1886 Oregon gubernatorial election

1886 Oregon gubernatorial election

← 1882 June 7, 1886 1890 →
 
Nominee Sylvester Pennoyer Thomas R. Cornelius
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 27,901 24,199
Percentage 50.89% 44.13%

Governor before election

Z. F. Moody
Republican

Elected Governor

Sylvester Pennoyer
Democratic

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.[1]

  1. ^ Terry, John. Oregon's Trails: Death shroud a suggestive footnote to a gadfly's death. The Oregonian, November 9, 2003.

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