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1868 Governor election results

22 races · 22 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1868 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1868 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaWilliam Russell SmithR62,067 votes
ConnecticutJames E. EnglishD50,541 votes · +1,764 over Marshall Jewell
FloridaHarrison ReedR14,421 votes · +6,690 over George W. Scott
GeorgiaRufus BullockR83,527 votes · +7,171 over John B. Gordon
IllinoisJohn M PalmerR249,912 votes · +50,099 over John R. Eden
IndianaConrad BakerR171,523 votes · +921 over Thomas A. Hendricks
KansasJames M. HarveyR29,795 votes · +15,914 over George Washington Glick
LouisianaHenry C. WarmothR64,941 votes · +26,895 over James G. Taliaferro
MaineJoshua ChamberlainR75,523 votes · +19,316 over Eben F. Pillsbury
MassachusettsWilliam ClaflinR132,121 votes · +68,855 over John Quincy Adams II
MichiganHenry P. BaldwinR128,051 votes · +30,761 over John Moore
MississippiBenjamin G. HumphreysC63,321 votes · +8,071 over Beroth B. Eggleston
MissouriJoseph W. McClurgR82,090 votes · +19,312 over John S. Phelps
NebraskaDavid ButlerR8,567 votes · +2,218 over James R. Porter
New HampshireWalter HarrimanR39,785 votes · +2,523 over John G. Sinclair
New JerseyTheodore Fitz RandolphD83,955 votes · +4,622 over John Insley Blair
New YorkJohn T. HoffmanD439,301 votes · +27,946 over John Augustus Griswold
North CarolinaWilliam Woods HoldenR92,235 votes · +18,635 over Thomas Samuel Ashe
Rhode IslandAmbrose BurnsideR10,038 votes · +4,307 over Lyman Pierce
South CarolinaRobert Kingston ScottR70,054 votes · +46,958 over William Dennison Porter
VermontJohn B. PageR42,615 votes · +27,326 over John L. Edwards
West VirginiaWilliam E. StevensonR26,935 votes · +4,577 over Johnson N. Camden