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OfficeSecretary of State
HonorificSecretary of State - Abbr: Secretary of State
Type General Election
Filing Deadline July 01, 1912 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open September 03, 1912 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Close September 03, 1912 - 12:00pm Central
Term Start October 03, 1912 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 1915 - 12:00pm
ContributorJoshua L.
Last ModifiedRBH February 08, 2013 09:57pm
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Description Guy W. Bailey fell 2,898 votes short of a majority in the General Election of 1912. The joint assembly convened on October 2 to hear the report of the canvassing committee and, in the case of the office of Secretary of State, to vote by joint ballot for the three candidates who received the greatest number of votes. On the first ballot, when the ballots were taken and counted, the result was as follows:

Total votes cast: 269
Percent: 100

Necessary for election: 135
50 plus 1 vote

Guy W. Bailey had: 224
83.2%

Jeremiah Durick had: 37
13.8%

John M. Blake had: 8
3.0%


Guy W. Bailey was declared to be the Secretary of State of the State of Vermont for the two years ensuing.

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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won09/06/1910
NameGuy Winfred Bailey Votes37,086 (70.91%)
Term10/06/1910 - 10/03/1912 Margin22,718 (+43.44%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/03/1914
NameGuy Winfred Bailey Votes35,986 (60.54%)
Term01/03/1915 - 01/03/1917 Margin21,253 (+35.75%)
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Name (I) Secretary of State Guy Winfred Bailey Jeremiah C. Durick John M. Blake Arthur Smith Gallup William Healey  
PartyRepublican Democratic Progressive Prohibition Socialist  
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Uncertified Votes 28,115 (45.33%) 17,285 (27.87%) 14,132 (22.79%) 1,294 (2.09%) 1,198 (1.93%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -10,830 (-17.46%) -13,983 (-22.54%) -26,821 (-43.24%) -26,917 (-43.40%)  
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