Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1857

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Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1857
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  1854 November 3, 1857 (1857-11-03) 1860  

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Nominee William F. Packer David Wilmot Isaac Hazlehurst
Party Democratic Republican Know Nothing
Popular vote188,846 146,139 28,168
Percentage52.0% 40.2% 7.8%

Governor before election

James Pollock
Whig

Elected Governor

William F. Packer
Democratic

The Pennsylvania gubernatorial election of 1857 occurred on November 3, 1857. Incumbent governor James Pollock, a Whig, was not a candidate for re-election. Democratic candidate William F. Packer defeated Republican candidate David Wilmot and American Party candidate Isaac Hazlehurst to become Governor of Pennsylvania.

James Pollock American politician

James Pollock was the 13th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1855 to 1858.

William F. Packer American politician

William Fisher Packer was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as the 14th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1858 to 1861.

David Wilmot 19th-century American politician

David Wilmot was a U.S. politician; he was elected to the U.S. Congress, serving 1845–1851, and to the U.S. Senate, serving 1861–1863 to fill the remainder of the newly-appointed Secretary of War Simon Cameron's term. Wilmot was a Democrat, a Free Soiler, and a Republican. He was a sponsor and eponym of the Wilmot Proviso (1846), intended to ban slavery in western lands gained from Mexico in the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848. The proposal repeatedly passed the House of Representatives, but was defeated in the Senate, and never became law. However, it caused great anger and consternation in the South, and increased the prominence of the slavery issue on the national stage.

Results

Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1857 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic William F. Packer 188,846 52.00
Republican David Wilmot 146,139 40.24
Know Nothing Isaac Hazlehurst 28,168 7.76
N/A Others 12 0.00
Total votes363,165100.00

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References

  1. "PA Governor General Election". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 2 May 2013.