1870 Governor election results

16 races · 16 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1870 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1870 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaRobert B. LindsayD77,723 votes · +1,441 over William Russell Smith
ConnecticutJames E. EnglishD44,128 votes · +843 over Marshall Jewell
DelawareJames PonderD12,459 votes · +2,517 over Thomas B. Coursey
KansasJames M. HarveyR40,667 votes · +20,171 over Isaac Sharp
MaineSidney PerhamR54,019 votes · +8,287 over Charles W. Roberts
MassachusettsWilliam ClaflinR79,549 votes · +30,869 over John Quincy Adams II
MichiganHenry P. BaldwinR100,176 votes · +16,621 over Charles C. Comstock
MissouriBenjamin Gratz BrownR104,374 votes · +41,139 over Joseph W. McClurg
NebraskaDavid ButlerR11,126 votes · +2,478 over John H. Croxton
NevadaLewis R. BradleyD7,200 votes · +1,052 over Frederick Augustus Tritle
New HampshireOnslow StearnsR34,912 votes · +9,889 over John Bedell
New YorkJohn T. HoffmanD399,490 votes · +33,066 over Stewart L. Woodford
OregonLa Fayette GroverD11,726 votes · +631 over Joel Palmer
South CarolinaRobert Kingston ScottR85,071 votes · +33,534 over Richard B. Carpenter
VermontJohn W. StewartR33,367 votes · +21,309 over Homer W. Heaton
West VirginiaJohn J. JacobD29,097 votes · +2,173 over William E. Stevenson