1888 Colorado Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1888 Colorado Gubernatorial Election?

Job Adams Cooper won the 1888 Colorado Gubernatorial Election. Job Adams Cooper received 49,490 popular votes (53.84%). The main challenger was Thomas M. Patterson (42.64%).

See the full head-to-head between Cooper and Patterson

Cooper +11.2 pts · won by 10,293 votes
49,490 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 3.5% 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.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.