1860 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1860 Rhode Island gubernatorial election United States 1859 Presidential no 1859 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1859 1861 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1861 April 4, 1860 x150px William Sprague IV Democratic Party (United States) Conservative Party (United States) 12,278 53.34% x150px Seth Padelford Republican Party (United States) 10,740 46.66% 1860 Rhode Island gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsSprague: #7996e2 50–60%Padelford: #e27f7f 50–60% Governor Thomas G. Turner Republican Party (United States) William Sprague IV Democratic Party (United States) A gubernatorial election was held in Rhode Island on April 4, 1860. The Democratic and Conservative candidate William Sprague IV defeated the Republican former member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from Providence Seth Padelford.Dubin 2003 238 At the Republican state convention, Padelford, a Radical Republican, defeated the incumbent governor Thomas G. Turner. Padelford's nomination precipitated a movement by Conservative Republicans, former Whigs, and Democrats to jointly nominate Sprague as the conservative fusion candidate. Sprague's surrogates portrayed the election as a choice between "Union and Disunion" and charged Padelford with representing "agitation, anarchy," and "black Republicanism."Smith 2017 140–41 The conservatives used several names during the campaign, including "Young Men's," "Conservative Republican," "Democratic," "Military," "Conservative Union," and "American."DeSimone Schofield 2015 Figs. 1-270, 1-271, 1-272, 1-273, 1-274, 1-275, 1-276, 1-277 Sprague's coalition subsequently became the foundation for the Rhode Island Constitutional Union Party.Smith 2017 183–84 Nominations Conservative Party A convention of the "conservative men of Rhode Island" met at Providence on February 1, 1860 and nominated Sprague for governor.The Rhode Island Republican Division Vermont Phoenix February 4, 1860 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn98060050/1860-02-04/ed-1/seq-2/ Sprague declined this nomination.Col. Sprague Evening Star February 8, 1860 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1860-02-08/ed-1/seq-2/ A second state convention was held on February 16, concurrently with the Democratic convention, where Sprague was again nominated unanimously.There are indications [...] Alexandria Gazette February 22, 1860 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85025007/1860-02-22/ed-1/seq-2/ Candidate Democratic Party The Democratic state convention was held at Providence on February 16, 1860, concurrently with the Conservative Union convention. Sprague was nominated unanimously.There are indications [...] Alexandria Gazette February 22, 1860 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85025007/1860-02-22/ed-1/seq-2/ Candidate Republican Party The Republican state convention met at Providence on January 4, 1850. Padelford defeated Turner on the first ballot.The Rhode Island Republican state convention [...] January 5, 1860 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030313/1860-01-05/ed-1/seq-4/ The New York Herald Candidates Gubernatorial nomination + Gubernatorial ballotThe Republicans of Rhode Island Bradford Reporter January 12, 1860 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024558/1860-01-12/ed-1/seq-2/Candidate1stSeth Padelford 55 Samuel G. Arnold 34Thomas G. Turner 15 General election 1860 Rhode Island gubernatorial electionDubin 2003 238 Democratic Party (United States) William Sprague IV 12,278 53.34 Republican Party (United States) Seth Padelford 10,740 46.66 23,018 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) Notes Bibliography DeSimone Russel J. Schofield Daniel C. October 2015 Rhode Island Election Tickets: A Survey https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/56696737.pdf Kingston, RI University of Rhode Island Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776–1860: The Official Results by State and County 2003 McFarland and Company Jefferson, NC 978-0-7864-1439-0 https://archive.org/details/unitedstatesgube0000dubi Smith Adam I. P. The Stormy Present: Conservatism and the Problem of Slavery in Northern Politics, 1846–1865 2017 University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill 978-1-4696-3389-3 https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Stormy_Present/SrY4DwAAQBAJ 1860 Rhode Island Gubernatorial Category:April 1860 in the United States Category:Long stubs with short prose