1862 Delaware gubernatorial election

1862 Delaware gubernatorial election

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Nominee William Cannon Samuel Jefferson
Party National Union Democratic
Popular vote 8,155 8,044
Percentage 50.34% 49.66%

County results
Cannon:      50–60%
Jefferson:      50–60%

Governor before election

William Burton
Democratic

Elected Governor

William Cannon
National Union

The 1862 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1862. Incumbent Democratic Governor William Burton was unable to seek re-election. Samuel Jefferson ran to succeed him as the Democratic nominee, and he faced National Union candidate William Cannon, the former State Treasurer. Cannon narrowly defeated Jefferson,[1] and in so doing, was the last Republican-affiliated candidate to be elected Governor until 1894.

  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. 206–07.