1859 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1859 Rhode Island gubernatorial election Rhode Island 1859 Presidential no 1858 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1858 1860 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1860 April 6, 1859 x150px Thomas G. Turner Republican Party (United States) 8,938 71.52% x150px Elisha R. Potter Democratic Party (United States) 3,536 28.29% 1859 Rhode Island gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 200px County results Turner: #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% Governor Elisha Dyer Republican Party (United States) Thomas G. Turner Republican Party (United States) The 1859 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 6, 1859. March 31, 1859 There are to be three more State elections this spring https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038158/1859-03-31/ed-1/seq-2/ The Highland weekly news Hillsboro, Ohio 2 8 August 2023 Incumbent Republican governor Elisha Dyer declined to stand for re-election.https://riheritagehalloffame.com/Governors-Elisha-Elisha-Jr-Dyer/ Governors Elisha & Elisha Jr. Dyer Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame 8 August 2023 1908 Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island https://archive.org/details/representativeme1908jhbe/mode/1up Chicago J.H. Beers & Co. I 3 Republican nominee Thomas G. Turner beat Democratic nominee Elisha R. Potter with 71.52% of the vote. General election Candidates Elisha R. Potter, Democratic, former U.S. representative, former State commissioner of public schools, Democratic candidate for governor in 1858 Thomas G. Turner, Republican, incumbent lieutenant governor Results 1859 Rhode Island gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=237898 RI Governor, 1859 Our Campaigns 8 August 2023Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 272–273 0-930466-17-9 1879 Manual with Rules and Orders for the Use of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, 1879-80 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924005742063&view=1up&seq=182 Providence E. L. Freeman & Co., Printers to the State 160 Field Edward 1902 State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at the End of the Century: A History https://archive.org/details/stateofrhodeisla01fieluoft/mode/1up Boston and Syracuse Mason Publishing Company I 370 1860 The Evening Journal Almanac 1860 https://archive.org/details/eveningjournalal1860slsn/mode/1up Albany Weed, Parsons & Co., Printers and Stereotypers 72 1859 Acts and Resolves of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, passed at the May Session, 1859 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433007056637&seq=278 Providence Knowles, Anthony & Co., State Printers 56 Some sources give slightly different results.Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 76 1-56802-396-0 Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County 238 McFarland 2003 978-0-7864-1439-0 Jefferson, North Carolina Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I 514 Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Oceana Publications, Inc. 0-379-00665-0 The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1860 https://archive.org/details/vol1860tribuneal00unse/mode/1up New York H. Greeley & Company 47 The result given is taken from the Rhode Island Assembly Journal. Republican Party (United States) Thomas G. Turner 8,938 71.52% Democratic Party (United States) Elisha R. Potter 3,536 28.29% Scattering 24 0.19% 5,402 43.23% 12,498 Republican Party (United States) Notes References 1859 Rhode Island Gubernatorial Category:April 1859 in the United States