1884 West Virginia gubernatorial election
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The 1884 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on October 14, 1884, to elect the governor of West Virginia.[1]
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Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
edit- ^ Nancy Capace (January 1, 1999). Encyclopedia of West Virginia. Somerset Publishers, Inc. pp. 91–2. ISBN 978-0-403-09843-9.
- ^ "WV Governor 1884". Retrieved October 13, 2016.
- ^ Otis Rice (September 12, 2010). West Virginia: A History. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 171–2. ISBN 978-0-8131-2733-0.