1854 Delaware gubernatorial election

1854 Delaware gubernatorial election

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Nominee Peter F. Causey William Burton
Party Know Nothing Democratic
Popular vote 6,941 6,244
Percentage 52.64% 47.36%

Causey:      50–60%

Governor before election

William H. H. Ross
Democratic

Elected Governor

Peter F. Causey
Know Nothing

The 1854 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1854. Incumbent Democratic Governor William H. H. Ross was unable to seek re-election. His 1850 opponent, former State Representative Peter F. Causey, ran as the American Party candidate, and faced former Kent County Sheriff William Burton, the Democratic nominee. Causey ultimately defeated Burton by a slim, but decisive, margin.[1]

  1. ^ Conrad, Henry C. (1908). History of the State of Delaware: From the Earliest Settlements to the Year 1907. Vol. 1. Lancaster, Pa.: Wickersham Company, Printers and Binders. pp. 194–95.