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| Office | Governor |
| Honorific | Governor - Abbr: Gov. |
| Type | General Election |
| Filing Deadline | June 06, 1855 - 12:00pm Central |
| Polls Open | September 05, 1855 - 06:00am Central |
| Polls Close | September 05, 1855 - 08:00pm Central |
| Term Start | January 09, 1856 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | January 08, 1858 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modified | Chronicler June 13, 2007 07:55pm |
| Data Sources | American State Governors, 1776-1976, v1, Joseph and Jessamine Kallenbach |
| Description |
In this election, the Know-Nothings won the race for Governor. The party had managed to take control of the San Francisco government in the election of 1854 two months after becoming formally organized.
The American Party held its first state convention in Sacramento on 8/7/1855. J. Neely Johnson, a former Whig, was nominated for Governor.
During the campaign, the Whig Party officially re-organized but chose not to run a candidate for Governor.
In the election, the American Party won the governorship with the support of the anti-Broderick Democrats. The American Party also assumed control of the state legislature.
Norman D. Brown, Edward Stanly: Whiggery's Tarheel 'Conqueror', pp. 173-177.
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