Civil War Era Gubernatorial Election Returns in North Carolina (86 counties)

©, 1998, Jeffrey C. Weaver

County	1856 Governor		1860 Governor
	Bragg	Gilmer	Ellis	Pool
Alamance	916	645	771	793
Alexander	466	411	422	594
Alleghany	---	----	373	132
Anson	334	772	290	800
Ashe	734	708	379	811
Beaufort	539	833	637	1110
Bertie	470	545	532	570
Bladen	608	481	660	553
Brunswick	404	468	410	422
Buncombe	969	786	918	912
Burke	522	451	602	584
Cabarrus	426	665	429	877
Caldwell	438	425	370	540
Camden	107	474	96	540
Carteret	493	502	481	561
Caswell	1120	711	945	224
Catwaba	968	158	960	415
Chatham	1166	1062	1245	1255
Cherokee	632	574	664	518
Chowan	291	230	305	278
Cleveland	1109	138	998	419
Columbus	589	306	718	480
Craven	784	535	803	834
Cumberland	1575	928	10232	861
Currituck	556	146	759	219
Davidson	823	1191	972	1388
Davie	353	586	481	690
Duplin	1112	155	1358	197
Edgecombe	1568	189	1095	127
Forsyth	1080	926	1015	1028
Franklin	744	334	810	406
Gaston	799	133	860	200
Gates	459	392	431	461
Granville	1225	994	1144	983
Greene	432	289	421	345
Guilford	571	2059	457	2137
Halifax	786	584	788	595
Harnett	652	229	602	203
Haywood	537	254	577	306
Henderson	665	647	586	829
Hertford	335	392	353	399
Hyde	332	501	500	498
Iredell	351	1349	382	1716
Jackson	570	112	598	164
Johnston	1026	817	1014	864
Jones	261	180	275	212
Lenoir	447	263	556	349
Lincoln	614	223	830	296
Macon	367	396	400	486
Madison	576	247	593	263
Martin	706	340	746	359
McDowell	536	305	457	532
Mecklenburg	1024	623	1274	757
Montgomery	211	725	175	832
Moore	733	677	749	843
Nash	1107	93	1058	122
New Hanover	1522	870	1549	713
Northampton	695	428	779	609
Onslow	711	108	841	133
Orange	1119	1045	1109	1238
Pasquotank	330	502	360	561
Perquimans	304	348	298	412
Person	678	384	620	299
Pitt	775	716	771	778
Polk	___	___	325	175
Randolph	561	1281	448	1567
Richmond	246	556	251	565
Robeson	773	669	844	681
Rockingham	1168	439	1137	444
Rowan	885	905	1160	1079
Rutherford	1070	781	701	804
Sampson	990	497	1042	590
Stanly	166	797	89	1065
Stokes	769	498	813	470
Surry	877	579	933	579
Tyrell	124	309	213	280
Union	835	273	931	425
Wake	1693	1124	1491	1573
Warren	819	101	874	134
Washington	261	377	212	481
Watauga	257	392	259	442
Wayne	1332	274	1201	389
Wilkes	609	1264	614	1419
Wilson	___	____	936	134
Yadkin	633	888	736	899
Yancey	810	320	774	474
Total	57555	44961	59396	53302

Notes:
(Pool carried 32 of 86 counties in 1860)
(Gilmer carried 29 of 83 counties in 1856)

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