1879 Iowa Gubernatorial Election
Who won the 1879 Iowa Gubernatorial Election?
John H. Gear won the 1879 Iowa Gubernatorial Election. John H. Gear received 157,408 popular votes (53.94%). The main challenger was Henry Hoffman Trimble (29.25%).
See the full head-to-head between Gear and Trimble
Gear +24.7 pts · won by 72,044 votes
157,408 votes
85,364 votes
45,674 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.2% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.