Samuel C. Crafts National Republican William A. Palmer Anti-Masonic The 1831 Vermont gubernatorial election took place in September and October, and resulted in the election of William A. Palmer to a one-year term as governor.

[2] The Anti-Masonic Party, which had formed in the late 1820s, continued to attract adherents, and was especially strong in Vermont.

[3] The candidates for governor in 1831 were: Anti-Mason William A. Palmer; Heman Allen (of Colchester), the nominee of the Clay Masonic or National Republican Party; and Jacksonian Ezra Meech.

[1] Egerton was elected with 110 votes to 60 for Harris, 40 for Roberts, and 9 scattering.

[1] Benjamin Swan won election to a one-year term as treasurer, his thirty-second.