1886 Oregon gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1886 Oregon gubernatorial election Oregon presidential no 1882 Oregon gubernatorial election 1882 1890 Oregon gubernatorial election 1890 June 7, 1886 File:SylvesterPennoyer.png 150x150px Sylvester Pennoyer Democratic Party (United States) 27,901 50.88% File:Thomas R. Cornelius 1896.jpg Thomas R. Cornelius Republican Party (United States) 24,199 44.13% 1886 Oregon gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 270px County resultsPennoyer: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60%Cornelius: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% Governor Z. F. Moody Republican Party (United States) Sylvester Pennoyer Democratic Party (United States) The 1886 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on June 7, 1886, to elect the governor of the U.S. state of Oregon. The election matched Republican former state senator Thomas R. Cornelius against Democrat Sylvester Pennoyer. Pennoyer gained support for advocating the use of American labor over Chinese immigrants.Terry, John. Oregon's Trails: Death shroud a suggestive footnote to a gadfly's death. The Oregonian, November 9, 2003. Results 1886 Oregon gubernatorial electionBaker Frank C. The Journal of the House of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon for the Fourteenth Regular Session, 1887 1887 State Printer Salem 28 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433019341506&view=1up&seq=36 9 April 2026Biennial Report of the Secretary of State to the Legislative Assembly 1889 1889 Salem 41 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112118318606&seq=451 9 April 2026 Democratic Party (United States) Sylvester Pennoyer 27,901 50.88% +2.64% Republican Party (United States) Thomas R. Cornelius 24,199 44.13% -7.61% Prohibition Party (United States) J. E. Houston 2,727 4.97% Write-in Scattering 4 0.01% Blank 1 0.00% 54,832 100.00% 3,702 6.75% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) +10.25% Results by county After this election, Columbia County would not vote Democratic again until 1922. County Sylvester PennoyerDemocratic Thomas R. CorneliusRepublican J. E. HoustonProhibition Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # %Baker1,12457.20%79940.66%422.14%32516.54%1,965Benton1,01348.94%90543.72%1527.34%1085.22%2,070Clackamas1,29451.25%1,08142.81%1505.94%2138.44%2,525Clatsop1,00255.12%73140.21%854.68%27114.91%1,818Columbia35948.91%34547.00%304.09%141.91%734Coos69444.23%7925.48%835.29%-98-6.25%1,569Crook52959.84%31535.63%404.52%21424.21%884Curry18946.78%20650.99%92.23%-17-4.21%404Douglas1,09544.57%1,08844.28%27411.15%70.28%2,457Gilliam53351.40%47645.90%272.60%575.50%1,037Includes 1 Scattering voteGrant86353.74%71544.52%281.74%1489.22%1,606Jackson1,27557.54%83837.82%1034.65%43719.72%2,216Josephine50053.25%42945.69%101.06%717.56%939Klamath32654.88%26744.95%10.17%599.93%594Lake28958.86%18537.68%173.46%10421.18%491Lane1,34949.45%1,29047.29%893.26%592.16%2,728Linn1,71253.38%1,33141.50%1645.11%38111.88%3,207Marion1,62241.10%1,93849.11%3869.78%-316-8.01%3,946Morrow76955.77%52938.36%815.87%24017.40%1,379Multnomah4,26153.96%3,28141.55%3514.45%98012.41%7,896Includes 3 Scattering votesPolk81847.48%76744.52%1388.01%512.96%1,723Tillamook17739.69%24655.16%235.16%-69-15.47%446Umatilla1,51854.29%1,15441.27%1244.43%36413.02%2,796Union1,57853.64%1,35646.09%80.27%2227.55%2,942Wasco1,10549.60%98944.39%1346.01%1165.21%2,228Washington82542.95%1,00252.16%934.84%-177-9.21%1,921Includes 1 Blank voteYamhill1,08246.82%1,14449.50%853.68%-62-2.68%2,311Total27,90150.88%24,19944.13%2,7274.97%3,7026.75%54,832 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Benton Clackamas Clatsop Columbia Douglas Grant Multnomah Polk Notes References Gubernatorial 1886 Oregon Category:June 1886 in the United States Category:Long stubs with short prose