1866 Rhode Island Gubernatorial Election
Who won the 1866 Rhode Island Gubernatorial Election?
Ambrose Burnside won the 1866 Rhode Island Gubernatorial Election. Ambrose Burnside received 8,197 popular votes (73.36%). The main challenger was Lyman Pierce (25.2%).
See the full head-to-head between Burnside and Pierce
Burnside +48.2 pts · won by 5,381 votes
8,197 votes
2,816 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.4% 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.