Election Name: | 1854 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election |
Country: | Pennsylvania |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1851 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1851 |
Next Election: | 1857 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1857 |
Image1: | File:James Pollock Pennsylvania Governor.jpg |
Party1: | Whig Party (United States) |
Nominee1: | James Pollock |
Popular Vote1: | 203,822 |
Percentage1: | 54.6% |
Nominee2: | William Bigler |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 166,991 |
Percentage2: | 44.8% |
Map Size: | 250px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | William Bigler |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | James Pollock |
After Party: | Whig Party (United States) |
The 1854 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on October 10, 1854. Incumbent governor William Bigler, a Democrat, was a candidate for re-election but was defeated by Whig candidate James Pollock.
Bigler became the last sitting Governor of Pennsylvania to be defeated for reelection until Tom Corbett in 2014.
This was the last time that a candidate not from the Democratic or Republican parties was elected Governor of Pennsylvania.