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1878 Governor election results

17 races · 17 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1878 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1878 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaRufus W. CobbD88,255 votes
ArkansasWilliam Read MillerD88,726 votes
ColoradoFrederick Walker PitkinR14,308 votes · +2,773 over William A. H. Loveland
ConnecticutCharles B. AndrewsR48,867 votes · +2,482 over Richard D. Hubbard
DelawareJohn W. HallD10,730 votes · +7,895 over Kensey Johns Stewart
KansasJohn St. JohnR74,020 votes · +36,812 over John R. Goodin
MaineSeldon ConnorR56,554 votes · +15,183 over Joseph L. Smith
MassachusettsThomas TalbotR134,725 votes · +25,290 over Benjamin Franklin Butler
MichiganCharles CroswellR126,367 votes · +47,819 over Orlando M. Barnes
NebraskaAlbinus NanceR29,469 votes · +15,996 over William H. Webster
NevadaJohn Henry KinkeadR9,747 votes · +495 over Lewis R. Bradley
OregonWilliam Wallace ThayerD16,201 votes · +69 over Cornelius C. Beekman
PennsylvaniaHenry M. HoytR319,567 votes · +22,507 over Andrew H. Dill
Rhode IslandCharles C. Van ZandtR11,454 votes · +3,815 over Isaac Lawrence
South CarolinaWade Hampton IIID119,550 votes
TexasOran Milo RobertsD158,302 votes · +103,300 over W. H. Hamman
VermontRedfield ProctorR37,312 votes · +20,065 over W. H. H. Bingham