The 1839 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on September 3, 1839. Incumbent Whig Governor Silas H. Jennison defeated Democratic nominee Nathan Smilie with 52.48% of the vote.

Silas Hemenway Jennison was an American Anti-Masonic and Whig politician who served as Vermont's 11th lieutenant governor and 14th governor of Vermont – the first born in the state.