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1860 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
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The 1860 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 4, 1860.[1]
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Incumbent Republican Governor Thomas G. Turner lost renomination to former member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives Seth Padelford. Padelford lost the general election to Democratic and Conservative nominee William Sprague IV.