1860 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election

1860 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election

6 August 1860

Nominee Thomas Caute Reynolds T. J. C. Fagg Party Democratic Constitutional Union Popular vote 74,549 59,962 Percentage 48.58% 39.07%   Nominee Monroe Parsons James Lindsay Party Southern Democratic Republican Popular vote 10,760 8,196 Percentage 7.01% 5.34%

Lieutenant Governor before election Hancock Lee Jackson Democratic Elected Lieutenant Governor Thomas Caute Reynolds Democratic

The 1860 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on 6 August 1860 in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Missouri. Democratic nominee Thomas Caute Reynolds defeated Constitutional Union nominee T. J. C. Fagg, Southern Democratic nominee Monroe Parsons and Republican nominee James Lindsay.

General election

On election day, 6 August 1860, Democratic nominee Thomas Caute Reynolds won the election by a margin of 14,587 votes against his foremost opponent Constitutional Union nominee T. J. C. Fagg, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of lieutenant governor. Reynolds was sworn in as the 11th lieutenant governor of Missouri on 3 January 1861.

Results

Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1860

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas Caute Reynolds	74,549	48.58
	Constitutional Union	T. J. C. Fagg	59,962	39.07
	Southern Democratic	Monroe Parsons	10,760	7.01
	Republican	James Lindsay	8,196	5.34
Total votes			153,467	100.00
	Democratic hold

See also

• 1860 Missouri gubernatorial election