The 1868 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on April 21, 1868. Republican nominee William Woods Holden defeated Conservative nominee Thomas Samuel Ashe with 55.49% of the vote.
General election
Candidates Major party candidates William Woods Holden, Republican Thomas Samuel Ashe, Conservative (Democratic) Ashe is sometimes erroneously listed as a Democratic nominee, because the Conservative Party acted largely as the equivalent of the Democratic Party in North Carolina at times, and re-named itself the Democratic Party in 1876, but as of 1868, it was the Conservative Party banner under which Ashe ran.OurCampaignsNCpedia: Conservative Party Ashe became the nominee only after Zebulon B. Vance and Augustus Merrimon had declined the Conservatives' nomination.NCpedia: Thomas Samuel Ashe
Other candidates Daniel R. Goodloe, Independent
Results
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