Election Name: | 1857 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election |
Country: | Pennsylvania |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1854 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1854 |
Next Election: | 1860 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1860 |
Image1: | File:WilliamPacker.jpg |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Nominee1: | William F. Packer |
Popular Vote1: | 188,846 |
Percentage1: | 52.0% |
Nominee2: | David Wilmot |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 146,139 |
Percentage2: | 40.2% |
Image3: | File:Isaac Hazlehurst.jpg |
Nominee3: | Isaac Hazlehurst |
Party3: | Know Nothing |
Popular Vote3: | 28,168 |
Percentage3: | 7.8% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | James Pollock |
Before Party: | Whig Party (United States) |
After Election: | William F. Packer |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1857 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on October 13, 1857. Incumbent governor James Pollock, a Whig, was not a candidate for re-election. Democratic candidate William F. Packer defeated Republican candidate David Wilmot and American Party candidate Isaac Hazlehurst to become Governor of Pennsylvania.