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1863 Governor election results

19 races · 19 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1863 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1863 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaThomas Hill WattsW28,221 votes · +18,557 over John Gill Shorter
CaliforniaFrederick LowN64,283 votes · +19,661 over John G. Downey
ConnecticutWilliam Alfred BuckinghamN41,032 votes · +2,637 over Thomas H. Seymour
GeorgiaJoseph E. BrownD36,558 votes · +18,286 over Joshua Hill
IowaWilliam M. StoneN86,118 votes · +29,949 over James M Tuttle
KentuckyThomas E. BramletteD67,577 votes · +50,119 over Charles A Wickliffe
LouisianaHenry Watkins AllenD8,037 votes
MaineSamuel ConyN68,339 votes · +17,652 over Bion Bradbury
MassachusettsJohn Albion AndrewR70,483 votes · +41,276 over Henry W. Paine
MinnesotaStephen MillerN19,628 votes · +6,891 over Henry T. Welles
MississippiCharles ClarkD16,428 votes · +11,565 over Absolom M. West
New HampshireIra Allen EastmanD32,833 votes · +3,798 over Joseph A. Gilmore
OhioJohn BroughN288,856 votes · +101,128 over Clement Vallandigham
PennsylvaniaAndrew Gregg CurtinN269,506 votes · +15,335 over George Washington Woodward
Rhode IslandJames Y. SmithR10,749 votes · +3,077 over William C. Cozzens
TexasPendleton MurrahI17,511 votes · +5,056 over Thomas Jefferson Chambers
VermontJ. Gregory SmithR29,228 votes · +17,311 over Timothy P. Redfield
West VirginiaArthur I. BoremanN25,797 votes
WisconsinJames T. LewisN72,717 votes · +23,664 over Henry L. Palmer