1884 West Virginia gubernatorial election

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]

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^ "WV Governor 1884". Retrieved October 13, 2016.
^ Otis Rice (September 12, 2010). West Virginia: A History. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 171–2. ISBN 978-0-8131-2733-0.171-2&rft.pub=University Press of Kentucky&rft.date=2010-09-12&rft.isbn=978-0-8131-2733-0&rft.au=Otis Rice&rft_id=https://books.google.com/books?id=-GcC_XbfuUEC&pg=PA171&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1884 West Virginia gubernatorial election" class="Z3988">

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