1878 Vermont gubernatorial election

1878 Vermont gubernatorial election

← 1876 September 3, 1878 (1878-09-03) 1880 →
 
Candidate Redfield Proctor W.H.H. Bingham
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 37,312 17,247
Percentage 64.3% 29.8%

Governor before election

Horace Fairbanks
Republican

Elected Governor

Redfield Proctor
Republican

The 1878 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on September 3, 1878. Incumbent Republican Horace Fairbanks, per the "Mountain Rule",[1] did not run for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont. Republican candidate Redfield Proctor defeated Democratic candidate W. H. H. Bingham to succeed him.

  1. ^ Hand, Samuel B. "Mountain Rule Revisited" (PDF). Vermont Historical Society. Retrieved June 15, 2015.

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