The 1848 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on August 7, 1848, the
Democratic nominee,
Austin Augustus King
Austin Augustus King (September 21, 1802 – April 22, 1870), also known as Austin A. King and Austin King, was an American lawyer, politician, and military officer. A Democrat, he was the tenth Governor of Missouri and a one-term United Sta ...
, defeated
Whig candidate
James S. Rollins.
Results
References
Missouri
1848
1848 is historically famous for the wave of revolutions, a series of widespread struggles for more liberal governments, which broke out from Brazil to Hungary; although most failed in their immediate aims, they significantly altered the polit ...
Gubernatorial
August 1848 events
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