1856 Governor election results

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

Every Governor contest in the 1856 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1856 Governor results by state
State	Winner	Result
Arkansas	Elias Nelson Conway D	27,612 votes · +12,771 over James Yell
Connecticut	Samuel Ingham D	32,704 votes · +6,696 over William T. Minor
Florida	Madison S. Perry D	6,214 votes · +320 over David S. Walker
Illinois	William Henry Bissell R	111,466 votes · +4,697 over William Alexander Richardson
Indiana	Ashbel P. Willard D	117,971 votes · +5,932 over Oliver P. Morton
Maine	Hannibal Hamlin R	69,574 votes · +25,946 over Samuel Wells
Massachusetts	Henry J. GardnerK	92,467 votes · +52,385 over Erasmus Beach
Michigan	Kinsley S. Bingham R	71,402 votes · +17,317 over Alpheus Felch
Missouri	Trusten Polk D	46,993 votes · +6,404 over Robert C. Ewing
New Hampshire	Ralph MetcalfK	32,119 votes · +88 over John S. Wells
New Jersey	William A. NewellO	50,803 votes · +2,557 over William Cowper Alexander
New York	John A. King R	264,400 votes · +65,784 over Amasa J Parker
North Carolina	Thomas Bragg D	57,698 votes · +12,728 over John Adams Gilmer
Rhode Island	William W. Hoppin R	9,865 votes · +2,734 over Americus V. Potter
Vermont	Ryland Fletcher R	34,052 votes · +22,391 over Henry Keyes