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The Missouri gubernatorial election of 1840 was Missouri's seventh gubernatorial election, which was held on August 3, 1840.

In the election, Democrat Thomas Reynolds defeated Whig candidate John Bullock Clark. Thomas Reynolds would not live for the full length of this term, committing suicide on February 9, 1844,^[1] and being replaced by Lt. Governor Meredith Miles Marmaduke.

1840 gubernatorial election, Missouri^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Thomas Reynolds	29,625	57.15	+4.85
	Whig	John Bullock Clark	22,212	42.85	+42.85
Majority			7,413	14.30	+9.70
Turnout			51,837	13.51
	Democratic hold		Swing

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 The '''Missouri gubernatorial election of 1840''' was [[Missouri]]'s seventh [[gubernatorial election]], which was held on August 3, 1840.
-==Election results==
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 In the election, [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Thomas Reynolds (governor)|Thomas Reynolds]] defeated [[Whig Party (US)|Whig]] candidate [[John Bullock Clark, Sr.|John Bullock Clark]].  [[Thomas Reynolds (governor)|Thomas Reynolds]] would not live for the full length of this term, committing suicide on February 9, 1844,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dmh.mo.gov/about/historyofmi.htm |title=Mental Health – Governor's Suicide Calls Attention to Mental Illness |publisher=Dmh.mo.gov |accessdate=2013-03-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216190412/http://dmh.mo.gov/about/historyofmi.htm |archivedate=2013-12-16 }}</ref> and being replaced by [[List of lieutenant governors of Missouri|Lt. Governor]] [[Meredith Miles Marmaduke]].