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Election 1877 Results

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1877 Iowa governor election

John Henry Gear (Republican) beat John P. Irish (Democrat) in Iowa in 1877, 49.4% to 32.3%, a margin of 17.1 points and 42,012 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1875, when Samuel Jordan Kirkwood won.

Republicans led in 88 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 9 and other candidates in 2. The largest, Polk, cast 6,505 votes and went to the Republican by 19.8 points. The closest was Union, where 6 votes separated the top two.

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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
John Henry Gear won Republican 121,316 49.4%
John P. Irish Democratic 79,304 32.3%
Daniel P. Stubbs Greenback 34,316 14.0%
All other candidates 10,565 4.3%
Total245,501

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 1,885 29.0% 3,171 48.7% 1,449 6,505 R+19.8
Lee 2,863 50.5% 2,157 38.0% 649 5,669 D+12.5
Linn 2,316 42.0% 2,524 45.7% 679 5,519 R+3.8
Dubuque 3,415 62.5% 1,587 29.1% 459 5,461 D+33.5
Scott 1,963 36.8% 3,031 56.7% 347 5,341 R+20.0
Clinton 2,327 45.4% 2,444 47.7% 355 5,126 R+2.3
Marion 1,866 39.7% 1,976 42.1% 855 4,697 R+2.3
Pottawattamie 2,059 44.6% 2,223 48.1% 339 4,621 R+3.5
Johnson 2,345 51.9% 1,884 41.7% 291 4,520 D+10.2
Mahaska 1,086 24.0% 1,823 40.4% 1,607 4,516 R+16.3
Des Moines 1,384 30.9% 2,315 51.8% 773 4,472 R+20.8
Jasper 1,154 26.1% 1,977 44.8% 1,286 4,417 R+18.6
Wapello 1,029 23.9% 1,710 39.8% 1,562 4,301 R+15.8
Muscatine 1,775 43.4% 1,753 42.9% 558 4,086 D+0.5
Fayette 1,067 27.2% 1,933 49.3% 918 3,918 R+22.1
Clayton 1,770 45.7% 1,873 48.3% 233 3,876 R+2.7
Jackson 1,966 51.4% 1,619 42.3% 239 3,824 D+9.1
Keokuk 1,526 40.8% 1,772 47.4% 439 3,737 R+6.6
Winneshiek 1,009 28.0% 2,074 57.6% 517 3,600 R+29.6
Madison 1,077 30.3% 1,792 50.5% 681 3,550 R+20.1
Warren 944 26.9% 1,726 49.1% 843 3,513 R+22.3
Henry 425 12.6% 1,770 52.4% 1,181 3,376 R+39.8
Washington 1,221 36.7% 1,687 50.7% 417 3,325 R+14.0
Black Hawk 1,111 34.4% 1,780 55.1% 339 3,230 R+20.7
Van Buren 1,305 40.5% 1,490 46.2% 431 3,226 R+5.7
Allamakee 1,540 48.2% 1,547 48.4% 109 3,196 R+0.2
Marshall 837 26.3% 1,448 45.5% 895 3,180 R+19.2
Jones 1,218 38.4% 1,868 59.0% 82 3,168 R+20.5
Benton 712 22.5% 1,432 45.3% 1,016 3,160 R+22.8
Iowa 1,120 35.9% 1,132 36.3% 870 3,122 R+0.4
Poweshiek 832 26.9% 1,496 48.4% 766 3,094 R+21.5
Dallas 215 7.0% 1,541 50.1% 1,321 3,077 R+43.1
Boone 981 31.9% 1,612 52.5% 479 3,072 R+20.5
Cedar 1,093 35.7% 1,315 42.9% 654 3,062 R+7.3
Buchanan 769 25.6% 1,290 42.9% 949 3,008 R+17.3
Appanoose 1,049 35.3% 1,165 39.2% 761 2,975 R+3.9
Davis 1,231 41.9% 893 30.4% 815 2,939 D+11.5
