1857 Tennessee gubernatorial election

1857 Tennessee gubernatorial election
← 1855 August 6, 1857 1859 →
 
Nominee Isham G. Harris Robert H. Hatton
Party Democratic Know Nothing
Popular vote 71,178 59,807
Percentage 54.34% 45.66%

County results
Harris:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Hatton:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
     No data/No votes

Governor before election

Andrew Johnson
Democratic

Elected Governor

Isham G. Harris
Democratic

The 1857 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on August 6, 1857, to elect the next governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic governor Andrew Johnson, was seriously injured in a train accident and was unable to run for re-election.[1] Democrat Robert H. Hatton was nominated as his replacement. In the general election, Hatton ran for a full term and defeated Know Nothing candidate Robert H. Hatton with 54.34% of the vote.[2]

Harris's 11,000 vote victory was relatively large, considering his predecessor, Johnson, had won by just over 2,000 votes in both 1853 and 1855.[3]

  1. ^ Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 128, 134, 140–146, 150–154, 176.
  2. ^ Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 128, 134, 140–146, 150–154, 176.
  3. ^ Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 128, 134, 140–146, 150–154, 176.