cavendish
 
160
20
56
 0 0 236
Charleston
 
138
10
0
 0 0 148
Charlotte
 
163
13
0
 0 0 176
Chelsea
 
257
94
0
 0 0 351
Chester
 
288
40
0
 0 0 328
Chittenden
 
99
1
0
 0 0 100
Clarendon
 
211
7
0
 0 0 218
Colchester
 
190
70
0
 0 0 260
Concord
 
146
37
0
 1 0 184
Corinth
 
219
178
0
 0 0 397
Cornwall
 
131
13
0
 0 0 144
Coventry
 
103
23
0
 0 0 126
Craftsbury
 
131
61
0
 0 0 192
Danby
 
200
3
0
 0 0 203
Danville
 
219
135
0
 1 0 355
Derby
 
168
53
0
 0 0 221
Dorset
 
241
102
0
 0 0 343
Dover
 
108
21
0
 0 0 129
Dummerston
 
150
17
0
 0 0 167
Duxbury
 
92
29
0
 0 0 121
E. Haven
 
19
2
0
 0 0 21
E. Montpelier
 
168
87
0
 0 0 255
Eden
 
115
4
0
 0 0 119
Elmore
 
75
32
0
 0 0 107
Enosburgh
 
232
31
0
 0 0 263
Essex
 
212
90
0
 0 0 302
Fairfax
 
239
67
0
 0 0 306
Fairfield
 
171
170
0
 0 0 341
Fairlee
 
80
47
0
 0 0 127
Fayston
 
75
16
0
 0 0 91
Ferrisburgh
 
160
4
0
 0 0 164
Fletcher
 
88
66
0
 0 0 154
Franklin
 
177
37
0
 0 0 214
Georgia
 
185
21
0
 0 0 206
Glastenbury
 
0
9
0
 0 0 9
Glover
 
106
62
0
 0 0 168
Goshen
 
60
4
4
 0 0 68
Grafton
 
139
19
0
 0 0 158
Granby
 
17
11
0
 0 0 28
Grand Isle
 
78
39
0
 0 0 117
Granville
 
78
11
2
 0 0 91
Greensboro
 
85
58
1
 0 0 144
Groton
 
98
30
0
 0 0 128
Guildhall
 
51
50
0
 0 0 101
Guilford
 
150
16
0
 0 0 166
Halifax
 
121
9
0
 0 0 130
Hancock
 
54
5
0
 0 0 59
Hardwick
 
166
61
0
 0 0 227
Hartford
 
280
77
1
 0 0 358
Hartland
 
172
111
0
 0 0 283
Highgate
 
213
107
0
 0 0 320
Hinesburg
 
207
17
0
 0 0 224
Holland
 
49
55
0
 0 0 104
Hubbardton
 
74
12
0
 0 0 86
Huntington
 
148
39
0
 0 0 187
Ira
 
89
0
0
 0 0 89
Irasburg
 
128
27
0
 0 0 155
Isle La Motte
 
64
42
0
 0 0 106
Jamaica
 
182
21
0
 1 0 204
Jay
 
52
30
0
 0 0 82
Jericho
 
199
34
0
 0 0 233
Kirby
 
67
21
0
 0 0 88
Landgrove
 
48
7
0
 0 0 55
Leicester
 
88
15
0
 0 0 103
Lemington
 
7
14
0
 0 0 21
Lincoln
 
107
0
0
 0 0 107
Londonderry
 
168
39
0
 0 0 207
Lowell
 
71
51
0
 0 0 122
Ludlow
 
150
12
13
 1 0 176
Lunenburg
 
158
57
0
 0 0 215
Lyndon
 
211
148
0
 0 0 359
Maidstone
 
18
31
0
 0 0 49
Manchester
 
203
52
0
 0 0 255
Marlboro
 
84
17
0
 0 0 101
Marshfield
 
146
69
0
 0 0 215
Mendon
 
108
0
0
 0 0 108
Middlebury
 
238
88
4
 51 0 381
Middlesex
 
172
64
0
 0 0 236
Middletown Springs
 
101
17
0
 0 0 118
Milton
 
231
58
0
 0 0 289
Monkton
 
113
33
0
 0 0 146
Montgomery
 
81
32
0
 0 0 113
Montpelier
 
285
155
5
 0 0 445
Moretown
 
101
68
0
 0 0 169
Morgan
 
74
4
1
 0 0 79
Morristown
 
210
56
0
 0 0 266
Mount Holly
 
213
6
0
 0 0 219
Mount Tabor
 
48
0
0
 0 0 48
New Haven
 
145
7
0
 0 0 152
Newark
 
58
57
0
 0 0 115
Newbury
 
298
215
1
 0 0 514
Newfane
 
136
56
0
 0 0 192
Newport City
 
80
29
0
 0 0 109
N. Hero
 
62
20
0
 0 0 82
Northfield
 
479
264
1
 0 0 744
Norwich
 
231
114
0
 0 0 345
Orange
 
111
92
0
 0 0 203
Orwell
 
128
9
0
 0 0 137
Panton
 
53
6
0
 0 0 59
Pawlet
 
