1962 United States House Election in Vermont

The 1962 United States House Election in Vermont was held on November 6, 1962, to elect United States Representative to represent the Vermont Congressional District. The total votes casted was 121,381. Robert T. Stafford (Republican) was elected, receiving 56.70% of the votes, which equals 68,822 votes. Robert T. Stafford also won the previous election in 1960.Robert T. Stafford also won the following election in 1964.

Election Result

The final election result is as follows. Robert T. Stafford of Republican (56.70%) won with a majority of the votes, defeated Harold Raynolds of Democratic (43.28%) by a comfortable margin of 13.42%.

1962 United States House Election in Vermont
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: 68822, name: 'Robert T. Stafford'},{value: 52535, name: 'Harold Raynolds'},{value: 24, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Robert T. Stafford	Republican	68,822	56.70%
Harold Raynolds	Democratic	52,535	43.28%
Write-In		24	0.02%
Date: 1962-11-06, Valid Votes: 121,381, Margin: 13.4%
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 29835, name: 'Robert T. Stafford'},{value: 42, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Robert T. Stafford	Republican	29,835	99.86%
Write-In		42	0.14%
Date: 1962-09-11, Valid Votes: 29,877, Margin: 99.7%
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: 9761, name: 'Harold Raynolds'},{value: 8, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Harold Raynolds	Democratic	9,761	99.92%
Write-In		8	0.08%
Date: 1962-09-11, Valid Votes: 9,769, Margin: 99.8%

Previous Election

Robert T. Stafford also won the previous election in 1960.

1960 United States House Election in Vermont
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: 94905, name: 'Robert T. Stafford'},{value: 71111, name: 'William H. Meyer'},{value: 19, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Robert T. Stafford	Republican	94,905	57.16%
William H. Meyer	Democratic	71,111	42.83%
Write-In		19	0.01%
Date: 1960-11-01, Valid Votes: 166,035, Margin: 14.3%
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#6CD607','#B08442','#504467','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 31229, name: 'Robert T. Stafford'},{value: 16122, name: 'Robert T. Gannett'},{value: 9705, name: 'Lee E. Emerson'},{value: 1811, name: 'Claude Dern'},{value: 33, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Robert T. Stafford	Republican	31,229	53.02%
Robert T. Gannett	Republican	16,122	27.37%
Lee E. Emerson	Republican	9,705	16.48%
Claude Dern	Republican	1,811	3.07%
Write-In		33	0.06%
Date: 1960-09-13, Valid Votes: 58,900, Margin: 25.7%
Democratic Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#7E3986','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 12306, name: 'William H. Meyer'},{value: 4901, name: 'Fred Richmond'},{value: 16, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
William H. Meyer	Democratic	12,306	71.45%
Fred Richmond	Democratic	4,901	28.46%
Write-In		16	0.09%
Date: 1960-09-13, Valid Votes: 17,223, Margin: 43.0%

Next Election

Robert T. Stafford also won the following election in 1964.

1964 United States House Election in Vermont
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['#DCDCDC','blue','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 94458, name: 'Robert T. Stafford'},{value: 68987, name: 'Bernard OShea'},{value: 7, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Robert T. Stafford	Republican/Independent	94,458	57.79%
Bernard O'Shea	Democratic	68,987	42.21%
Write-In		7	0.00%
Date: 1964-11-03, Valid Votes: 163,452, Margin: 15.6%
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 43279, name: 'Robert T. Stafford'},{value: 45, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Robert T. Stafford	Republican	43,279	99.90%
Write-In		45	0.10%
Date: 1964-09-08, Valid Votes: 43,324, Margin: 99.8%
Democratic Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#68C363','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 8519, name: 'Bernard OShea'},{value: 8068, name: 'James E. Malloy'},{value: 30, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Bernard O'Shea	Democratic	8,519	51.27%
James E. Malloy	Democratic	8,068	48.55%
Write-In		30	0.18%
Date: 1964-09-08, Valid Votes: 16,617, Margin: 2.7%

1962 United States House Election in Vermont (General) - Results by County
County	Robert T. Stafford Republican		Harold Raynolds Democratic		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Total	-	%	-	%	121,381	0.00%

1962 United States House Election in Vermont (Democratic Primary) - Results by County
County	Harold Raynolds		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%
Total	-	%	9,769	0.00%

1962 United States House Election in Vermont (Republican Primary) - Results by County
County	Robert T. Stafford		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%
Total	-	%	29,877	0.00%

See Also

• 1962 Vermont State Auditor Election
• 1962 Vermont State Treasurer Election
• 1962 United States Senate Election in Vermont
• 1962 Vermont Attorney General Election
• 1962 Vermont Governor Election
• 1962 Vermont Lieutenant Governor Election
• 1962 Vermont Secretary of State Election
• Vermont Congressional District
• 2022 United States House Election in Vermont
• 2020 United States House Election in Vermont
• 2018 United States House Election in Vermont
• 2016 United States House Election in Vermont
• 2014 United States House Election in Vermont

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