Oregon gubernatorial election, 1878

June 3, 1878

County results

Governor before election

Stephen F. Chadwick
Democratic

Elected Governor

W. W. Thayer
Democratic

The 1878 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on June 3, 1878 to elect the governor of the U.S. state of Oregon. The election matched Republican Cornelius C. Beekman against Democrat William Wallace Thayer, with Thayer defeating Beekman by a very small margin.^[1]

Results

Oregon gubernatorial election, 1878^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Wallace Thayer	15,689	47.93
	Republican	Cornelius C. Beekman	15,610	47.69
	Greenback	M. Wilkins	1,434	4.38
Total votes			32,733	100
	Democratic hold

↑ "Beekman, Cornelius C.". Southern Oregon Historical Society. Archived from the original on January 19, 2015.
↑ "Our Campaigns - OR Governor Race - Jun 03, 1878". Retrieved April 18, 2016.

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