1861 Governor election results

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

Every Governor contest in the 1861 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1861 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaJohn Gill ShorterD37,849 votes · +9,722 over Thomas Hill Watts
CaliforniaLeland StanfordR56,036 votes · +22,285 over John R. McConnell
ConnecticutWilliam Alfred BuckinghamR43,012 votes · +2,086 over James Chaffee Loomis
GeorgiaJoseph E. BrownD46,493 votes · +13,691 over E. A. Nisbet
IowaSamuel J. KirkwoodR60,303 votes · +17,058 over William H. Merritt
MaineIsrael Washburn Jr.R57,475 votes · +36,356 over Charles Davis Jameson
MarylandAugustus BradfordU57,472 votes · +31,427 over Benjamin Chew Howard
MassachusettsJohn Albion AndrewR65,261 votes · +33,997 over Isaac Davis
MinnesotaAlexander RamseyR16,239 votes · +5,841 over Edward O. Hamlin
MississippiJohn J. PettusD30,169 votes · +26,613 over Jacob Thompson
New HampshireNathaniel S. BerryR35,467 votes · +4,015 over George Stark
OhioDavid TodN206,997 votes · +55,203 over Hugh J. Jewett
Rhode IslandWilliam Sprague IVC12,005 votes · +1,679 over James Y. Smith
TexasFrancis LubbockI21,854 votes · +124 over Edward Clark
VermontFrederick HolbrookR33,152 votes · +27,430 over Andrew Tracy
WisconsinLouis P. HarveyN53,777 votes · +8,321 over Benjamin Ferguson