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Election 1869 Results

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1869 Iowa governor election

Samuel Merrill (Republican) beat George Gillaspie (Democrat) in Iowa in 1869, 62.9% to 37.1%, a margin of 25.9 points and 39,956 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1867, when Samuel Merrill also won.

Republicans led in 91 of the 97 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6. The largest, Clinton, cast 6,222 votes and went to the Republican by 20.0 points. The closest was Audubon, where 4 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
Samuel Merrill won Republican 97,243 62.9%
George Gillaspie Democratic 57,287 37.1%
All other candidates 5 0.0%
Total154,535

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Clinton 2,489 40.0% 3,733 60.0% 6,222 R+20.0
Lee 2,860 52.4% 2,603 47.6% 5,463 D+4.7
Dubuque 3,267 62.9% 1,927 37.1% 5,194 D+25.8
Marion 1,980 48.4% 2,115 51.6% 4,095 R+3.3
Scott 1,402 36.7% 2,418 63.3% 3,820 R+26.6
Johnson 1,794 49.2% 1,853 50.8% 3,647 R+1.6
Wapello 1,625 45.9% 1,915 54.1% 3,540 R+8.2
Des Moines 1,508 42.8% 2,012 57.2% 3,520 R+14.3
Linn 1,065 30.4% 2,442 69.6% 3,507 R+39.3
Polk 972 29.5% 2,325 70.5% 3,297 R+41.0
Clayton 1,379 42.2% 1,890 57.8% 3,269 R+15.6
Jackson 1,681 51.7% 1,569 48.3% 3,250 D+3.4
Allamakee 1,435 49.1% 1,485 50.8% 1 2,921 R+1.7
Mahaska 968 33.2% 1,949 66.8% 2,917 R+33.6
Van Buren 1,217 42.0% 1,681 58.0% 2,898 R+16.0
Jasper 716 24.9% 2,163 75.1% 2,879 R+50.3
Keokuk 1,208 43.5% 1,566 56.5% 2,774 R+12.9
Delaware 953 34.4% 1,817 65.6% 2,770 R+31.2
Henry 649 24.6% 1,984 75.4% 2,633 R+50.7
Jefferson 1,058 40.4% 1,563 59.6% 2,621 R+19.3
Benton 804 31.0% 1,791 69.0% 2,595 R+38.0
Davis 1,195 47.5% 1,320 52.5% 2,515 R+5.0
Appanoose 1,084 44.1% 1,374 55.9% 2,458 R+11.8
Jones 726 30.9% 1,625 69.1% 2,351 R+38.2
Cedar 702 31.7% 1,513 68.3% 2,215 R+36.6
Washington 715 32.3% 1,500 67.7% 2,215 R+35.4
Madison 786 36.5% 1,366 63.5% 2,152 R+27.0
Pottawattamie 1,007 47.0% 1,134 53.0% 2,141 R+5.9
Marshall 466 22.0% 1,656 78.0% 2,122 R+56.1
Iowa 870 41.1% 1,248 58.9% 2,118 R+17.8
Muscatine 496 24.1% 1,566 75.9% 2,062 R+51.9
Warren 575 28.3% 1,457 71.7% 2,032 R+43.4
Decatur 986 48.9% 1,031 51.1% 2,017 R+2.2
Fayette 678 34.2% 1,306 65.8% 1,984 R+31.7
Louisa 687 34.9% 1,281 65.1% 1 1,969 R+30.2
Poweshiek 610 32.1% 1,293 67.9% 1,903 R+35.9
Boone 730 39.1% 1,138 60.9% 1,868 R+21.8
