1861 Minnesota gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1861 Minnesota gubernatorial election presidential 1859 Minnesota gubernatorial election 1859 1863 Minnesota gubernatorial election 1863 no October 8, 1861 160x160px File:Governor Ramsey, 1860 Photograph.jpg Alexander Ramsey Republican Party of Minnesota 16,239 60.80% File:3x4.svg Edward O. Hamlin Minnesota Democratic Party 10,398 39.03% Governor Alexander Ramsey Republican Party of Minnesota Alexander Ramsey Republican Party of Minnesota The 1861 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on October 8, 1861. Republican incumbent governor Alexander Ramsey defeated Democratic mayor Edward O. Hamlin.Dubin 2014 1 The Republicans unanimously renominated Ramsey. The Democratic State Convention met on September 12, 1861. Hamlin was nominated by acclamation.Democratic State Convention https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=spp18610913.1.1&srpos=1 St. Paul Daily Press September 13, 1861 Candidates Alexander Ramsey, incumbent governor (Republican) Edward O. Hamlin, mayor of St. Cloud (Democratic) William Dike (People's Union) (withdrew) General election Campaigns These were the first state elections held during the American Civil War. In Minnesota and other Union states, some Republicans and War Democrats favored the suspension of party politics for the duration of the conflict. These groups held a nonpartisan state convention that nominated Republican William Dike for governor and Democrat Christopher Columbus Andrews for lieutenant governor on the People's Union ticket. Ramsey and other Minnesota Republicans strongly opposed the Union Party scheme, which they viewed as a Democratic strategy to recoup the party's lagging fortunes in the state. Dike withdrew from the race under pressure, clearing the way for a Republican landslide victory in the general election.Blegen 1975 249 Results Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1861https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=61540 Our Campaigns - MN Governor Race - Nov 05, 1861 May 7, 2016http://www.sos.state.mn.us/media/1353/chapter-10_mn-votes-2015.pdf Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State Minnesota Legislative Manual (Blue Book) - Chapter 10 Minnesota Elections 2015-04-01 2016-05-07Dubin 2014 1 Republican Party of Minnesota Alexander Ramsey (incumbent) 16,274 60.80 Minnesota Democratic Party Edward O. Hamlin 10,448 39.03 Write-Ins 45 0.15 26,767 100 0.00 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References Bibliography Blegen Theodore Minnesota: A History of the State 1975 University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis https://www.google.com/books/edition/Minnesota/pdoZxdsX8rQC Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861–1911: The Official Results by State and County 2014 McFarland and Company Jefferson, NC 978-0-7864-5646-8 https://www.google.com/books/edition/United_States_Gubernatorial_Elections_18/WYJAIOabIPgC Further reading Minnesota Historical Election Archive 1861 Minnesota gubernatorial Category:November 1861 in the United States