Party Affiliations of Governors, 1850-1860

Sources: Whig Almanac, 1852 and 1854, Tribune Almanac, 1856, 1858, and 1860; Kallenbach and Kallenbach, eds., American State Governors, 1776-1976: Volume I: Electoral and Personal Data (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc, 1977).
Northern States
STATE: 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860
Connecticut D D D  D W KN KN  KN/R R R R 
Maine D D D  D W KN R  R R R R 
Massachusetts W D D  W W KN KN  KN R R R 
New Hampshire D D D  D D KN KN  R R R R 
Rhode Island W D D  D W W/KN KN  R R R R 
Vermont W W W  W D W/R R  R R R R 
New York W W W  D D W/FS R  R R R R 
New Jersey D D D  D D D D  R R R R 
Pennsylvania W W D  D D KN KN  KN D D D 
Illinois D D D  D D D D  R R R R 
Indiana D D D  D D D D  D D D D 
Iowa D D D  D D R R  R R R R 
Michigan D D D  D D R R  R R R R 
Minnesota * * *  * * * *  * D D R 
Ohio W D D  D D D R  R R R R 
Wisconsin D D W/FS  W/FS D D D  R R R R 
Pacific States
STATE: 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860
California * * D  D D D KN  KN D D D 
Oregon * * *  * * * *  * D D D 
Southern States
STATE: 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860
Delaware D D D  D D KN KN  AM AM AM D 
Maryland D D D  D D D D  D AM AM AM 
Kentucky W W D  D D D KN  AM AM AM D 
Missouri D D D  D D D D  D D D D 
Alabama D D D  D D D D  D D D D 
Arkansas D D D  D D D D  D D D D 
Florida W W W  W D D D  D D D D 
Georgia D D UD  UD D D D  D D D D 
Louisiana D D D  D D D D  D D D D 
Mississippi D D UD  UD D D D  D D D D 
North Carolina W D D  D D D D  D D D D 
South Carolina D D D  D D D D  D D D D 
Tennessee D D W  W D D D  D D D D 
Texas D D D  D D D D  D D D D 
Virginia D D D  D D D D  D D D D 
Key:
D=Democratic
UD=Unionist Democratic
W=Whig
KN=Know-Nothing
AM=(South) American
R=Republican
*=Territory
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