1866 Delaware gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1866 Delaware gubernatorial election Delaware Presidential no 1862 Delaware gubernatorial election 1862 1870 Delaware gubernatorial election 1870 November 6, 1866 GoveSaulsbury.gif Gove Saulsbury Democratic Party (United States) 9,810 53.29% 3x4.svg James Riddle Republican Party (United States) 8,598 46.71% 1866 Delaware gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 110px County resultsSaulsbury: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70%Riddle: #E27F7F 50–60% Governor Gove Saulsbury Democratic Party (United States) Gove Saulsbury Democratic Party (United States) The 1866 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1866. On March 1, 1865, Republican Governor William Cannon died in office, elevating State Senate Speaker Gove Saulsbury, a Democrat, to the governorship. Saulsbury ran for re-election in 1866, the first Governor to do so since Joshua Clayton in 1792. He faced Republican nominee James Riddle, a prominent industrialist. Saulsbury defeated Riddle by a decisive margin, ushering in a large Democratic majority in both houses of the legislature.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 220–221 General election Results 1866 Delaware gubernatorial election1867 House Journal, p. 73 Democratic Party (United States) Gove Saulsbury (inc.) 9,810 53.29% +3.63% Republican Party (United States) James Riddle 8,598 46.71% -3.63% 1,212 6.58% +5.90% 18,408 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) Republican 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, 71st General Assembly, 1st Reg. Sess. (1867). 1866 Delaware Gubernatorial