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1886 Governor election results

23 races · 23 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1886 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1886 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaThomas SeayD145,095 votes · +108,302 over Arthur Bingham
ArkansasSimon Pollard Hughes Jr.D90,650 votes · +36,587 over Lafayette Gregg
CaliforniaWashington BartlettD84,970 votes · +654 over John Franklin Swift
ColoradoAlva AdamsD29,234 votes · +2,418 over William H Meyer
ConnecticutEdward S. ClevelandD58,818 votes · +1,898 over Phineas C. Lounsbury
DelawareBenjamin T. BiggsD13,942 votes · +6,110 over John H. Hoffecker
GeorgiaJohn B. GordonD101,159 votes
KansasJohn W. MartinR149,715 votes · +34,048 over Thomas Moonlight
MaineJoseph R. BodwellR68,850 votes · +13,561 over Clark S. Edwards
MassachusettsOliver AmesR122,346 votes · +9,463 over John Albion Andrew
MichiganCyrus G. LuceR181,474 votes · +7,432 over George L. Yaple
MinnesotaAndrew Ryan McGillR107,064 votes · +2,600 over A A Ames
NebraskaJohn Milton ThayerR75,956 votes · +23,300 over James E North
NevadaCharles C. StevensonR6,463 votes · +594 over Jewett W. Adams
New HampshireCharles H. SawyerR37,819 votes · +485 over Thomas H. Cogswell
New JerseyRobert Stockton GreenD109,939 votes · +8,020 over Benjamin Franklin Howey
OregonSylvester PennoyerD27,901 votes · +3,702 over Thomas R. Cornelius
PennsylvaniaJames A. BeaverR412,285 votes · +42,651 over Chauncey Forward Black
Rhode IslandGeorge P. WetmoreR14,340 votes · +4,396 over Amasa Sprague
TennesseeRobert Love TaylorD126,491 votes · +16,649 over Alfred A. Taylor
TexasLawrence Sullivan RossD228,776 votes · +163,540 over Archelaus M. Cochran
VermontEbenezer J OrmsbeeR37,709 votes · +20,522 over Stephen C Shurtleff
WisconsinJeremiah McLain RuskR133,247 votes · +18,718 over Gilbert M. Woodward