1861 Iowa Gubernatorial Election
Who won the 1861 Iowa Gubernatorial Election?
Samuel J. Kirkwood won the 1861 Iowa Gubernatorial Election. Samuel J. Kirkwood received 60,303 popular votes (55.48%). The main challenger was William H. Merritt (39.78%).
See the full head-to-head between Kirkwood and Merritt
Kirkwood +15.7 pts · won by 17,058 votes
60,303 votes
43,245 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 4.7% 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.