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1822 Illinois gubernatorial election

Coles: 50–60% 60–70% 80–90% Phillips: 40–50% 60–70% 70–80% Browne: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Moore: 60–70%

The 1822 Illinois gubernatorial election was Illinois's second gubernatorial election and its first competitive election. All candidates in the election represented the Democratic-Republican Party except Edward Coles, who ran as an independent.

The election resulted in the narrow victory of anti-slavery Edward Coles over the pro-slavery Joseph Philips.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Independent	2,854	33.16	N/A
	Democratic-Republican	2,687	31.22	N/A
	Democratic-Republican	2,443	28.39	N/A
	Democratic-Republican	622	7.23	N/A
167	1.94	N/A
8,606
	Independent hold

Illinois Blue Book

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