1865 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

1865 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

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Nominee James Y. Smith Party National Union Popular vote 10,153 Percentage 92.43%

County results Smith:      >90%

Governor before election James Y. Smith National Union Elected Governor James Y. Smith National Union

A gubernatorial election was held in Rhode Island on April 5, 1865. The National Union incumbent governor James Y. Smith was re-elected against token opposition. ^[1]

Smith, a Radical Republican, won the 1863 Rhode Island gubernatorial election and was re-elected in 1864. ^[2] His nearest opponent was the former state senator Edward Harris, an abolitionist and temperance supporter who ran on the Equal Rights ticket. ^[3]

General election

1865 Rhode Island gubernatorial election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Union	James Y. Smith (incumbent)	10,153	92.43
	Equal Rights	Edward Harris	197	1.79
	Democratic	George H. Browne	100	0.91
	Write-in		535	4.87
Total votes			10,985	100.00
	National Union hold

Notes

1. Dubin 2014, p. 3; Sobel & Raimo 1978, p. 1350.
2. Dell 1975, pp. 237, 291.
3. DeSimone & Schofield 2015, Fig. 1-300.

Bibliography

• Dell, Christopher (1975). Lincoln and the War Democrats: The Grand Erosion of Conservative Tradition. Rutherford, NJ: Farleigh Dickenson University Press.
• DeSimone, Russel J.; Schofield, Daniel C. (October 2015), Rhode Island Election Tickets: A Survey (PDF), Kingston, RI: University of Rhode Island
• Dubin, Michael J. (2014). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861–1911: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company. ISBN   978-0-7864-5646-8.
• Sobel, Robert; Raimo, John, eds. (1978). Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. ISBN   0-930466-00-4.