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Election 1865 Results

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1865 Iowa governor election

William M. Stone (Republican) beat Thomas H. Benton (Democrat) in Iowa in 1865, 56.4% to 43.3%, a margin of 13.1 points and 16,371 votes.

Republicans led in 78 of the 95 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 17. The largest, Lee, cast 5,154 votes and went to the Democrat by 11.2 points. The closest was Crawford, where 2 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
William M. Stone won Republican 70,461 56.4%
Thomas H. Benton Democratic 54,090 43.3%
All other candidates 353 0.3%
Total124,904

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Lee 2,865 55.6% 2,289 44.4% 5,154 D+11.2
Dubuque 2,842 64.6% 1,556 35.4% 4,398 D+29.2
Scott 1,648 44.0% 2,097 56.0% 3,745 R+12.0
Des Moines 1,609 46.2% 1,871 53.8% 3,480 R+7.5
Marion 1,804 52.4% 1,638 47.6% 3,442 D+4.8
Linn 1,230 37.0% 2,095 63.0% 3,325 R+26.0
Clayton 1,529 48.4% 1,633 51.6% 3,162 R+3.3
Muscatine 1,481 46.9% 1,678 53.1% 3,159 R+6.2
Polk 1,468 46.5% 1,690 53.5% 3,158 R+7.0
Jackson 1,525 49.0% 1,587 51.0% 3,112 R+2.0
Johnson 1,509 49.2% 1,557 50.8% 3,066 R+1.6
Mahaska 1,188 39.5% 1,820 60.5% 3,008 R+21.0
Wapello 1,446 48.4% 1,544 51.6% 2,990 R+3.3
Clinton 1,091 38.1% 1,769 61.9% 2,860 R+23.7
Van Buren 1,202 43.4% 1,565 56.6% 2,767 R+13.1
Henry 828 30.5% 1,885 69.5% 2,713 R+39.0
Washington 988 38.2% 1,600 61.8% 2,588 R+23.6
Jefferson 1,086 42.3% 1,479 57.7% 2,565 R+15.3
Keokuk 1,197 47.8% 1,307 52.2% 2,504 R+4.4
Jasper 1,027 44.1% 1,304 55.9% 2,331 R+11.9
Cedar 760 32.9% 1,551 67.1% 2,311 R+34.2
Jones 839 36.4% 1,464 63.6% 2,303 R+27.1
Allamakee 1,290 56.2% 1,004 43.8% 2,294 D+12.5
Davis 1,072 47.5% 1,185 52.5% 2,257 R+5.0
Appanoose 986 47.3% 1,100 52.7% 2,086 R+5.5
Louisa 832 42.8% 1,114 57.2% 1,946 R+14.5
Warren 756 39.1% 1,179 60.9% 1,935 R+21.9
Fayette 740 39.2% 1,149 60.8% 1,889 R+21.7
Delaware 704 37.3% 1,183 62.7% 1,887 R+25.4
Winneshiek 668 36.9% 1,144 63.1% 1,812 R+26.3
Black Hawk 373 23.1% 1,240 76.9% 1,613 R+53.8
Iowa 734 46.5% 843 53.5% 1,577 R+6.9
Benton 512 32.7% 1,056 67.3% 1,568 R+34.7
Madison 562 36.5% 976 63.5% 1,538 R+26.9
Monroe 654 42.6% 880 57.4% 1,534 R+14.7
Buchanan 583 38.1% 947 61.9% 1,530 R+23.8
Decatur 824 55.1% 671 44.9% 1,495 D+10.2
Marshall 375 27.2% 1,002 72.8% 1,377 R+45.5
Tama 479 35.7% 863 64.3% 1,342 R+28.6
Fremont 776 58.9% 542 41.1% 1,318 D+17.8
Boone 668 54.1% 567 45.9% 1,235 D+8.2
Poweshiek 393 32.8% 807 67.3% 1,200 R+34.5
Wayne 529 46.9% 599 53.1% 1,128 R+6.2
Hardin 334 30.2% 772 69.8% 1,106 R+39.6
Lucas 516 48.3% 553 51.7% 1,069 R+3.5
Dallas 402 37.7% 665 62.3% 1,067 R+24.6
Story 439 44.8% 541 55.2% 980 R+10.4
Pottawattamie 435 45.5% 522 54.5% 957 R+9.1
Bremer 217 23.0% 725 77.0% 942 R+53.9
Chickasaw 419 45.5% 501 54.5% 920 R+8.9
Clarke 359 39.1% 559 60.9% 918 R+21.8
Webster 432 52.2% 396 47.8% 828 D+4.3
Floyd 233 28.2% 592 71.8% 825 R+43.5
Harrison 437 54.4% 367 45.6% 804 D+8.7
Mills 243 31.6% 526 68.4% 769 R+36.8
Mitchell 119 16.4% 606 83.6% 725 R+67.2
Page 298 42.9% 397 57.1% 695 R+14.2
Butler 232 33.6% 458 66.4% 690 R+32.8
Taylor 271 41.5% 382 58.5% 653 R+17.0
Howard 283 44.5% 353 55.5% 636 R+11.0
Guthrie 275 43.4% 358 56.6% 633 R+13.1
Ringgold 152 31.1% 336 68.9% 488 R+37.7
Union 179 42.8% 239 57.2% 418 R+14.4
Cass 171 45.7% 203 54.3% 374 R+8.6
Hamilton 79 21.8% 283 78.2% 362 R+56.4
Franklin 85 25.9% 243 74.1% 328 R+48.2
Adams 111 37.5% 185 62.5% 296 R+25.0
Greene 97 32.9% 198 67.1% 295 R+34.2
Montgomery 113 39.4% 174 60.6% 287 R+21.3
Cerro Gordo 17 6.6% 242 93.4% 259 R+86.9
Adair 95 36.8% 163 63.2% 258 R+26.4
Monona 138 54.3% 116 45.7% 254 D+8.7
Woodbury 87 43.7% 112 56.3% 199 R+12.6
Wright 45 26.6% 124 73.4% 169 R+46.7
Grundy 24 15.1% 135 84.9% 159 R+69.8
Shelby 74 48.1% 80 51.9% 154 R+3.9
Kossuth 12 8.0% 138 92.0% 150 R+84.0
Worth 6 4.0% 143 96.0% 149 R+91.9
Humboldt 31 24.4% 96 75.6% 127 R+51.2
Audubon 66 55.9% 52 44.1% 118 D+11.9
Crawford 58 50.9% 56 49.1% 114 D+1.8
Carroll 54 58.7% 38 41.3% 92 D+17.4
Winnebago 0 0.0% 83 100.0% 83 R+100.0
Sac 40 51.9% 37 48.1% 77 D+3.9
Hancock 14 19.2% 59 80.8% 73 R+61.6
Calhoun 41 69.5% 18 30.5% 59 D+39.0
Dickinson 2 3.7% 52 96.3% 54 R+92.6
Palo Alto 48 88.9% 6 11.1% 54 D+77.8
Pocahontas 10 18.9% 43 81.1% 53 R+62.3
Clay 0 0.0% 38 100.0% 38 R+100.0
Emmet 2 5.4% 35 94.6% 37 R+89.2
Plymouth 0 0.0% 23 100.0% 23 R+100.0
Cherokee 8 36.4% 14 63.6% 22 R+27.3
Ida 3 25.0% 9 75.0% 12 R+50.0
O'Brien 5 71.4% 2 28.6% 7 D+42.9

