1862 Delaware gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1862 Delaware gubernatorial election Delaware Presidential no 1858 Delaware gubernatorial election 1858 1866 Delaware gubernatorial election 1866 November 4, 1862 WilliamCannon.gif William Cannon National Union Party (United States) 8,155 50.34% 3x4.svg Samuel Jefferson Democratic Party (United States) 8,044 49.66% 1862 Delaware gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 110px County resultsCannon: #e27f7f 50–60%Jefferson: #7996e2 50–60% Governor William Burton Democratic Party (United States) William Cannon National Union Party (United States) The 1862 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1862. Incumbent Democratic Governor William Burton was unable to seek re-election. Samuel Jefferson ran to succeed him as the Democratic nominee, and he faced National Union candidate William Cannon, the former State Treasurer. Cannon narrowly defeated Jefferson,Conrad Henry C. 1908 History of the State of Delaware: From the Earliest Settlements to the Year 1907 https://books.google.com/books?id=JhhRAQAAMAAJ 1 Lancaster, Pa. Wickersham Company, Printers and Binders 206–07 and in so doing, was the last Republican-affiliated candidate to be elected Governor until 1894. General election Results 1862 Delaware gubernatorial election1863 House Journal, p. 80 National Union Party (United States) William Cannon 8,155 50.34% — Democratic Party (United States) Samuel Jefferson 8,044 49.66% -1.01% 111 0.69% -0.65% 16,199 100.00% National Union Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References Bibliography Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 1998 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-396-0 Congressional Quarterly 1998 Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books 1979 0-930466-17-9 Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County McFarland 2003 978-0-7864-1439-0 Jefferson, North Carolina Delaware House Journal, 69th General Assembly, 1st Reg. Sess. (1863). 1862 Delaware Gubernatorial