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1857 Missouri gubernatorial special election
←  1856 August 7, 1857 1860 →
 
Nominee Robert Marcellus Stewart James S. Rollins
Party Democratic Know Nothing
Popular vote 47,975 47,641
Percentage 50.18% 49.82%

Governor before election

Hancock Lee Jackson
Democratic

Elected Governor

Robert Marcellus Stewart
Democratic

The 1857 Missouri gubernatorial special election was held on August 7, 1857. The election was called to fill the remainder of the term of Trusten Polk, who had resigned in February 1857 upon his election to the United States Senate. [1] In the special election, held on August 7, 1857, the Democratic nominee, Robert Marcellus Stewart, defeated Know-Nothing candidate James S. Rollins (running under the American Party label) by a margin of only 334 votes. This was Rollins' second run for Governor of Missouri, having also lost in the 1848 gubernatorial election.

Results

1857 gubernatorial special election, Missouri [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Robert Marcellus Stewart 47,975 50.18 +9.39
Know Nothing James S. Rollins 47,641 49.82 +14.59
Majority 334 0.36 -5.20
Turnout 95,616 14.02
Democratic hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "SOS, Missouri – State Archives: Governors". Sos.mo.gov. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  2. ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson: McFarland & Company. pp. 143–144. ISBN  9780786414390.