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Election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Missouri
1856 Missouri gubernatorial election
The 1856 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on August 2, 1852, the
Democratic nominee,
Trusten Polk , defeated
Know-Nothing candidate Robert C. Ewing (running under the
American Party label), and former
Senator
Thomas H. Benton . Benton ran as an
Independent Democrat under the label "Benton Democrat."
In February 1857,
Trusten Polk would be elected to the
United States Senate ; he therefore resigned the governorship, was replaced by
Lt. Gov.
Hancock Lee Jackson , and forced a
special election to be called for August 1857 to fill the remainder of the term.
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General election
Candidates
Thomas Hart Benton , former U.S. Senator (1821–51) and U.S. Representative (1853–55) from St. Louis (Benton Democratic)
Robert C. Ewing (American)
Trusten Polk , St. Louis attorney (Democratic)
Results
References