1865 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

1865 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
April 5, 1865
 
Nominee James Y. Smith
Party National Union
Popular vote 10,153
Percentage 92.43%
County results
Smith:      >90%
Governor before election

James Y. Smith
National Union

Elected Governor

James Y. Smith
National Union

A gubernatorial election was held in Rhode Island on April 5, 1865. The National Union incumbent governor James Y. Smith was re-elected against token opposition.

Smith, a Radical Republican, won the 1863 Rhode Island gubernatorial election and was re-elected in 1864. His nearest opponent was the former state senator Edward Harris, an abolitionist and temperance supporter who ran on the Equal Rights ticket.

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