Illinois gubernatorial election, 1826



Nominee	Ninian Edwards	Thomas Sloo, Jr.	Adolphus Hubbard
Party	Adams	Jacksonian	Independent
Running mate	William Kinney	Unknown	Unknown
Popular vote	6,280	5,834	580
Percentage	49.47	45.96	4.57

Gold denotes a county won by Edwards; Blue by Sloo.

Governor before election

Edward Coles
Independent

Elected Governor

Ninian Edwards
Democratic-Republican

The Illinois gubernatorial election of 1826 was the third quadrennial election for this office. former Territorial Governor Ninian Edwards was elected with a 49% plurality. State senator Thomas Sloo, Jr. came in second and Former Lieutenant Governor Adolphus Hubbard came in third.

Results

1826 gubernatorial election, Illinois
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Adams	Ninian Edwards	6,280	49.47	N/A
	Jacksonian	Thomas Sloo Jr.	5,834	45.96	N/A
	Independent	Adolphus Hubbard	580	4.57	N/A
Majority			446	3.51	N/A
Turnout			12,694
	Adams gain from Independent		Swing

References

Illinois Blue Book 1899

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