Missouri gubernatorial election, 1860

Missouri gubernatorial election, 1860

August 6, 1860

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%

Governor before election Robert Marcellus Stewart Democratic Elected Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson Democratic

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The Missouri gubernatorial election of 1860 was the thirteenth such election in Missouri's history. It 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 amount of votes.

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]

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