Isaac Tichenor

★ Governor

Born: February 8, 1754
Died: December 11, 1838
Age at death: 84
Home state: Vermont
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1791–1817

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Tichenor129,782

Opponents126,394

Elections run

Between 1791 and 1817, Isaac Tichenor ran in 21 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and Governor), winning 11 and losing 10. Tichenor's biggest single-election total was 13,634 votes, in the 1808 governor election in Vermont.

Browse every governor election in Vermont, every U.S. House race in Vermont's District 1, or all 1817 governor races.

How many votes has Isaac Tichenor received?

Isaac Tichenor has received 129,782 popular votes across 21 U.S. elections, with a career record of 11–10.

Election history

Isaac Tichenor’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1817	GovernorVermont	Lost	7,43035.1%	Jonas Galusha (head-to-head)
1810	GovernorVermont	Lost	9,91041.1%	Jonas Galusha (head-to-head)
1809	GovernorVermont	Lost	13,46747.2%	Jonas Galusha (head-to-head)
1808	GovernorVermont	Won	13,63450.8%	Israel Smith (head-to-head)
1807	GovernorVermont	Lost	8,57146.4%	Israel Smith (head-to-head)
1806	GovernorVermont	Won	8,35153.5%	Jonathan Robinson (head-to-head)
1805	GovernorVermont	Won	9,16761.2%	Jonathan Robinson (head-to-head)
1804	GovernorVermont	Won	8,79656.9%	Jonathan Robinson (head-to-head)
1803	GovernorVermont	Won	7,94058%	Jonathan Robinson (head-to-head)
1802	GovernorVermont	Won	7,82359.8%	Israel Smith (head-to-head)
1801	GovernorVermont	Won	4,49359.52%	Israel Smith (head-to-head)
1800	GovernorVermont	Won	6,44464%	Israel Smith (head-to-head)
1799	GovernorVermont	Won	7,45464.2%	Israel Smith (head-to-head)
1798	GovernorVermont	Won	6,21166.4%	Moses Robinson (head-to-head)
1797	GovernorVermont	Won	2,32543.8%	Moses Robinson (head-to-head) Gideon Olin (head-to-head)
1796	U.S. HouseVermont	Lost	2876.55%	Matthew Lyon Israel Smith (head-to-head) Nathaniel Chipman (head-to-head) Samuel Williams (head-to-head) Gideon Olin (head-to-head) Enoch Woodbridge (head-to-head) Jonas Galusha (head-to-head) Samuel Hitchcock (head-to-head) Samuel Safford (head-to-head) Elijah Robinson Ebenezer Marvin (head-to-head) Timothy Todd Gamaliel Painter William C Harrington (head-to-head) Roswell Hopkins Hubbard Barlow David Sheldon Eli Cogsell Chauncey Langdon Cole Nathan Osgood David Whitney Ira Allen (head-to-head) Joshua Hyde Levi House Harris Miller Solomon Waldbridge D J Wright
1795	GovernorVermont	Lost	2,03829.1%	Thomas Chittenden (head-to-head)
1794	GovernorVermont	Lost	2,00039.6%	Thomas Chittenden (head-to-head)
1794	U.S. HouseVermont	Lost	2569.61%	Matthew Lyon (head-to-head) Israel Smith (head-to-head) Gideon Olin (head-to-head) Enoch Woodbridge (head-to-head) Samuel Williams (head-to-head) Jonas Galusha (head-to-head) Ebenezer Marvin (head-to-head) William C Harrington (head-to-head) John Strong Samuel Safford (head-to-head) Samuel Hitchcock (head-to-head) Samuel Mattocks Ira Allen (head-to-head) Nathaniel Chipman (head-to-head) Martin Chittenden
1793	GovernorVermont	Lost	2,71244%	Thomas Chittenden (head-to-head)
1791	U.S. HouseVermont	Lost	47329.88%	Matthew Lyon (head-to-head) Israel Smith (head-to-head)

Identity & sources. Identity verified against Wikidata (Q709124). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.