Counties as they stood in 1865; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Iowa governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Kim Reynolds (R) R+18.5
2018 Kim Reynolds (R) R+2.7
2014 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+21.7
2010 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+9.6
2006 Chet Culver (D) D+9.6
2002 Tom Vilsack (D) D+8.2
1998 Tom Vilsack (D) D+5.8
1994 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+15.2
1990 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+21.8
1986 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+3.9
1982 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+6.3
1978 Robert E. Ray (R) R+17.3
1974 Robert E. Ray (R) R+17.1
1972 Robert E. Ray (R) R+18.2
1970 Robert E. Ray (R) R+4.4
1968 Robert E. Ray (R) R+8.2
1966 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+11.2
1964 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+36.8
1962 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+5.1
1960 Norman A. Erbe (R) R+4.3
1958 Herschel C. Loveless (D) D+8.3
1956 Herschel C. Loveless (D) D+2.4
1954 Leo A. Hoegh (R) R+3.0
1952 William Beardsley (R) R+4.1
1950 William Beardsley (R) R+18.6
1948 William Beardsley (R) R+12.0
1946 Robert D. Blue (R) R+15.3
1944 Robert D. Blue (R) R+12.4
1942 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) R+25.8
1940 George Wilson (R) R+5.7
1938 George Wilson (R) R+7.0
1936 Nelson G. Kraschel (D) D+0.2
1934 Clyde L. Herring (D) D+8.2
1932 Clyde LaVerne Herring (D) D+5.5
1930 Dan W. Turner (R) R+32.1
1928 John Hammill (R) R+25.6
1926 John Hammill (R) R+42.9
1924 John Hammill (R) R+45.4
1922 Nathan E. Kendall (R) R+41.1
1920 Nathan E. Kendall (R) R+20.0
1918 William L. Harding (R) R+3.6
1916 William L. Harding (R) R+24.6
1914 George W. Clarke (R) R+6.4
1912 George W. Clarke (R) R+0.4
1910 Beryl F. Carroll (R) R+4.4
1908 Beryl F. Carroll (R) R+12.8
1906 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+4.8
1903 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+18.9
1901 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+21.3
1899 Leslie M. Shaw (R) R+13.0
1897 Leslie M. Shaw (R) R+6.8
1895 Francis M. Drake (R) R+14.8
1893 Frank D. Jackson (R) R+7.7
1891 Horace Boies (D) D+2.0
1889 Horace Boies (D) D+1.8
1887 William Larrabee (R) R+4.7
1885 William Larrabee (R) R+2.0
1883 Buren R. Sherman (R) R+7.4
1881 Buren R. Sherman (R) R+25.5
1879 John Henry Gear (R) R+24.7
1877 John Henry Gear (R) R+17.1
1875 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood (R) R+14.4
1873 Cyrus Clay Carpenter (R) R+56.0
1871 Cyrus Clay Carpenter (R) R+23.2
1869 Samuel Merrill (R) R+25.9
1867 Samuel Merrill (R) R+17.8
1865 William M. Stone (R) R+13.1