Since no candidate received a majority in the popular vote, the state constitution required theVermont General Assembly and Vermont Executive Council to meet in joint convention and elect a governor. After 63 inconclusive ballots, the General Assembly adjourned on November 2 without making a choice. As a result,Silas H. Jennison, who had been electedLieutenant Governor with Whig and Anti-Masonic support, served the term as acting governor.
As no candidate received a majority of the vote, the unicameralVermont General Assembly, with the Executive Council, were required to decide the election, meeting as a joint body to elect a governor by majority vote.[12]
The joint convention met in 15 different sessions on October 9 (5 ballots), 10 (2 ballots), 13 (11 ballots), 14 (4 ballots), 15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 28, 30 and November 2 (2 ballots) to elect a governor.[13][14][15][16][17][18]
On November 2, after 63 ballots, the Convention voted by 113 – 100 to dissolve without electing a governor.[10][26]Silas H. Jennison, elected Lieutenant Governor by a majority vote, served the term as governor.
^Dubin, Michael J. (2003).United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 275.ISBN978-0-7864-1439-0.