Delaware 1,143 39.1% 1,226 41.9% 558 2,927 R+2.8
Fremont 1,331 45.7% 1,250 42.9% 334 2,915 D+2.8
Jefferson 753 26.6% 1,396 49.2% 686 2,835 R+22.7
Harrison 863 31.3% 1,348 49.0% 542 2,753 R+17.6
Mills 1,102 41.4% 1,435 53.9% 126 2,663 R+12.5
Tama 833 32.1% 1,426 54.9% 338 2,597 R+22.8
Cass 839 32.6% 1,592 61.8% 146 2,577 R+29.2
Decatur 961 37.6% 1,269 49.6% 329 2,559 R+12.0
Wayne 832 32.6% 1,316 51.5% 407 2,555 R+18.9
Hardin 661 26.0% 1,492 58.6% 392 2,545 R+32.7
Chickasaw 1,107 44.0% 1,279 50.8% 132 2,518 R+6.8
Taylor 293 11.8% 1,325 53.3% 870 2,488 R+41.5
Webster 127 5.2% 850 34.8% 1,468 2,445 Others
Story 344 14.1% 1,260 51.7% 831 2,435 R+37.6
Louisa 817 34.9% 1,328 56.7% 197 2,342 R+21.8
Butler 758 32.6% 1,453 62.5% 114 2,325 R+29.9
Page 508 21.9% 1,166 50.3% 646 2,320 R+28.4
Union 516 22.4% 899 39.0% 893 2,308 R+16.6
Monroe 928 41.5% 1,034 46.3% 273 2,235 R+4.7
Woodbury 867 39.2% 1,109 50.2% 235 2,211 R+10.9
Clarke 267 12.4% 1,054 48.9% 833 2,154 R+36.5
Montgomery 441 20.6% 1,122 52.4% 580 2,143 R+31.8
Guthrie 496 24.3% 1,160 56.8% 386 2,042 R+32.5
Bremer 582 29.7% 1,180 60.2% 199 1,961 R+30.5
Mitchell 459 23.8% 1,396 72.4% 73 1,928 R+48.6
Lucas 804 41.8% 1,003 52.2% 115 1,922 R+10.4
Howard 647 33.7% 551 28.7% 720 1,918 Others
Greene 215 11.8% 1,031 56.5% 579 1,825 R+44.7
Adams 397 22.1% 876 48.8% 523 1,796 R+26.7
Crawford 651 37.0% 898 51.1% 210 1,759 R+14.0
Ringgold 71 4.0% 964 55.0% 719 1,754 R+50.9
Adair 161 9.3% 982 56.5% 596 1,739 R+47.2
Franklin 336 20.1% 1,311 78.4% 26 1,673 R+58.3
Floyd 208 12.7% 1,233 75.5% 192 1,633 R+62.8
Hamilton 265 16.7% 842 53.1% 480 1,587 R+36.4
Shelby 639 41.3% 888 57.4% 21 1,548 R+16.1
Carroll 744 48.7% 633 41.4% 152 1,529 D+7.3
Grundy 504 35.5% 909 64.0% 8 1,421 R+28.5
Plymouth 487 35.2% 779 56.4% 116 1,382 R+21.1
Cerro Gordo 348 25.5% 903 66.2% 113 1,364 R+40.7
Monona 119 10.4% 580 50.9% 440 1,139 R+40.5
Cherokee 74 6.7% 562 50.9% 469 1,105 R+44.2
Buena Vista 192 17.9% 747 69.5% 136 1,075 R+51.6
Sac 128 13.1% 656 67.4% 190 974 R+54.2
Kossuth 236 29.5% 463 57.8% 102 801 R+28.3
Audubon 352 44.7% 410 52.0% 26 788 R+7.4
Worth 122 15.8% 628 81.1% 24 774 R+65.4
Wright 166 22.4% 361 48.7% 215 742 R+26.3
Calhoun 75 10.1% 418 56.4% 248 741 R+46.3
Humboldt 149 21.0% 382 53.8% 179 710 R+32.8
Palo Alto 357 53.2% 311 46.3% 3 671 D+6.9
Clay 16 2.6% 517 83.3% 88 621 R+80.7
Sioux 132 21.4% 436 70.7% 49 617 R+49.3
Winnebago 40 6.8% 544 93.2% 584 R+86.3
Pocahontas 93 17.1% 370 68.1% 80 543 R+51.0
O'Brien 21 3.9% 306 56.5% 215 542 R+52.6
Ida 54 11.3% 321 67.0% 104 479 R+55.7
Hancock 95 20.3% 340 72.8% 32 467 R+52.5
Osceola 40 10.5% 295 77.2% 47 382 R+66.8
Lyon 17 5.6% 261 86.7% 23 301 R+81.1
Emmet 28 11.6% 213 88.4% 241 R+76.8
Dickinson 8 3.7% 197 90.4% 13 218 R+86.7

