1864 Missouri gubernatorial election

1864 Missouri gubernatorial election
November 8, 1864
 
Nominee Thomas Clement Fletcher Thomas Lawson Price
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 73,600 31,064
Percentage 70.32% 29.68%
County results
Fletcher:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%
Price:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
No Data/Vote:      
Governor before election

Willard Preble Hall
Republican

 Elected Governor

Thomas Clement Fletcher
Republican

The 1864 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1864, and resulted in a victory for the Radical Republican nominee, Thomas Clement Fletcher, over Democratic nominee former Congressman (and former Lt. Gov.) Thomas Lawson Price. Conducted during the Civil War, all voters were required to take an oath of loyalty to the Union in order to cast their votes, greatly advantaging Fletcher. Simultaneously, the state called a constitutional convention to abolish slavery.[1]

Results

1864 gubernatorial election, Missouri[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Thomas Clement Fletcher 73,600 70.32 +66.45
Democratic Thomas Lawson Price 31,064 29.68 −17.27
Majority 42,536 40.64 +35.68
Turnout 104,664 8.85
Republican hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ Foner, Eric (2014). Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877 (Updated ed.). New York, NY: HarperCollins. pp. 41–42. ISBN 978-0-06-235451-8.
  2. ↑ "Our Campaigns - MO Governor Race - Nov 08, 1864".
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