1878 Oregon gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1878 Oregon gubernatorial election Oregon presidential no 1874 Oregon gubernatorial election 1874 1882 Oregon gubernatorial election 1882 June 3, 1878 File:Oregon Governor William Wallace Thayer.jpg 150x150px William Wallace Thayer Democratic Party (United States) 16,201 46.02% File:Cornelius C. Beekman.jpg Cornelius C. Beekman Republican Party (United States) 16,132 45.83% 1878 Oregon gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 270px County resultsThayer: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70%Beekman: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70%Tie: #D2B1D9 40–50% Governor Stephen F. Chadwick Democratic Party (United States) W. W. Thayer Democratic Party (United States) The 1878 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on June 3, 1878, to elect the governor of the U.S. state of Oregon. The election matched Republican Cornelius C. Beekman against Democrat William Wallace Thayer, with Thayer defeating Beekman by a very small margin.Beekman, Cornelius C. Southern Oregon Historical Society http://sohistory.org/content/beekman-cornelius-c https://web.archive.org/web/20150119015525/http://sohistory.org/content/beekman-cornelius-c January 19, 2015 With a margin of 69 votes, or 0.2%, this is the closest gubernatorial election in Oregon to date. Results 1878 Oregon gubernatorial electionCarter W. B. The Journal of the House of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, Tenth Regular Session, 1878 1878 State Printer Salem 20 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2946292&view=1up&seq=26 9 April 2026Vote of the State https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84022644/1878-06-28/ed-1/?sp=2 9 April 2026 States Rights Democrat XIII 47 28 June 1878 Albany 2 Democratic Party (United States) William Wallace Thayer 16,201 46.02% +7.80% Republican Party (United States) Cornelius C. Beekman 16,132 45.83% +9.77% Independent M. Wilkins 1,434 4.07% 35,201 100.00% 69 0.20% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) -1.97% Results by county County William W. ThayerDemocratic Cornelius C. BeekmanRepublican M. WilkinsIndependent Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # %Baker54359.67%36640.22%10.11%17719.45%910Benton60943.72%64045.94%14410.34%-31-2.23%1,393Clackamas76542.15%99754.93%532.92%-232-12.78%1,815ClatsopThe House and Senate journals neglected to include the results from Clatsop County in their tables for the gubernatorial vote, but those votes were clearly counted because the county by county results as listed in the journals do not added up to the stated totals. However, when the Clatsop results are included, the county results for all three candidates add up correctly. The results from Clatsop County were reported in multiple newspapers throughout the state, albeit with some inconsistency. However, using the figures from the Weekly Astorian yields the correct statewide totals.Clatsop County Official Vote https://www.newspapers.com/image/1173878656/ 9 April 2026 The Weekly Astorian VI 24 15 June 1878 Astoria 251249.37%52250.34%30.29%-10-0.96%1,037Columbia20552.84%18347.16%00.00%225.67%388Coos53648.86%56151.14%00.00%-25-2.28%1,097Curry16752.02%15447.98%00.00%134.05%321Douglas1,10651.30%1,04648.52%40.19%602.78%2,156Grant45848.67%47650.58%70.74%-18-1.91%941Jackson74646.48%71344.42%1469.10%332.06%1,605Josephine24048.39%19138.51%6513.10%499.88%496Lake31968.31%14330.62%51.07%17637.69%467Lane92645.98%92645.98%1628.04%00.00%2,014Linn1,42047.44%1,13437.89%43914.67%2869.56%2,993Marion1,21239.83%1,70255.93%1294.24%-490-16.10%3,043Multnomah1,80844.36%2,25455.30%140.34%-446-10.94%4,076Polk71746.62%65542.59%16610.79%624.03%1,538Tillamook6735.08%12163.35%31.57%-54-28.27%191Umatilla97260.26%64139.74%00.00%33120.52%1,613Union62553.24%46939.95%806.81%15613.29%1,174Wasco86357.80%62341.73%70.47%24016.08%1,493Washington55342.38%74857.32%40.31%-195-14.94%1,305Yamhill83248.91%86750.97%20.12%-35-2.06%1,701Total16,20146.02%16,13245.83%1,4344.07%690.20%35,201 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Curry Counties that flipped from Independent to Democratic Douglas Polk Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Clackamas Yamhill Counties that flipped from Independent to Republican Grant Washington Notes References Gubernatorial 1878 Oregon Category:June 1878 in the United States Category:Long stubs with short prose