1860 Missouri gubernatorial election

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1860 Missouri gubernatorial election
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  1857 (special) August 6, 1860 1864  
  Claiborne fox jackson.jpg 3x4.svg Hancock Lee Jackson.jpg
Nominee Claiborne Fox Jackson Sample Orr Hancock Lee Jackson
Party Democratic Constitutional Union Southern Democratic
Popular vote74,44666,58311,415
Percentage46.95%41.99%7.20%

1860 Missouri gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Fox Jackson:      30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Orr:      30–40%     40–50%     50-60%     60-70%
Lee Jackson:      40–50%     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%

Governor before election

Robert Marcellus Stewart
Democratic

Elected Governor

Claiborne Fox Jackson
Democratic

The 1860 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on August 6, 1860, and resulted in a victory for the Democratic nominee, Claiborne Fox Jackson. Jackson defeated the nominee of the Constitutional Union Party, Sample Orr, and Southern "Brekenridge" Democrat Former Gov. Hancock Lee Jackson to become the fifteenth governor of Missouri. Republican James B. Gardenhire also ran in the election, but received a negligible number of votes, despite Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, receiving 10% of the statewide vote in the presidential race.

Contents

Before the next election in 1864, three men would serve as Governor of Missouri: first, Claiborne Fox Jackson until his defection to the Confederacy in July 1861, then Hamilton Rowan Gamble until his death in January 1864, and finally Lt. Gov Willard Preble Hall. [1]

Results

1860 gubernatorial election, Missouri [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Claiborne Fox Jackson 74,446 46.95 −3.23
Constitutional Union Sample Orr66,58341.99+41.99
Southern Democratic Hancock Lee Jackson 11,4157.20+7.20
Republican James B. Gardenhire6,1353.87+3.87
Majority7,8634.96+4.60
Turnout 158,57913.42
Democratic hold Swing

