1884 Missouri gubernatorial election

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1884 Missouri gubernatorial election
  1880 November 4, 1884 1888  
  John S. Marmaduke.jpg NicholasFord.jpg
Nominee John S. Marmaduke Nicholas Ford
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote218,885207,939
Percentage50.05%47.55%

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Governor before election

Thomas Theodore Crittenden
Democratic

Elected Governor

John S. Marmaduke
Democratic

The 1884 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1884 and resulted in a victory for the Democratic nominee, former Confederate general John S. Marmaduke, over the Republican candidate, former Congressman David Patterson Dyer, and Populist nominee John A. Brooks.

Marmaduke died in 1887 and was replaced for the remainder of this term by Lt. Gov. Albert P. Morehouse. [1]

Results

1884 gubernatorial election, Missouri [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic John S. Marmaduke 218,885 50.05 -2.18
Republican Nicholas Ford 207,93947.55+8.91
Populist John A. Brooks 10,5292.41+2.41
Majority10,9462.50-11.09
Turnout 437,35320.17
Democratic hold Swing

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References

  1. "Missouri Governors".
  2. "Our Campaigns - MO Governor Race - Nov 04, 1884".