1842 Illinois Gubernatorial Election
Who won the 1842 Illinois Gubernatorial Election?
Thomas Ford won the 1842 Illinois Gubernatorial Election. Thomas Ford received 46,452 popular votes (53.52%). The main challenger was Joseph Duncan (45.43%).
See the full head-to-head between Ford and Duncan
Ford +8.1 pts · won by 7,023 votes
46,452 votes
39,429 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.0% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.