1884 Illinois gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1884 Illinois gubernatorial election Illinois 1915 presidential No 1880 Illinois gubernatorial election 1880 1888 Illinois gubernatorial election 1888 1884 11 4 Richard Oglesby, 1892 (cropped).jpg Richard J. Oglesby Republican Party (United States) 334,234 49.63% Carter Harrison, Sr. - Brady-Handy (cropped2).jpg Carter Harrison Sr. Democratic Party (United States) 319,635 47.47% 1884 Illinois gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 160px County results<br/ >Oglesby: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Harrison: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% Governor John Marshall Hamilton Republican Party (United States) Richard J. Oglesby Republican Party (United States) x150px The 1884 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1884. Republican Richard J. Oglesby defeated Democratic Chicago mayor Carter Harrison Sr. with 49.63 percent of the vote. Oglesby's victory was the eighth consecutive victory for the Republican Party since 1856. General election Candidates Jesse Harper, former national chair of the Greenback Party and nominee for U.S. representative in 1878 (Greenback) Carter Harrison Sr., mayor of Chicago (Democratic) James Bartlett Hobbs (Prohibition) Richard J. Oglesby, former governor and former U.S. senator (Republican) Results Illinois gubernatorial election, 1884Glashan 1979 80–81Illinois Official Vote 1884 5-6https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263297 IL Governor, 1884 Our Campaigns 4 August 2021 Journal of the Senate of the Thirty-Fourth General Assembly of the State of Illinois https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.aa0001668508&view=1up&seq=126&skin=2021 Springfield, Ill. Journal Co., State Printers 120 1885 Republican Party (United States) Richard J. Oglesby 334,234 49.63% Democratic Party (United States) Carter Harrison Sr. 319,635 47.47% Prohibition Party James Bartlett Hobbs 10,905 1.62% Greenback Party Jesse Harper 8,605 1.28% Scattering 10 0.00% 14,599 2.16% 673,389 Republican Party (United States) See also 1884 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election References Bibliography 1885 Vote of the State of Illinois at the General Election held November 4, 1884 https://archive.org/details/officialvoteofst084illi/mode/2up Springfield, Ill. H. W. Rokker, Printer and Binder Illinois Official Vote 1884 Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books 1979 0-930466-17-9 Governor 1884 Illinois Category:November 1884 in the United States Category:Carter Harrison III