1842 Illinois gubernatorial election

1842 Illinois gubernatorial election
← 1838 August 1, 1842 1846 →
 
Nominee Thomas Ford
(replacing Adam W. Snyder †) 		Joseph Duncan
Party Democratic Whig
Popular vote 46,452 39,429
Percentage 53.52% 45.43%
County Results


Ford:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%
Duncan:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      80-90%

     90-100%
Governor before election

Thomas Carlin
Democratic

Elected Governor

Thomas Ford
Democratic

The 1842 Illinois gubernatorial election was the seventh quadrennial election for this office. Democrat Thomas Ford, who replaced the original Democratic nominee Adam W. Snyder following his death, defeated former Whig governor Joseph Duncan, who was running for a nonconsecutive second term.[1]

  1. ^ Howard, Robert P. (1988). Mostly Good and Competent Men (2nd ed.). Springfield, Illinois: Institute for Public Affairs. pp. 61–62. ISBN 0-938943-15-4.