PolitiFinder

1840 Governor election results

15 races · 15 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1840 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1840 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
ArkansasArchibald YellD10,554 votes
ConnecticutWilliam W. EllsworthW29,870 votes · +4,600 over John M. Niles
DelawareWilliam B. CooperW5,850 votes · +826 over Warren B. Jefferson
IndianaSamuel BiggerW62,932 votes · +8,658 over Tilghman Howard
KentuckyRobert P LetcherW55,370 votes · +15,711 over Richard French
MaineEdward KentW45,574 votes · +67 over John Fairfield
MassachusettsJohn E. DavisW70,884 votes · +15,715 over Marcus Morton
MissouriThomas ReynoldsD29,625 votes · +7,413 over John Bullock Clark
New HampshireJohn PageD29,521 votes · +8,805 over Enos Stevens
New JerseyWilliam Sanford PenningtonW58 votes
New YorkWilliam H. SewardW222,011 votes · +5,285 over William C. Bouck
North CarolinaJohn Motley MoreheadW44,484 votes · +8,581 over Romulus M. Saunders
OhioThomas CorwinW145,442 votes · +16,130 over Wilson Shannon
Rhode IslandSamuel Ward KingW4,797 votes · +1,379 over Thomas F. Carpenter
VermontSilas H. JennisonW33,435 votes · +10,798 over Paul Dillingham