Winneshiek 582 31.7% 1,254 68.3% 1,836 R+36.6
Buchanan 520 29.0% 1,275 71.0% 1,795 R+42.1
Monroe 706 39.6% 1,076 60.4% 1,782 R+20.8
Fremont 907 51.1% 867 48.9% 1,774 D+2.3
Black Hawk 208 12.1% 1,514 87.9% 1,722 R+75.8
Wayne 669 40.1% 998 59.9% 1,667 R+19.7
Tama 415 25.6% 1,205 74.4% 1,620 R+48.8
Harrison 702 45.4% 845 54.6% 1,547 R+9.2
Lucas 598 39.8% 905 60.2% 1,503 R+20.4
Hardin 337 22.9% 1,132 77.1% 1,469 R+54.1
Dallas 376 26.7% 1,031 73.3% 1,407 R+46.6
Story 374 27.4% 992 72.6% 1,366 R+45.2
Mitchell 206 15.4% 1,134 84.6% 1,340 R+69.3
Bremer 325 25.1% 970 74.9% 1,295 R+49.8
Clarke 333 26.1% 942 73.9% 1,275 R+47.8
Chickasaw 387 30.4% 887 69.6% 1,274 R+39.2
Floyd 272 23.1% 908 76.9% 1,180 R+53.9
Webster 471 40.5% 692 59.5% 1,163 R+19.0
Mills 440 39.1% 686 60.9% 1,126 R+21.8
Page 332 31.5% 721 68.5% 1,053 R+36.9
Guthrie 397 39.4% 610 60.6% 1,007 R+21.2
Taylor 281 28.5% 705 71.5% 986 R+43.0
Butler 246 26.4% 687 73.6% 933 R+47.3
Cass 336 37.3% 564 62.7% 900 R+25.3
Howard 304 36.3% 534 63.7% 838 R+27.4
Woodbury 313 39.7% 475 60.3% 788 R+20.6
Union 275 35.5% 499 64.5% 774 R+28.9
Hamilton 109 14.2% 659 85.7% 1 769 R+71.5
Adams 205 28.2% 522 71.8% 727 R+43.6
Ringgold 222 30.5% 505 69.5% 727 R+38.9
Franklin 83 11.7% 626 88.3% 709 R+76.6
Adair 219 31.6% 473 68.4% 692 R+36.7
Greene 218 31.5% 473 68.4% 1 692 R+36.8
Montgomery 291 42.4% 395 57.6% 686 R+15.2
Cerro Gordo 108 17.9% 496 82.1% 604 R+64.2
Monona 153 29.6% 364 70.4% 517 R+40.8
Humboldt 111 24.9% 335 75.1% 446 R+50.2
Grundy 26 6.8% 357 93.2% 383 R+86.4
Crawford 146 39.5% 224 60.5% 370 R+21.1
Carroll 113 31.4% 247 68.6% 360 R+37.2
Kossuth 1 0.3% 352 99.7% 353 R+99.4
Wright 77 22.2% 270 77.8% 347 R+55.6
Shelby 90 35.2% 166 64.8% 256 R+29.7
Sac 51 21.6% 185 78.4% 236 R+56.8
Audubon 118 50.9% 114 49.1% 232 D+1.7
Cherokee 30 14.2% 181 85.8% 211 R+71.6
Worth 5 2.4% 203 97.1% 1 209 R+94.7
Buena Vista 31 15.8% 165 84.2% 196 R+68.4
Winnebago 0 0.0% 182 100.0% 182 R+100.0
Emmet 15 8.3% 165 91.7% 180 R+83.3
Hancock 35 20.5% 136 79.5% 171 R+59.1
Calhoun 64 38.1% 104 61.9% 168 R+23.8
Dickinson 9 5.9% 144 94.1% 153 R+88.2
Pocahontas 23 17.4% 109 82.6% 132 R+65.2
Clay 5 4.3% 111 95.7% 116 R+91.4
Palo Alto 64 56.1% 50 43.9% 114 D+12.3
Plymouth 0 0.0% 96 100.0% 96 R+100.0
O'Brien 2 3.3% 59 96.7% 61 R+93.4
Ida 1 2.3% 42 97.7% 43 R+95.3
Sioux 7 30.4% 16 69.6% 23 R+39.1

Counties as they stood in 1869; 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