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1874 Oregon gubernatorial election
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1874 Oregon gubernatorial election Oregon presidential no 1870 Oregon gubernatorial election 1870 1878 Oregon gubernatorial election 1878 June 1, 1874 File:La Fayette Grover - Brady-Handy.jpg 150x150px La Fayette Grover Democratic Party (United States) 9,713 38.23% 3x4.svg J. C. Tolman Republican Party (United States) 9,163 36.06% File:Thomas Franklin Campbell.jpg Thomas F. Campbell Independent 6,532 25.71% 1874 Oregon gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 270px County results Grover: #BDD3FF 30–40% #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% Tolman: #FFC8CD 30–40% #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% Campbell: #E6E6E6 30–40% #D9D9D9 40–50% Governor La Fayette Grover Democratic Party (United States) La Fayette Grover Democratic Party (United States)
The 1874 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on June 1, 1874, to elect the governor of the U.S. state of Oregon. The election matched Republican J. C. Tolman against Democratic incumbent La Fayette Grover and independent Thomas Franklin Campbell.Thomas Franklin Campbell http://ncbible.org/nwh/ProCampTF.html 9 April 2026 Grover narrowly won reelection in a three-way race; his 38.23% share of the vote is the lowest for any winning gubernatorial candidate in Oregon.
Results
1874 Oregon gubernatorial electionBrown Martin V. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Eighth Biennial Session of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon 1874 State Printer Salem 39 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2946290&view=1up&seq=45 9 April 2026The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1875 1875 The Tribune Association New York 65 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951002271733t&seq=67 9 April 2026
Democratic Party (United States)
La Fayette Grover (incumbent)
9,713
38.23%
-13.15%
Republican Party (United States)
J. C. Tolman
9,163
36.06%
-12.56%
Independent
Thomas F. Campbell
6,532
25.71%
Write-in
Scattering
1
0.00%
25,409
100.00%
550
2.16%
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
-0.60%
Results by county
County La Fayette GroverDemocratic J. C. TolmanRepublican Thomas F. CampbellIndependent Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # %Baker47856.30%29535.10%738.60%18021.20%849Benton27624.02%48141.86%39234.12%-89"TolmanCampbell" Tolman's margin over Campbell-7.74%1,149Clackamas64044.69%59341.41%19913.90%473.28%1,432Clatsop14837.47%21153.42%358.86%-63-15.95%395Includes 1 Scattering voteColumbia11443.68%5922.61%8833.72%26"GroverCampbell" Grover's margin over Campbell9.96%261Coos39946.23%40847.28%566.49%-9-1.04%863Curry7838.81%10652.74%178.46%-28-13.93%201Douglas50331.34%43527.10%66741.56%-164"CampbellGrover" Campbell's margin over Grover-10.22%1,605Grant19830.65%20631.89%24237.46%-36"CampbellTolman" Campbell's margin over Tolman-5.57%646Jackson82854.47%57237.63%1207.89%25616.84%1,520Josephine16350.46%13341.18%278.36%309.29%323Lane58733.97%61935.82%52230.21%-32-1.85%1,728Linn94741.81%64628.52%67229.67%275"GroverCampbell"12.14%2,265Marion96636.02%1,05839.45%65824.53%-92-3.43%2,682Multnomah91130.12%1,55651.44%55818.45%-645-21.32%3,025Polk32127.77%33428.89%50143.34%-167"CampbellTolman"-14.45%1,156Tillamook5032.47%9964.29%53.25%-49-31.82%154Umatilla50047.21%13412.65%42540.13%75"GroverCampbell"7.08%1,059Union44449.17%36940.86%909.97%758.31%903Wasco37440.17%20221.70%35538.13%19"GroverCampbell"2.04%931Washington28630.14%20221.29%46148.58%-175"CampbellGrover"-18.44%949Yamhill50238.23%44233.66%36928.10%604.57%1,313Total9,71338.23%9,16336.06%6,53225.71%5502.16%25,409
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Clackamas
Yamhill
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Coos
Lane
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Independent
Douglas
Grant
Polk
Counties that flipped from Republican to Independent
Washington
Notes
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