Counties as they stood in 1877; 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.

Iowa governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Kim Reynolds (R) R+18.5
2018 Kim Reynolds (R) R+2.7
2014 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+21.7
2010 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+9.6
2006 Chet Culver (D) D+9.6
2002 Tom Vilsack (D) D+8.2
1998 Tom Vilsack (D) D+5.8
1994 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+15.2
1990 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+21.8
1986 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+3.9
1982 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+6.3
1978 Robert E. Ray (R) R+17.3
1974 Robert E. Ray (R) R+17.1
1972 Robert E. Ray (R) R+18.2
1970 Robert E. Ray (R) R+4.4
1968 Robert E. Ray (R) R+8.2
1966 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+11.2
1964 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+36.8
1962 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+5.1
1960 Norman A. Erbe (R) R+4.3
1958 Herschel C. Loveless (D) D+8.3
1956 Herschel C. Loveless (D) D+2.4
1954 Leo A. Hoegh (R) R+3.0
1952 William Beardsley (R) R+4.1
1950 William Beardsley (R) R+18.6
1948 William Beardsley (R) R+12.0
1946 Robert D. Blue (R) R+15.3
1944 Robert D. Blue (R) R+12.4
1942 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) R+25.8
1940 George Wilson (R) R+5.7
1938 George Wilson (R) R+7.0
1936 Nelson G. Kraschel (D) D+0.2
1934 Clyde L. Herring (D) D+8.2
1932 Clyde LaVerne Herring (D) D+5.5
1930 Dan W. Turner (R) R+32.1
1928 John Hammill (R) R+25.6
1926 John Hammill (R) R+42.9
1924 John Hammill (R) R+45.4
1922 Nathan E. Kendall (R) R+41.1
1920 Nathan E. Kendall (R) R+20.0
1918 William L. Harding (R) R+3.6
1916 William L. Harding (R) R+24.6
1914 George W. Clarke (R) R+6.4
1912 George W. Clarke (R) R+0.4
1910 Beryl F. Carroll (R) R+4.4
1908 Beryl F. Carroll (R) R+12.8
1906 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+4.8
1903 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+18.9
1901 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+21.3
1899 Leslie M. Shaw (R) R+13.0
1897 Leslie M. Shaw (R) R+6.8
1895 Francis M. Drake (R) R+14.8
1893 Frank D. Jackson (R) R+7.7
1891 Horace Boies (D) D+2.0
1889 Horace Boies (D) D+1.8
1887 William Larrabee (R) R+4.7
1885 William Larrabee (R) R+2.0
1883 Buren R. Sherman (R) R+7.4
1881 Buren R. Sherman (R) R+25.5
1879 John Henry Gear (R) R+24.7
1877 John Henry Gear (R) R+17.1
1875 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood (R) R+14.4
1873 Cyrus Clay Carpenter (R) R+56.0
1871 Cyrus Clay Carpenter (R) R+23.2
1869 Samuel Merrill (R) R+25.9
1867 Samuel Merrill (R) R+17.8
1865 William M. Stone (R) R+13.1