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Election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Missouri
1860 Missouri gubernatorial election
The 1860 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on August 6, 1860, and resulted in a victory for the
Democratic nominee,
Claiborne Fox Jackson . Jackson defeated the nominee of the
Constitutional Union Party ,
Sample Orr , and
Southern "Brekenridge" Democrat Former Gov.
Hancock Lee Jackson to become the fifteenth governor of Missouri.
Republican James B. Gardenhire also ran in the election, but received a negligible number of votes.
Before the next election in
1864 , three men would serve as
Governor of Missouri : first,
Claiborne Fox Jackson until his defection to the
Confederacy in July 1861, then
Hamilton Rowan Gamble until his death in January 1864, and finally
Lt. Gov
Willard Preble Hall .
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