1884 West Virginia gubernatorial election

1884 West Virginia gubernatorial election

October 14, 1884

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

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

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.