1849 Indiana Gubernatorial Election
Who won the 1849 Indiana Gubernatorial Election?
Joseph A. Wright won the 1849 Indiana Gubernatorial Election. Joseph A. Wright received 76,996 popular votes (52.27%). The main challenger was John A Matson (45.64%).
See the full head-to-head between Wright and Matson
Wright +6.6 pts · won by 9,778 votes
76,996 votes
67,218 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.1% 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.