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1860 Missouri gubernatorial election

1860 Missouri gubernatorial election

← 1857 (special) August 6, 1860 1864 →
 
Nominee Claiborne Fox Jackson Sample Orr Hancock Lee Jackson
Party Democratic Constitutional Union Southern Democratic
Popular vote 74,446 66,583 11,415
Percentage 46.95% 41.99% 7.20%

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.

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

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1860 gubernatorial election, Missouri[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Claiborne Fox Jackson 74,446 46.95 −3.23
Constitutional Union Sample Orr 66,583 41.99 +41.99
Southern Democratic Hancock Lee Jackson 11,415 7.20 +7.20
Republican James B. Gardenhire 6,135 3.87 +3.87
Majority 7,863 4.96 +4.60
Turnout 158,579 13.42
Democratic hold Swing

Results by County

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

Democratic

Sample Orr

Constitutional Union

Hancock Lee Jackson

Southern Democratic

James B. Gardenhire

Republican

Total
# % # % # % # %
Adair 822 61.80% 504 37.89% 4 0.30% 0 0.00% 1,330
Andrew 776 46.78% 574 34.60% 279 16.82% 30 1.81% 1,659
Atchison 450 55.35% 213 26.20% 120 14.76% 30 3.69% 813
Audrain 615 46.14% 671 50.34% 47 3.53% 0 0.00% 1,333
Barry 461 62.47% 240 32.52% 37 5.01% 0 0.00% 738
Barton 177 65.07% 52 19.12% 43 15.81% 0 0.00% 272
Bates 605 53.63% 224 19.86% 299 26.51% 0 0.00% 1,128
Benton 720 65.81% 344 31.44% 16 1.46% 14 1.28% 1,094
Bollinger 418 83.77% 57 11.42% 17 3.41% 7 1.40% 499
Boone 1,066 40.14% 1,522 57.30% 68 2.56% 0 0.00% 2,656
Buchanan 1,690 50.18% 1,280 38.00% 227 6.74% 171 5.08% 3,368
Butler 102 36.17% 152 53.90% 28 9.93% 0 0.00% 282
Caldwell 325 44.64% 364 50.00% 18 2.88% 21 2.47% 728
Callaway 1,080 43.27% 1,321 52.92% 94 3.77% 1 0.04% 2,496
Camden 260 47.88% 197 36.28% 82 15.10% 4 0.74% 543
Cape Girardeau 389 26.12% 697 46.81% 211 14.17% 192 12.89% 1,489
Carroll 938 61.23% 594 38.77% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,532
Carter 40 31.01% 14 10.85% 75 58.14% 0 0.00% 129
Cass 471 30.02% 756 48.18% 334 21.29% 8 0.51% 1,569
Cedar 441 54.51% 243 30.04% 122 15.08% 3 0.37% 809
Chariton 639 48.45% 548 41.55% 124 9.40% 8 0.61% 1,319
Christian 322 41.87% 362 47.07% 85 11.05% 0 0.00% 769
Clark 807 46.04% 769 43.87% 74 4.22% 103 5.88% 1,753
Clay 586 37.49% 843 53.93% 134 8.57% 0 0.00% 1,563
Clinton 587 46.08% 636 49.92% 38 2.98% 13 1.02% 1,274
Cole 299 20.79% 734 51.04% 405 28.16% 0 0.00% 1,438
Cooper 1,076 49.68% 1,029 47.51% 54 2.49% 7 0.32% 2,166
Crawford 215 29.99% 458 63.88% 39 5.44% 5 0.70% 717
Dade 414 46.52% 398 44.72% 78 8.76% 0 0.00% 890
Dallas 291 43.56% 370 55.39% 6 0.90% 1 0.15% 668
Daviess 784 54.60% 572 39.83% 370 4.87% 10 0.70% 1,436
DeKalb 487 62.44% 264 33.85% 29 3.72% 0 0.00% 780
Dent 316 50.48% 174 27.80% 130 20.77% 6 0.96% 626
Douglas 182 42.72% 214 50.23% 30 7.04% 0 0.00% 426
Dunklin 100 49.50% 57 28.22% 45 22.28% 0 0.00% 202
Franklin 727 42.42% 654 38.16% 45 16.80% 288 2.63% 1,714
Gasconade 227 36.03% 276 43.81% 39 6.19% 88 13.97% 630
Gentry 1,212 72.36% 214 12.78% 88 5.25% 161 9.61% 1,675
Greene 502 25.39% 1,337 67.63% 137 6.93% 1 0.05% 1,977
Grundy 494 49.06% 476 47.27% 24 2.38% 13 1.29% 1,007
Harrison 792 67.46% 104 22.15% 18 8.86% 260 1.53% 1,174
Henry 771 49.87% 747 48.32% 27 1.75% 1 0.06% 1,546
Hickory 321 53.23% 263 43.62% 16 2.65% 3 0.50% 603
Holt 504 47.24% 258 24.18% 132 12.37% 173 16.21% 1,067
Howard 1,099 58.74% 743 39.71% 28 1.50% 1 0.05% 1,871
Howell 76 27.05% 190 67.62% 15 5.34% 0 0.00% 281
Iron 522 64.60% 212 26.24% 28 3.47% 46 5.69% 808
Jackson 1,693 52.04% 1,415 43.50% 105 3.23% 40 1.23% 3,253
Jasper 356 41.59% 422 49.30% 65 7.59% 13 1.52% 856
Jefferson 805 56.61% 528 37.13% 49 3.45% 40 2.81% 1,422
Johnson 900 40.36% 1,266 56.77% 61 2.74% 3 0.13% 2,230
