1870 West Virginia gubernatorial election

The 1870 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on October 27, 1870, to elect the governor of West Virginia.

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 1870
October 27, 1870
 
Nominee John J. Jacob William E. Stevenson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 29,097 26,924
Percentage 51.94% 48.06%
Governor before election

William E. Stevenson
Republican

 Elected Governor

John J. Jacob
Democratic

Elections in West Virginia

This was the last election of a governor to a 2-year term. Starting in 1872, West Virginia would elect its governor to a 4-year term.

Results
West Virginia gubernatorial election, 1870[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John J. Jacob 29,097 51.94
Republican William E. Stevenson 26,924 48.06
Total votes 59,021 100
Democratic gain from Republican
gollark: It's very ethical.
gollark: All of my important critical infrastructure is written in shell scripts, Python, Rust or nginx configuration files.
gollark: Wrong.
gollark: It's unethical.
gollark: Why would you use Java? Just don't.

References
  1. "Our Campaigns - WV Governor Race - Oct 27, 1870". Retrieved June 3, 2016.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.