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1844 Governor election results

16 races · 16 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1844 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1844 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
ArkansasThomas S DrewD8,859 votes · +1,614 over Lorenzo Gibson
ConnecticutRoger Sherman BaldwinW30,093 votes · +1,247 over Chauncey Fitch Cleveland
DelawareThomas StocktonW6,140 votes · +45 over William Tharp
KentuckyWilliam OwsleyW59,680 votes · +4,624 over William O. Butler
MaineHugh J. AndersonD48,942 votes · +10,441 over Edward Robinson
MarylandThomas PrattW35,040 votes · +548 over James Carroll
MassachusettsGeorge N. BriggsW69,570 votes · +14,856 over George Bancroft
MissouriJohn C. EdwardsD36,978 votes · +5,621 over Charles Allen
New HampshireJohn Hardy SteeleD25,986 votes · +11,236 over Anthony Colby
New JerseyCharles C. StrattonW37,985 votes · +1,404 over John Renshaw Thomson
New YorkSilas WrightD241,090 votes · +10,033 over Millard Fillmore
North CarolinaWilliam Alexander GrahamW42,586 votes · +3,153 over Michael Hoke
OhioMordecai BartleyW146,333 votes · +1,271 over David Tod
PennsylvaniaFrancis R. ShunkD160,322 votes · +4,282 over Joseph Markle
Rhode IslandJames FennerL5,560 votes
VermontWilliam SladeW28,265 votes · +7,335 over Daniel Kellogg