1853 Governor election results

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

Every Governor contest in the 1853 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1853 Governor results by state
State	Winner	Result
Alabama	John A. Winston D	30,116 votes · +19,959 over William S. Earnest
California	John Bigler D	38,940 votes · +1,486 over William Waldo
Connecticut	Thomas H. Seymour D	30,814 votes · +10,143 over Henry Dutton
Georgia	Herschel V. Johnson D	47,638 votes · +510 over Charles J. Jenkins
Maine	Albert Pillsbury D	36,386 votes · +9,325 over William G. Crosby
Maryland	Thomas Watkins Ligon D	39,087 votes · +4,148 over Richard Bowie
Mississippi	John J. McRae D	32,116 votes · +4,837 over Francis M. Rogers
New Hampshire	Noah Martin D	30,934 votes · +13,354 over James Bell
New Jersey	Rodman M. Price D	38,312 votes · +3,782 over Joel Haywood
Ohio	William Medill D	147,663 votes · +61,806 over Nelson Barrere
Rhode Island	Philip Allen D	10,471 votes · +2,243 over William W. Hoppin
Tennessee	Andrew Johnson D	63,413 votes · +2,250 over Gustavus Adolphus Henry Sr.
Texas	Elisha M. Pease D	13,091 votes · +3,913 over William B Ochiltree
Vermont	Erastus FairbanksW	20,849 votes · +2,707 over John S. Robinson
Wisconsin	William A. Barstow D	30,405 votes · +8,519 over Edward D. Holton