1862 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

1862 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
2 April 1862
 
Nominee William Sprague IV
Party National Union
Popular vote 11,195
Percentage 99.42%
County results
Sprague:      >90%
Governor before election

William Sprague IV
Union

 Elected Governor

William Sprague IV
Union

The 1862 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on 2 April 1862 in order to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Incumbent Governor William Sprague IV won re-election as he ran unopposed. Sprague was nominated by Rhode Island's Union Party, a coalition of Democrats, conservative Republicans, and ex-Whigs that had supported him in the two previous elections. Unlike in 1861, the regular Republican Party did not run a candidate against Sprague, choosing instead to support the popular incumbent.

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