Results by County

1860 Missouri Gubernatorial Election (By County) [3]
CountyClaiborne Fox Jackson

Democratic

Sample Orr

Constitutional Union

Hancock Lee Jackson

Southern Democratic

James B. Gardenhire

Republican

Total
#%#%#%#%
Adair 82261.80%50437.89%40.30%00.00%1,330
Andrew 77646.78%57434.60%27916.82%301.81%1,659
Atchison 45055.35%21326.20%12014.76%303.69%813
Audrain 61546.14%67150.34%473.53%00.00%1,333
Barry 46162.47%24032.52%375.01%00.00%738
Barton 17765.07%5219.12%4315.81%00.00%272
Bates 60553.63%22419.86%29926.51%00.00%1,128
Benton 72065.81%34431.44%161.46%141.28%1,094
Bollinger 41883.77%5711.42%173.41%71.40%499
Boone 1,06640.14%1,52257.30%682.56%00.00%2,656
Buchanan 1,69050.18%1,28038.00%2276.74%1715.08%3,368
Butler 10236.17%15253.90%289.93%00.00%282
Caldwell 32544.64%36450.00%182.88%212.47%728
Callaway 1,08043.27%1,32152.92%943.77%10.04%2,496
Camden 26047.88%19736.28%8215.10%40.74%543
Cape Girardeau 38926.12%69746.81%21114.17%19212.89%1,489
Carroll 93861.23%59438.77%00.00%00.00%1,532
Carter 4031.01%1410.85%7558.14%00.00%129
Cass 47130.02%75648.18%33421.29%80.51%1,569
Cedar 44154.51%24330.04%12215.08%30.37%809
Chariton 63948.45%54841.55%1249.40%80.61%1,319
Christian 32241.87%36247.07%8511.05%00.00%769
Clark 80746.04%76943.87%744.22%1035.88%1,753
Clay 58637.49%84353.93%1348.57%00.00%1,563
Clinton 58746.08%63649.92%382.98%131.02%1,274
Cole 29920.79%73451.04%40528.16%00.00%1,438
Cooper 1,07649.68%1,02947.51%542.49%70.32%2,166
Crawford 21529.99%45863.88%395.44%50.70%717
Dade 41446.52%39844.72%788.76%00.00%890
Dallas 29143.56%37055.39%60.90%10.15%668
Daviess 78454.60%57239.83%3704.87%100.70%1,436
DeKalb 48762.44%26433.85%293.72%00.00%780
Dent 31650.48%17427.80%13020.77%60.96%626
Douglas 18242.72%21450.23%307.04%00.00%426
Dunklin 10049.50%5728.22%4522.28%00.00%202
Franklin 72742.42%65438.16%4516.80%2882.63%1,714
Gasconade 22736.03%27643.81%396.19%8813.97%630
Gentry 1,21272.36%21412.78%885.25%1619.61%1,675
Greene 50225.39%1,33767.63%1376.93%10.05%1,977
Grundy 49449.06%47647.27%242.38%131.29%1,007
Harrison 79267.46%10422.15%188.86%2601.53%1,174
Henry 77149.87%74748.32%271.75%10.06%1,546
Hickory 32153.23%26343.62%162.65%30.50%603
Holt 50447.24%25824.18%13212.37%17316.21%1,067
Howard 1,09958.74%74339.71%281.50%10.05%1,871
Howell 7627.05%19067.62%155.34%00.00%281
Iron 52264.60%21226.24%283.47%465.69%808
Jackson 1,69352.04%1,41543.50%1053.23%401.23%3,253
Jasper 35641.59%42249.30%657.59%131.52%856
Jefferson 80556.61%52837.13%493.45%402.81%1,422
Johnson 90040.36%1,26656.77%612.74%30.13%2,230
Knox 84461.12%52638.09%30.22%80.58%1,381
Laclede 29536.88%36745.88%13817.25%00.00%800
Lafayette 97538.39%1,53860.55%271.06%00.00%2,540
Lawrence 43236.39%63853.75%968.09%211.77%1,187
Lewis 1,01851.75%84843.11%1015.13%00.00%1,967
Lincoln 88548.12%63434.48%30716.69%130.71%1,839
Linn 79653.42%66844.83%70.47%191.28%1,490
Livingston 84057.53%58339.93%372.53%00.00%1,460
Macon 1,42470.39%48423.92%1155.68%00.00%2,023
Madison 33247.84%33147.69%314.47%00.00%694
Maries 29156.50%448.54%17533.98%50.97%515
Marion 1,40948.89%1,32245.87%1495.17%20.07%2,882
McDonald 33670.15%9620.04%479.81%00.00%479
Mercer 78954.72%61342.51%302.08%100.69%1,442
Miller 29738.27%26734.41%21127.19%10.13%776
Mississippi 35660.24%21035.53%254.23%00.00%591
Moniteau 62640.92%86756.67%291.90%80.52%1,530
Monroe 99845.89%1,05948.69%1175.38%10.05%2,175
Montgomery 59746.03%65250.27%141.08%342.62%1,297
Morgan 63559.62%36634.37%484.51%161.50%1,065
New Madrid 14235.41%15739.15%10225.44%00.00%401
Newton 77058.60%48036.53%624.72%20.15%1,314
Nodaway 99175.42%20115.30%382.89%846.39%1,314
Oregon 10145.29%41.79%11852.91%00.00%223
Osage 41842.26%35936.30%14214.36%707.08%989
Ozark 18242.72%21450.23%307.04%00.00%426
Pemiscot 22965.62%12034.38%00.00%00.00%349
Perry 61575.18%10913.33%323.91%627.58%818
Pettis 47539.52%69958.15%282.33%00.00%1,202
Phelps 41551.94%20525.66%16821.03%111.38%799
Pike 1,54851.79%1,38846.44%501.67%30.10%2,989
Platte 1,05643.44%1,00541.34%36815.14%20.08%2,431
Polk 16311.07%81155.06%49833.81%10.07%1,473
Pulaski 29786.34%51.45%3710.76%51.45%344
Putnam 72860.47%35029.07%1189.80%80.66%1,204
Ralls 61648.39%64750.82%90.71%10.08%1,273
Randolph 82844.44%85245.73%1839.82%00.00%1,863
Ray 99454.89%79143.68%251.38%10.06%1,811
Reynolds 29884.90%277.69%267.41%00.00%351
Ripley 12126.89%265.78%30367.33%00.00%450
Saline 93347.75%1,00251.28%190.97%00.00%1,954
Schuyler 50054.00%29832.18%12413.39%40.43%926
Scotland 79256.09%49334.92%191.35%1087.65%1,412
Scott 23027.88%31337.94%28234.18%00.00%825
Shannon 114.45%4417.81%18173.28%114.45%247
Shelby 62148.03%57644.55%957.35%10.08%1,293
St. Charles 82938.94%77436.36%602.82%46621.89%2,129
St. Clair 39553.38%20327.43%14219.19%00.00%740
St. Francois 64758.45%41637.58%443.97%00.00%1,107
St. Louis 9,76438.06%12,45748.56%2190.85%3,21512.53%25,655
Ste. Genevieve 55672.87%16321.36%143.93%301.83%763
Stoddard 31843.15%40755.22%121.63%00.00%737
Sullivan 67852.48%32625.23%25920.05%292.24%1,292
Taney 20954.86%8823.10%8422.05%00.00%381
Texas 25933.08%13216.86%39250.06%00.00%783
Vernon 30543.95%12718.30%26137.61%10.14%694
Warren 63065.15%28729.68%323.31%181.86%967
Washington 68055.46%51942.33%262.12%10.08%1,226
Wayne 31345.76%16624.27%20029.24%50.73%684
Webster 24324.08%58257.68%18318.14%10.10%1,009
Wright 13924.87%16028.62%26046.51%00.00%559
Totals74,44646.95%66,58341.99%11,4157.20%6,1353.87%158,579

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