1850 Iowa gubernatorial election

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1850 Iowa gubernatorial election
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Nominee Stephen P. Hempstead James L. Thompson
Party Democratic Whig
Popular vote13,48611,403
Percentage52.94%44.76%
Governor before election

Ansel Briggs
Democratic

Elected Governor

Stephen P. Hempstead
Democratic

The 1850 Iowa gubernatorial election was held on August 5, 1850. [1]

Contents

Incumbent Democratic Governor Ansel Briggs declined to stand for re-election. [2] [3]

Democratic nominee Stephen P. Hempstead defeated Whig nominee James L. Thompson and Free Soil nominee William Penn Clark with 52.94% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Results

1850 Iowa gubernatorial election [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [lower-alpha 1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Stephen P. Hempstead 13,486 52.94%
Whig James L. Thompson11,40344.76%
Free Soil William Penn Clark5752.26%
Scattering110.04%
Majority2,0838.18%
Turnout 25,475
Democratic hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Some sources give the result as Thompson's vote as 11,452. [16] [17] [18] The result given is taken from the Iowa Senate Journal.

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References

  1. ↑ "The Election". The miners' express. Dubuque, Iowa. August 7, 1850. p. 2. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Gov. Ansel Briggs". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Ansel Briggs – The Stagecoach Driver Who Became Governor". Our Iowa Heritage. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  4. ↑ Aldrich, Charles, ed. (1903–1905). The Annals of Iowa. A Historical Quarterly. Vol. Six. Des Moines: Historical Department of Iowa. p. 77.
  5. ↑ "William Penn Clarke – Iowa City's Abolitionist". Our Iowa Heritage. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Gov. Stephen Hempstead". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Father Thompson". Burlington hawk-eye. Burlington, Iowa. June 27, 1850. p. 4. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Since "Father Thompson's" nomination". Des Moines courier. Ottumwa, Iowa. July 26, 1850. p. 2. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  9. ↑ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 51. ISBN   1-56802-396-0.
  10. ↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. pp. 65–66. ISBN   978-0-7864-1439-0.
  11. ↑ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 183. ISBN   0-379-00665-0.
  12. ↑ Journal of the Senate of the Third General Assembly of the State of Iowa. Iowa City: Palmer & Paul State Printers. 1850. p. 29.
  13. ↑ Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington County, Iowa. Chicago: Acme Publishing Company. 1887. p. 116.
  14. ↑ Gue, Benjamin F. (1903). History of Iowa from the earliest times to the beginning of the twentieth century. Vol. I. New York City: The Century History Company. p. 263.
  15. ↑ Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Story County, Iowa. Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1890. p. 66.
  16. ↑ "IA Governor, 1850". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  17. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 92–93. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
  18. ↑ Brewer, Guy S.; Jamieson, John M. (1907). The Iowa Official Register for the Years 1907-1908 (PDF). Des Moines: Emory H. English, State Printer. p. 526.


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