• Source: 1850 Iowa gubernatorial election

    • The 1850 Iowa gubernatorial election was held on August 5, 1850.
    Incumbent Democratic governor Ansel Briggs declined to stand for re-election.
    Democratic nominee Stephen P. Hempstead defeated Whig nominee James L. Thompson and Free Soil nominee William Penn Clark with 52.94% of the vote.


    General election




    = Candidates

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    William Penn Clark, Free Soil, lawyer, former newspaper editor
    Stephen P. Hempstead, Democratic, former president of the Iowa Territory Legislative Council
    James L. Thompson, Whig, Methodist preacher


    = Results

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