1863 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1863 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election Pennsylvania presidential 1863 10 13 no 1860 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election 1860 1866 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election 1866 File:Andrew Curtin2 (3x4a).jpg 150x150px National Union Party (United States) Andrew Gregg Curtin 269,506 51.46% File:George Washington Woodward - Brady-Handy (1).jpg George Washington Woodward Democratic Party (United States) 254,171 48.54% 1863 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 260px County results Curtin: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% Woodward: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin Republican Party (United States) Andrew Gregg Curtin National Union Party (United States) The 1863 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on October 13, 1863. The Union incumbent governor Andrew Gregg Curtin defeated the Democratic candidate George Washington Woodward. Pennsylvania's 15th governor and a strong supporter of President Abraham Lincoln, Curtin was first inaugurated on January 15, 1861, and ultimately became known as "Pennsylvania's War Governor" because he was governor when the American Civil War broke out and then continued to serve as governor for the duration of the war. In April 1861, he had been one of the first state governors to send military units to Washington, D.C. in response to Lincoln's call for help to defend the nation's capital and was the eponym of Camp Curtin, which became one of the largest staging grounds for the Union Army after it opened that same month."A Famous War Governor: Andrew Gregg Curtin, Known as the Soldiers' Friend" (obituary). Indianapolis, Indiana: The Indianapolis Journal, front page (subscription required). Following the Battle of Gettysburg, which had been waged on Pennsylvania soil barely three months before Curtin's reelection and helped turn the tide of the war in favor of preserving the Union, Curtin led the state and nation in establishing a national cemetery for the Union Army's fallen soldiers. Post-war, he led the commonwealth in building a state-funded system of more than forty soldiers' orphans' schools to educate and care for children across Pennsylvania whose fathers had been killed during the war.Tristan, David. "Midstate Markers: Pennsylvania's 'War Governor' Andrew Curtin." Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: WHTM-TV, July 28, 2022 (retrieved online June 3, 2023). Results Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1863Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861–1911: The Official Results by State and County 2014 McFarland and Company Jefferson, NC 465 https://www.google.com/books/edition/United_States_Gubernatorial_Elections_18/WYJAIOabIPgC National Union Party (United States) Andrew Gregg Curtin (incumbent) 269,506 51.46 Democratic Party (United States) George Washington Woodward 254,171 48.54 N/A Others 2 0.00 523,679 100.00 References 1863 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Category:October 1863 in the United States