1863 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

none January 2025 December 2025 ly 1863 Rhode Island gubernatorial election United States 1861 Presidential no 1862 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1862 1864 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1864 April 2, 1863 x150px James Y. Smith Republican Party (United States) 10,749 58.35% x150px William C. Cozzens Democratic Party (United States) Constitutional Union Party (United States) 7,672 41.65% 1863 Rhode Island gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsSmith: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Governor William C. Cozzens Democratic Party (United States) James Y. Smith Republican Party (United States) A gubernatorial election was held in Rhode Island on April 2, 1863. The Republican former mayor of Providence James Y. Smith defeated the Democratic incumbent governor William C. Cozzens.Dubin 2014 2 William Sprague IV won the 1860 Rhode Island gubernatorial election leading a coalition of Conservative Republicans, former Whigs, and Democrats.Smith 2006 90 Following the election, Sprague's supporters coalesced in the Constitutional Union Party.Smith 2017 184 Sprague underwent a political transformation during his tenure as governor, which coincided with the American Civil War. He attempted to build a new political party composed of Republicans, War Democrats, and his old conservative allies. When this effort failed, Sprague threw his support behind the Republicans.Dell 1975 237 Following his election to the United States Senate, he used his influence to encourage conservatives to back Smith, whom Sprague had defeated in his 1861 re-election bid.Smith 2006 90 Cozzens ran jointly as the Democratic and Constitutional Union candidate on a platform that endorsed the war effort and condemned emancipation.Dell 1975 237 DeSimone Schofield 2015 Figs. 1-289, 1-290Gov. Hoppin of Rhode Island [...] https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1863-03-24/ed-1/seq-3/ Portland Daily Press March 24, 1863 General election 1863 Rhode Island gubernatorial electionDubin 2014 2 Republican Party (United States) James Y. Smith 10,749 58.35 Democratic Party (United States) William C. Cozzens (incumbent) 7,672 41.65 18,421 100.00 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Notes Bibliography Dell Christopher Lincoln and the War Democrats: The Grand Erosion of Conservative Tradition 1975 Farleigh Dickenson University Press Rutherford, NJ https://archive.org/details/lincolnwardemocr0000dell 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, 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 Smith Adam I. P. No Party Now: Politics in the Civil War North 2006 Oxford University Press New York 978-0-19-534596-4 https://books.google.com/books?id=M8BL9i0Gn2sC 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 Category:1863 Rhode Island elections Category:Rhode Island gubernatorial elections Category:1863 United States gubernatorial elections Category:April 1863 in the United States