1866 North Carolina gubernatorial election

1866 North Carolina gubernatorial election
October 18, 1866
 
Nominee Jonathan Worth Alfred Dockery
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 34,250 10,759
Percentage 75.87% 23.83%
County results
Worth:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Dockery:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
No Data:      
Governor before election

Jonathan Worth
Nonpartisan

Elected Governor

Jonathan Worth
Nonpartisan

The 1866 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on October 18, 1866. The incumbent governor Jonathan Worth defeated Alfred Dockery.

Worth defeated the provisional governor and wartime unionist William Woods Holden at the previous election. During his term, he assembled a coalition of Conservative Unionists and former Confederates aligned with the Reconstruction policies of president Andrew Johnson that swept Holden's allies from power. Dockery was unofficially selected by Holden's remaining supporters to run for governor in 1866, but he did not seriously contest the election.

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