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1884 West Virginia gubernatorial election

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1884 West Virginia gubernatorial election
← 1880 October 14, 1884 1888 →
 
Nominee Emanuel Willis Wilson Edwin Maxwell
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 71,408 66,059
Percentage 51.95% 48.05%

Governor before election

Jacob B. Jackson
Democratic

Elected Governor

Emanuel Willis Wilson
Democratic

The 1884 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on October 14, 1884, to elect the governor of West Virginia.[1]

Results

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West Virginia gubernatorial election, 1884[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Emanuel Willis Wilson 71,408 51.95
Republican Edwin Maxwell 66,059 48.05
Total votes 137,467 100
Democratic hold

Other sources give different vote totals.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Nancy Capace (January 1, 1999). Encyclopedia of West Virginia. Somerset Publishers, Inc. pp. 91–2. ISBN 978-0-403-09843-9.
  2. ^ "WV Governor 1884". Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  3. ^ Otis Rice (September 12, 2010). West Virginia: A History. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 171–2. ISBN 978-0-8131-2733-0.