1849 Tennessee gubernatorial election

1849 Tennessee gubernatorial election
← 1847 August 2, 1849 1851 →
 
Nominee William Trousdale Neill S. Brown
Party Democratic Whig
Popular vote 61,740 60,350
Percentage 50.57% 49.43%

County results
Trousdale:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Brown:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%
No Data/Vote:      

Governor before election

Neill S. Brown
Whig

Elected Governor

William Trousdale
Democratic

The 1849 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on August 2, 1849, to elect the Governor of Tennessee. Democratic nominee and Colonel in the US Army William Trousdale defeated Whig nominee and incumbent Governor Neill S. Brown by a slim margin.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Gov. William Trousdale". nga.org. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  2. ^ Tennessee Blue Book (1890), p. 170.