Election for the first governor of Florida, USA
1845 Florida gubernatorial election|
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/1845_Florida_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg/300px-1845_Florida_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg.png) County Results Moseley: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% | Call: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |
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The 1845 Florida gubernatorial election was held on May 26, 1845 to elect the first Governor of Florida. Democratic nominee William Dunn Moseley defeated Whig nominee Richard Keith Call with 55.14% of the vote.
- William D. Moseley, Democratic
- Richard K. Call, Whig
County[2][3] | William Dunn Moseley Democratic | Richard Keith Call Whig | Total votes |
# | % | # | % |
Alachua* | 193 | 67.96% | 91 | 23.04% | 284 |
Benton | 78 | 95.12% | 4 | 4.88% | 82 |
Calhoun | 62 | 92.54% | 5 | 7.46% | 67 |
Columbia | 340 | 72.65% | 128 | 27.35% | 468 |
Dade | 60 | 92.31% | 5 | 7.69% | 65 |
Duval | 235 | 61.86% | 156 | 38.14% | 391 |
Escambia | 96 | 35.96% | 171 | 64.04% | 267 |
Franklin | 113 | 51.6% | 106 | 48.4% | 219 |
Gadsden | 230 | 45.19% | 279 | 54.81% | 509 |
Hamilton | 126 | 74.12% | 44 | 25.88% | 170 |
Hillsborough | 74 | 66.07% | 38 | 33.93% | 112 |
Jackson | 130 | 28.14% | 332 | 71.86% | 462 |
Jefferson | 256 | 63.21% | 149 | 36.79% | 405 |
Leon | 269 | 45.59% | 321 | 54.41% | 590 |
Madison | 174 | 58.39% | 124 | 41.61% | 298 |
Marion | 94 | 55.95% | 74 | 44.05% | 168 |
Monroe | 157 | 68.26% | 73 | 31.74% | 230 |
Nassau | 129 | 84.87% | 23 | 15.13% | 152 |
Orange** | 28 | 73.68% | 10 | 26.32% | 38 |
Santa Rosa | 29 | 17.47% | 137 | 82.53% | 166 |
St. Johns | 171 | 61.51% | 107 | 38.49% | 278 |
St. Lucie | 16 | 94.12% | 1 | 5.88% | 17 |
Wakulla | 88 | 53.01% | 78 | 46.99% | 166 |
Walton | 64 | 24.06% | 202 | 75.94% | 266 |
Washington | 71 | 86.59% | 11 | 13.41% | 82 |
Actual Totals | 3,283 | 55.13% | 2,669 | 44.87% | 5,952 |
Official Totals | 3,292 | 55.16% | 2,679 | 44.84% | 5,971 |
*Newly formed Levy County returns was included in count **Votes was counted under old name of Mosquito County |