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Election 1866 Results

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1866 West Virginia governor election

Arthur I. Boreman (Republican) beat Benjamin H. Smith (Democrat) in West Virginia in 1866, 58.1% to 41.9%, a margin of 16.2 points and 6,644 votes.

Republicans led in 42 of the 52 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 10. The largest, Ohio, cast 4,305 votes and went to the Democrat by 3.3 points. The closest was Webster, where 3 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arthur I. Boreman won Republican 23,802 58.1%
Benjamin H. Smith Democratic 17,158 41.9%
Total40,960

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Ohio 2,224 51.7% 2,081 48.3% 4,305 D+3.3
Harrison 981 44.3% 1,235 55.7% 2,216 R+11.5
Wood 818 39.2% 1,269 60.8% 2,087 R+21.6
Marshall 666 33.4% 1,330 66.6% 1,996 R+33.3
Preston 534 27.6% 1,400 72.4% 1,934 R+44.8
Mason 874 46.3% 1,012 53.7% 1,886 R+7.3
Marion 720 40.9% 1,039 59.1% 1,759 R+18.1
Kanawha 534 34.6% 1,011 65.4% 1,545 R+30.9
Monongalia 549 37.2% 926 62.8% 1,475 R+25.6
Taylor 619 43.7% 796 56.3% 1,415 R+12.5
Barbour 699 50.2% 693 49.8% 1,392 D+0.4
Tyler 458 42.7% 615 57.3% 1,073 R+14.6
Wetzel 708 66.5% 356 33.5% 1,064 D+33.1
Berkeley 256 24.1% 807 75.9% 1,063 R+51.8
Jackson 468 44.1% 593 55.9% 1,061 R+11.8
Upshur 243 25.3% 716 74.7% 959 R+49.3
Doddridge 425 45.1% 518 54.9% 943 R+9.9
Brooke 437 47.5% 483 52.5% 920 R+5.0
Ritchie 317 34.7% 596 65.3% 913 R+30.6
Hancock 326 43.4% 425 56.6% 751 R+13.2
Mineral 246 41.9% 341 58.1% 587 R+16.2
Putnam 264 45.7% 314 54.3% 578 R+8.7
Roane 210 36.8% 360 63.2% 570 R+26.3
Pleasants 258 48.7% 272 51.3% 530 R+2.6
Jefferson 215 42.4% 292 57.6% 507 R+15.2
Randolph 290 58.4% 207 41.6% 497 D+16.7
Hampshire 391 79.3% 102 20.7% 493 D+58.6
Wirt 184 38.0% 300 62.0% 484 R+24.0
Cabell 165 35.1% 305 64.9% 470 R+29.8
Lewis 182 40.6% 266 59.4% 448 R+18.8
Wayne 163 42.1% 224 57.9% 387 R+15.8
Braxton 182 49.5% 186 50.5% 368 R+1.1
Grant 25 7.4% 315 92.6% 340 R+85.3
Greenbrier 202 61.6% 126 38.4% 328 D+23.2
Gilmer 158 48.9% 165 51.1% 323 R+2.2
Morgan 1 0.3% 314 99.7% 315 R+99.4
Pendleton 62 21.7% 224 78.3% 286 R+56.6
Fayette 68 24.8% 206 75.2% 274 R+50.4
Hardy 238 90.8% 24 9.2% 262 D+81.7
Boone 97 37.2% 164 62.8% 261 R+25.7
Raleigh 55 22.8% 186 77.2% 241 R+54.4
Mercer 76 35.3% 139 64.7% 215 R+29.3
Calhoun 109 53.4% 95 46.6% 204 D+6.9
Tucker 138 74.2% 48 25.8% 186 D+48.4
Nicholas 67 36.2% 118 63.8% 185 R+27.6
Wyoming 81 44.5% 101 55.5% 182 R+11.0
Pocahontas 28 15.6% 152 84.4% 180 R+68.9
Clay 79 53.0% 70 47.0% 149 D+6.0
Monroe 18 12.9% 121 87.1% 139 R+74.1
McDowell 7 7.9% 82 92.1% 89 R+84.3
Logan 23 28.0% 59 72.0% 82 R+43.9
Webster 20 46.5% 23 53.5% 43 R+7.0

Counties as they stood in 1866; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

West Virginia governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Patrick Morrisey (R) R+30.4
2020 Jim Justice (R) R+33.3
2016 Jim Justice (D) D+6.8
2012 Earl Ray Tomblin (D) D+4.8
2011 Earl Ray Tomblin (D) D+2.5
2008 Joe Manchin (D) D+44.1
2004 Joe Manchin (D) D+29.5
2000 Robert Ellsworth Wise (D) D+2.9
1996 Cecil H. Underwood (R) R+5.8
1992 Gaston Caperton (D) D+19.5
1988 Gaston Caperton (D) D+17.7
1984 Arch A. Moore Jr. (R) R+6.5
1980 Jay Rockefeller (D) D+8.7
1976 Jay Rockefeller (D) D+32.3
1972 Arch A. Moore Jr. (R) R+9.5
1968 Arch A. Moore Jr. (R) R+1.7
1964 Hulett Smith (D) D+9.8
1960 W. W. Barron (D) D+8.0
1956 Cecil H. Underwood (R) R+7.8
1952 William C. Marland (D) D+3.1
1948 Okey L. Patteson (D) D+14.2
1944 Clarence W. Meadows (D) D+8.9
1940 Matthew M. Neely (D) D+12.8
1936 Homer A. Holt (D) D+18.3
1932 Herman G. Kump (D) D+8.0
1928 William G. Conley (R) R+7.6
1924 Howard M. Gore (R) R+7.2
1920 Ephraim F. Morgan (R) R+11.1
1916 John J. Cornwell (D) D+1.0
1912 Henry D. Hatfield (R) R+3.3
1908 William E. Glasscock (R) R+4.6
1904 William M.O. Dawson (R) R+3.8
1900 Albert B. White (R) R+8.4
1896 George W. Atkinson (R) R+6.0
1892 William A. MacCorkle (D) D+2.3
1888 A. Brooks Fleming (D) R+0.1
1884 E. Willis Wilson (D) D+3.9
1880 Jacob B. Jackson (D) D+13.6
1876 Henry M. Mathews (D) D+12.7
1872 John J. Jacob (other)
1870 John J. Jacob (D) D+3.9
1868 William E. Stevenson (R) R+9.3
1866 Arthur I. Boreman (R) R+16.2