190
36
0
 0 0 226
Peacham
 
154
78
0
 0 0 232
Peru
 
68
19
0
 0 0 87
Pittsfield
 
74
13
0
 0 0 87
Pittsford
 
170
46
3
 0 0 219
Plainfield
 
125
57
0
 0 0 182
Plymouth
 
97
22
0
 0 0 119
Pomfret
 
137
63
0
 0 0 200
Poultney
 
271
43
0
 0 0 314
Pownal
 
209
92
0
 0 0 301
Putney
 
178
19
0
 0 0 197
Randolph
 
375
115
0
 0 0 490
Reading
 
97
27
0
 0 0 124
Readsboro
 
109
40
0
 0 0 149
Richford
 
121
43
0
 0 0 164
Richmond
 
142
44
0
 0 0 186
Ripton
 
66
0
0
 0 0 66
Rochester
 
217
14
2
 0 0 233
Rockingham
 
301
144
0
 0 0 445
Roxbury
 
118
88
0
 0 0 206
Royalton
 
192
51
1
 0 0 244
Rupert
 
135
8
0
 0 0 143
Rutland Town
 
582
123
0
 1 0 706
Ryegate
 
107
50
0
 0 0 157
Salem
 
43
7
0
 0 0 50
Salisbury
 
98
36
0
 0 0 134
Sandgate
 
107
26
0
 0 0 133
Searsburg
 
48
2
0
 0 0 50
Shaftsbury
 
182
131
0
 0 0 313
Sharon
 
122
92
0
 0 0 214
Sheffield
 
104
65
0
 0 0 169
Shelburne
 
83
36
0
 0 0 119
Sheldon
 
150
116
0
 0 0 266
Sherburne
 
47
44
0
 0 0 91
Shoreham
 
144
6
0
 0 0 150
Shrewsbury
 
113
47
2
 0 0 162
Somerset
 
31
12
0
 0 0 43
S. Hero
 
53
40
0
 0 0 93
Springfield
 
369
99
0
 0 0 468
St. Albans City
 
286
116
0
 0 0 402
St. George
 
25
0
0
 0 0 25
St. Johnsbury
 
515
109
0
 1 0 625
Stamford
 
77
35
0
 0 0 112
Starksboro
 
167
0
0
 0 0 167
Stockbridge
 
153
30
0
 0 0 183
Stowe
 
256
80
0
 0 0 336
Strafford
 
190
96
0
 0 0 286
Stratton
 
51
15
0
 0 0 66
Sudbury
 
83
51
0
 0 0 134
Sunderland
 
29
48
0
 0 0 77
Sutton
 
119
51
0
 0 0 170
Swanton
 
213
130
0
 0 0 343
Thetford
 
228
176
0
 0 0 404
Tinmouth
 
108
4
0
 0 0 112
Topsham
 
126
168
0
 0 0 294
Townshend
 
190
31
0
 0 0 221
Troy
 
130
49
0
 0 0 179
Tunbridge
 
227
74
5
 0 0 306
Underhill
 
153
41
0
 0 0 194
Vergennes
 
137
18
0
 0 0 155
Vernon
 
93
29
0
 1 0 123
Vershire
 
141
83
0
 0 0 224
Victory
 
16
16
0
 0 0 32
Waitsfield
 
118
23
1
 0 0 142
Walden
 
109
60
0
 0 0 169
Wallingford
 
274
19
0
 0 0 293
Waltham
 
36
4
0
 0 0 40
Wardsboro
 
142
45
0
 0 0 187
Warren
 
174
19
0
 0 0 193
Washington
 
173
95
0
 0 0 268
Waterbury
 
260
125
0
 0 0 385
Waterford
 
138
45
0
 0 0 183
Waterville
 
107
16
0
 0 0 123
Weathersfield
 
207
29
6
 1 0 243
Wells
 
80
24
0
 0 0 104
W. Fairlee
 
115
77
0
 0 0 192
W. Haven
 
57
2
0
 1 0 60
W. Windsor
 
116
48
0
 0 0 164
Westfield
 
67
35
0
 0 0 102
Westminster
 
173
45
0
 0 0 218
Westmore
 
29
15
0
 0 0 44
Weston
 
165
5
0
 0 0 170
Weybridge
 
86
14
0
 0 0 100
Wheelock
 
99
51
0
 0 0 150
Whiting
 
66
27
0
 0 0 93
Whitingham
 
168
45
0
 0 0 213
Williamstown
 
175
72
0
 0 0 247
Williston
 
148
7
0
 0 0 155
Wilmington
 
209
40
0
 0 0 249
Windham
 
132
9
0
 0 0 141
Windsor
 
195
58
1
 0 0 254
Winhall
 
97
7
0
 0 0 104
Wolcott
 
135
48
0
 0 0 183
Woodbury
 
116
100
0
 0 0 216
Woodford
 
47
38
0
 0 0 85
Woodstock
 
385
109
36
 0 0 530
Worcester
 
93
41
0
 0 0 134
Totals
34,052
11,661
190
 78 0 45,981