Knox 844 61.12% 526 38.09% 3 0.22% 8 0.58% 1,381
Laclede 295 36.88% 367 45.88% 138 17.25% 0 0.00% 800
Lafayette 975 38.39% 1,538 60.55% 27 1.06% 0 0.00% 2,540
Lawrence 432 36.39% 638 53.75% 96 8.09% 21 1.77% 1,187
Lewis 1,018 51.75% 848 43.11% 101 5.13% 0 0.00% 1,967
Lincoln 885 48.12% 634 34.48% 307 16.69% 13 0.71% 1,839
Linn 796 53.42% 668 44.83% 7 0.47% 19 1.28% 1,490
Livingston 840 57.53% 583 39.93% 37 2.53% 0 0.00% 1,460
Macon 1,424 70.39% 484 23.92% 115 5.68% 0 0.00% 2,023
Madison 332 47.84% 331 47.69% 31 4.47% 0 0.00% 694
Maries 291 56.50% 44 8.54% 175 33.98% 5 0.97% 515
Marion 1,409 48.89% 1,322 45.87% 149 5.17% 2 0.07% 2,882
McDonald 336 70.15% 96 20.04% 47 9.81% 0 0.00% 479
Mercer 789 54.72% 613 42.51% 30 2.08% 10 0.69% 1,442
Miller 297 38.27% 267 34.41% 211 27.19% 1 0.13% 776
Mississippi 356 60.24% 210 35.53% 25 4.23% 0 0.00% 591
Moniteau 626 40.92% 867 56.67% 29 1.90% 8 0.52% 1,530
Monroe 998 45.89% 1,059 48.69% 117 5.38% 1 0.05% 2,175
Montgomery 597 46.03% 652 50.27% 14 1.08% 34 2.62% 1,297
Morgan 635 59.62% 366 34.37% 48 4.51% 16 1.50% 1,065
New Madrid 142 35.41% 157 39.15% 102 25.44% 0 0.00% 401
Newton 770 58.60% 480 36.53% 62 4.72% 2 0.15% 1,314
Nodaway 991 75.42% 201 15.30% 38 2.89% 84 6.39% 1,314
Oregon 101 45.29% 4 1.79% 118 52.91% 0 0.00% 223
Osage 418 42.26% 359 36.30% 142 14.36% 70 7.08% 989
Ozark 182 42.72% 214 50.23% 30 7.04% 0 0.00% 426
Pemiscot 229 65.62% 120 34.38% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 349
Perry 615 75.18% 109 13.33% 32 3.91% 62 7.58% 818
Pettis 475 39.52% 699 58.15% 28 2.33% 0 0.00% 1,202
Phelps 415 51.94% 205 25.66% 168 21.03% 11 1.38% 799
Pike 1,548 51.79% 1,388 46.44% 50 1.67% 3 0.10% 2,989
Platte 1,056 43.44% 1,005 41.34% 368 15.14% 2 0.08% 2,431
Polk 163 11.07% 811 55.06% 498 33.81% 1 0.07% 1,473
Pulaski 297 86.34% 5 1.45% 37 10.76% 5 1.45% 344
Putnam 728 60.47% 350 29.07% 118 9.80% 8 0.66% 1,204
Ralls 616 48.39% 647 50.82% 9 0.71% 1 0.08% 1,273
Randolph 828 44.44% 852 45.73% 183 9.82% 0 0.00% 1,863
Ray 994 54.89% 791 43.68% 25 1.38% 1 0.06% 1,811
Reynolds 298 84.90% 27 7.69% 26 7.41% 0 0.00% 351
Ripley 121 26.89% 26 5.78% 303 67.33% 0 0.00% 450
Saline 933 47.75% 1,002 51.28% 19 0.97% 0 0.00% 1,954
Schuyler 500 54.00% 298 32.18% 124 13.39% 4 0.43% 926
Scotland 792 56.09% 493 34.92% 19 1.35% 108 7.65% 1,412
Scott 230 27.88% 313 37.94% 282 34.18% 0 0.00% 825
Shannon 11 4.45% 44 17.81% 181 73.28% 11 4.45% 247
Shelby 621 48.03% 576 44.55% 95 7.35% 1 0.08% 1,293
St. Charles 829 38.94% 774 36.36% 60 2.82% 466 21.89% 2,129
St. Clair 395 53.38% 203 27.43% 142 19.19% 0 0.00% 740
St. Francois 647 58.45% 416 37.58% 44 3.97% 0 0.00% 1,107
St. Louis 9,764 38.06% 12,457 48.56% 219 0.85% 3,215 12.53% 25,655
Ste. Genevieve 556 72.87% 163 21.36% 14 3.93% 30 1.83% 763
Stoddard 318 43.15% 407 55.22% 12 1.63% 0 0.00% 737
Sullivan 678 52.48% 326 25.23% 259 20.05% 29 2.24% 1,292
Taney 209 54.86% 88 23.10% 84 22.05% 0 0.00% 381
Texas 259 33.08% 132 16.86% 392 50.06% 0 0.00% 783
Vernon 305 43.95% 127 18.30% 261 37.61% 1 0.14% 694
Warren 630 65.15% 287 29.68% 32 3.31% 18 1.86% 967
Washington 680 55.46% 519 42.33% 26 2.12% 1 0.08% 1,226
Wayne 313 45.76% 166 24.27% 200 29.24% 5 0.73% 684
Webster 243 24.08% 582 57.68% 183 18.14% 1 0.10% 1,009
Wright 139 24.87% 160 28.62% 260 46.51% 0 0.00% 559
Totals 74,446 46.95% 66,583 41.99% 11,415 7.20% 6,135 3.87% 158,579

References

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  1. ^ "SOS, Missouri – State Archives: Governors". Sos.mo.gov. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  2. ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson: McFarland & Company. pp. 144–146. ISBN 9780786414390.
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - MO Governor Race - Aug 06, 1860". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved November 28, 2024.