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1869 Governor election results

14 races · 14 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1869 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1869 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
ConnecticutMarshall JewellR45,493 votes · +411 over James E. English
IowaSamuel MerrillR97,243 votes · +39,956 over George Gillespie
MaineJoshua ChamberlainR51,314 votes · +12,281 over Franklin Smith
MassachusettsWilliam ClaflinR74,106 votes · +23,371 over John Quincy Adams II
MinnesotaHorace AustinR27,348 votes · +1,947 over George L. Otis
MississippiJames L AlcornR76,186 votes · +38,089 over Lewis Dent
New HampshireOnslow StearnsR35,777 votes · +3,773 over John Bedell
OhioRutherford B. HayesR236,082 votes · +7,501 over George H. Pendleton
PennsylvaniaJohn W. GearyR290,552 votes · +4,596 over Asa Packer
Rhode IslandSeth PadelfordR7,359 votes · +3,969 over Lyman Pierce
TexasEdmund J. DavisR39,867 votes · +775 over Andrew J. Hamilton
VermontPeter T. WashburnR31,834 votes · +20,379 over Homer W. Heaton
VirginiaGilbert Carlton WalkerR119,502 votes · +18,318 over Henry H. Wells
WisconsinLucius FairchildR69,502 votes · +8,263 over Charles D. Robinson