1869 Tennessee gubernatorial election

1869 Tennessee gubernatorial election
August 5, 1869
 
Nominee Dewitt Clinton Senter William Brickly Stokes
Party Conservative Republican Radical Republican
Popular vote 120,333 55,036
Percentage 68.62% 31.38%
County results
Senter:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Stokes:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
No data:      
Governor before election

Dewitt Clinton Senter
Republican

Elected Governor

Dewitt Clinton Senter
Republican

The 1869 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on August 5, 1869, to elect the next governor of Tennessee. The Conservative Republican candidate DeWitt Clinton Senter defeated the Radical Republican candidate William Brickly Stokes.

Incumbent Republican governor Parson Brownlow was elected to the United States Senate and resigned as governor on February 25, 1869. Senter, being the speaker of the Tennessee Senate, became governor following Brownlow's resignation.

The Tennessee Republican Party held its convention on February 25, 1869, and gave its gubernatorial nomination to Governor Senter.

Senter ran for a full term and easily defeated Stokes, the congressman from Tennessee's 3rd congressional district.

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