North Carolina gubernatorial election
1858 North Carolina gubernatorial election|
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The 1858 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on 5 August 1858 in order to elect the Governor of North Carolina. Democratic nominee and incumbent state superior court judge John Willis Ellis defeated Independent Democrat nominee and former United States Consul to Paris Duncan K. McRae.[1]
- ^ Martin Reidinger. McRae, Duncan Kirkland. From Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.