1866 North Carolina gubernatorial election

1866 North Carolina gubernatorial election

←  1865 October 18, 1866 1868  →

Nominee Jonathan Worth Alfred Dockery Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 34,250 10,759 Percentage 75.87% 23.83%

County results Worth:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Dockery:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80% No Data:

Governor before election Jonathan Worth Nonpartisan Elected Governor Jonathan Worth Nonpartisan

The 1866 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on October 18, 1866. The incumbent governor Jonathan Worth defeated Alfred Dockery. ^[1]

Worth defeated the provisional governor and wartime unionist William Woods Holden at the previous election. During his term, he assembled a coalition of Conservative Unionists and former Confederates aligned with the Reconstruction policies of president Andrew Johnson that swept Holden's allies from power. Dockery was unofficially selected by Holden's remaining supporters to run for governor in 1866, but he did not seriously contest the election. ^[2]

General election

Results

1866 North Carolina gubernatorial election ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Jonathan Worth (incumbent)	34,250	76.10%
	Nonpartisan	Alfred Dockery	10,759	23.90%
Total votes			45,009	100.00
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

References

1. Dubin, Michael J. (2014). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company. p. 3.
2. McKinney, Gordon B. (1978). Southern Mountain Republicans, 1865-1900: Politics and the Appalachian Community. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. p. 45.
3. Dubin, Michael J. (2014). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company. p. 3.