1956 Vermont Attorney General Election

The 1956 Vermont Attorney General Election was held on November 6, 1956. The total votes casted was 149,020. Frederick M. Reed (Republican) was elected, receiving 61.56% of the votes, which equals 91,736 votes.

Election Result

The final election result is as follows. Frederick M. Reed of Republican (61.56%) won with a majority of the votes, defeated Harry W. Witters of Democratic (38.44%) by a comfortable margin of 23.12%.

1956 Vermont Attorney General Election
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 91736, name: 'Frederick M. Reed'},{value: 57282, name: 'Harry W. Witters'},{value: 2, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Frederick M. Reed	Republican	91,736	61.56%
Harry W. Witters	Democratic	57,282	38.44%
Write-In		2	0.00%
Date: 1956-11-06, Valid Votes: 149,020, Margin: 23.1%
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#AC0A12','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 30046, name: 'Frederick M. Reed'},{value: 16891, name: 'Reginald T. Abare'},{value: 2, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Frederick M. Reed	Republican	30,046	64.01%
Reginald T. Abare	Republican	16,891	35.99%
Write-In		2	0.00%
Date: 1956-09-11, Valid Votes: 46,939, Margin: 28.0%
Democratic Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 7560, name: 'Harry W. Witters'},{value: 5, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Harry W. Witters	Democratic	7,560	99.93%
Write-In		5	0.07%
Date: 1956-09-11, Valid Votes: 7,565, Margin: 99.9%

Election Result

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