1879 Governor election results

11 races · 11 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1879 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1879 Governor results by state
State	Winner	Result
California	George Clement Perkins R	67,965 votes · +20,298 over Hugh J. Glenn
Iowa	John H. Gear R	157,408 votes · +72,044 over Henry Hoffman Trimble
Kentucky	Luke P. Blackburn D	125,399 votes · +43,518 over Walter Evans
Louisiana	Louis A. Wiltz D	74,769 votes · +34,005 over Taylor Beattie
Maine	Daniel F. Davis R	68,527 votes · +20,540 over Joseph L. Smith
Maryland	William Thomas Hamilton D	90,771 votes · +22,162 over James Albert Gary
Massachusetts	John Davis Long R	122,751 votes · +13,602 over Benjamin Franklin Butler
Minnesota	John S. Pillsbury R	57,524 votes · +16,000 over Edmund Rice
Ohio	Charles Foster R	336,261 votes · +17,129 over Thomas Ewing Jr.
Rhode Island	Charles C. Van Zandt R	9,717 votes · +4,211 over Thomas W. Segar
Wisconsin	William E Smith R	100,535 votes · +25,505 over James Graham Jenkins