1860 Missouri gubernatorial election - Wikipedia
The 1860 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on August 6, 1860, and resulted in a victory for the Democratic nominee, Claiborne Fox Jackson.
Timeline of Historic Missouri: 1861-1869 - Missouri Secretary of …
Hamilton Gamble was appointed provisional Governor of Missouri by the Convention. In response, Jackson issued a proclamation on August 5 declaring Missouri a free republic, …
List of governors of Missouri - Wikipedia
Elections in Missouri. The governor of Missouri is the head of government of the U.S. state of Missouri and the commander-in-chief of the Missouri National Guard.
The Election of 1860 | The Civil War in Missouri
The election of 1860 showed that Missourians desired to preserve the Union and slavery with it. Missourians, without knowing it, had elected a secessionist, Governor Jackson. He had …
Claiborne Fox Jackson - Wikipedia
He was elected as the 15th Governor of Missouri, serving from January 3, 1861, until July 31, 1861, when he was forced out by the Unionist majority in the Missouri General Assembly after …
Claiborne Fox Jackson (1806–1862) | Missouri Encyclopedia
Stymied in his attempts to gain election to Congress, Jackson began actively campaigning for the Democratic nomination for the gubernatorial election of 1860.
Civil War Resources 3 - Missouri Secretary of State
Following Lincoln's 1860 election, southern states began seceding from the Union. Missouri's newly-elected governor, Claiborne Fox Jackson, proposed a state convention to determine …
Jackson, Claiborne Fox | Civil War on the Western Border: The Missouri …
In 1860, against the backdrop of the presidential election, fear of antislavery Republicans allowed Jackson to win the state’s governorship against three other candidates. Staunchly supportive …
History of Greene County, Missouri - The Library
THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1860. In very many respects the Presidential campaign of 1860 was the most remarkable, not only in the history of Greene county, but of the United …
The Missouri Election. (Published 1860) - The New York Times
The Republican says HINDERSON, Dem., is defeated for Congress in the Second District, by 249. As far as heard from, JACKSON leads ORR, for Governor, 6,290 votes.
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