1884 West Virginia gubernatorial election

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1884 West Virginia gubernatorial election
  1880 October 14, 1884 1888  
  GovernorWilson.gif Edwin Maxwell 1900.png
Nominee Emanuel Willis Wilson Edwin Maxwell
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote71,40866,059
Percentage51.95%48.05%

1884 West Virginia gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Wilson:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%
Maxwell:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%

Governor before election

Jacob B. Jackson
Democratic

Elected Governor

Emanuel Willis Wilson
Democratic

The 1884 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on October 14, 1884, to elect the governor of West Virginia. [1]

Results

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 1884 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Emanuel Willis Wilson 71,408 51.95
Republican Edwin Maxwell 66,05948.05
Total votes137,467 100
Democratic hold

Other sources give different vote totals. [3]

References

  1. Nancy Capace (January 1, 1999). Encyclopedia of West Virginia. Somerset Publishers, Inc. pp. 91–2. ISBN   978-0-403-09843-9.
  2. "WV Governor 1884" . Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  3. Otis Rice (September 12, 2010). West Virginia: A History. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 171–2. ISBN   978-0-8131-2733-0.